Added more quality videos

I found a great source of videos, now there are almost 300 at any given time and they are all updated hourly. Yay free porn.

site has been updated, larger videos

I finally upgraded the site with larger videos, less intrusive advertising (sort of), and an extra video feed to pull videos from. I plan to add more video sources - hopefully soon. Once I learn more php and other such tools then I'll start beautifying the page a lot more as well.

BTW - if you haven't yet then check out the Suckittube Forum.

V3.0 - Bigger sized videos, fewer ads...sort of

I've started development on Suckittube v3.0. You can check it's progress here. I like the layout much better than the current suckittube.com site. It still needs a lot of refinements and enhancements but I think it flows a bit better and isn't quite so clunky. I do worry that the video is a little too big for some people's screen resolution, but I think that most people have moved on to at least 1024x768. The ads are all still on the page, but they are just hidden. I've disguised them as bookmarks and favorites. Sure, a lot of savvy people will figure that one out, but I'm testing out text ads to see if they convert a little better than the banners have been.

I've decided it's finally time to learn php as well as enhance my knowledge of mysql. Once I do then the site will be on the road to greatness. Check back in about a year....

Latest news

Traffic is starting to pick up a little on the site. I think that's because I've got my SEO working a little better. Since dropping advertising I've slipped a bit on my Alexa stats, but hopefully I'm making some changes that will help to attract, and retain, a loyal following.

Changes to the site include ramping up the forum a little. I'm trying to create some initial topics that will attract interest and conversation. I've had a few sign-ups so far so who knows if it will take off or not.

I'm also planning more updates to the main video page. The changes include adding links to more videos so viewers can have a few more choices. I'm also going to cut back on the ads too and do more rotation than just blasting viewers with an assload of banners. These two suggestions came from the forum - so keep the suggestions coming.

Check back for site updates by next week.

There must be a better way

Sub-title - The trials and tribulations in advertising, traffic exchange and other such attempts to generate traffic.

I've tried various advertising methods but only seem to generate traffic when I pay for it - blah, blah, blah. The latest advertising trial I've tried was with Targeted Traffic Hits which seems to be failing miserably. I started my campaign on 10/03, was supposed to get 50,000 unique hits by 11/03 but have since only received 584 and none of them have come in the last five days. Their support takes anywhere from a day to a week to reply and they seem to not want to give refunds - even though they don't seem to live up to their contractual agreements. I will, however, commend them on one thing. They did help me fix a problem with my site that I wasn't aware of. Apparently the latest IE 7 has more security settings than previous versions and wasn't playing the videos. I didn't know that because I don't use Windows, I despise Windows, and - have I said - I don't like Windows?

Anyway.... Check out my NEW FORUM and post issues you've had with different vendors too. I'm really interested to find other avenues of traffic that are low cost, or better yet - free.

I feel another site redesign coming on. Even I don't like the look of all the damn advertising.... Give me a week or two and see what I come up with.