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General Category => Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Xenia on 15 November 2012, 03:13:27 pm
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I know to have a website does not cost much, especially if you do it and maintain it yourself. Hosting fees just over ?100 per year, plus time which takes to update it, to change the pictures, etc.
I remember about 8-9 years ago (Just before Adultwork) the number of the visitors (which is different from the hits) was about 270-300+ in a day on my website.
In 2005-2007 its reduced to about 200-240.
In 2008-2009- the average was about 150-200 visitors.
In 2010-2011, its gone around 100.
Now at the present time its about 50-70 per day. You can look for yourself. (http://extremetracking.com/open;sum?login=xenia69)
I do understand that majority of guys looking in Adultwork, and thats where the most hits comes from (about 200+ per day on my profile), which does somehow explains drop of the visitors to the personal website.
I do understand, that because I was advertising on the net for a while, so most of the guys think. "Yes, I've seen this WG website before, and she is not suitable for me, so no point to look on it again"
Ok, even 65 visitors per day accumulate to almost 2000 visitors per month. Maybe sounds a lot, but I only seen 3 new clients since September, and even then they found me on Adultwork. The most of the income comes from regulars.
I am just thinking: to abandon my website, (as I need to pay ?100 hosting for the next year today), and just rely on Adultwork (at least its free), and on income from regulars, as it seems quite pointless to have website now.
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for me I think its worth it to have a website. there are so many free sites you can upload it to or do banner swaps with to help drive traffic your way. Also if you are a touring escort the guys seem to think you have a more professional approach to work which is not the case as i have lots of friends with no website who work just as hard as i do.
And also if you have things like calendars on guys will look to see when you are around. And never put all your eggs in one basket so to speak, what if your Adult Work profile went down, or you got some nasty bugger leaving bad feedback etc. With a website you are in total control of it with no one telling you that you cant put your number on or say you are available today or any other phrases that Adult Work decide you are breaking the rules with.
Its totally worth the ?100 a year hosting fee. just think of how much some sites charge to advertise on and if you are using several it all mounts up.
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I agree with Samantha. AW can be a bit tyrannical at times, and if they do remove your profile (usually for no reason whatsoever) then at least you still have your website. Plus some websites don't allow you to advertise on their sites if you only have an AW profile.
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I'd certainly wonder why you're being charged ?100 a year for hosting rather than any actual work on their part - do you have lots of videos hosted on your site? (Looks: no, you don't.)
for me I think its worth it to have a website.
It's even more worth it when you get the link right in your profile ;D
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than you have fixed that now, i am sometimes so blonde ;D
i dont do videos for my website. so what should they be doing for me for the hosting money that i pay them? As the guy I pay says its just to keep me online and i do eveything myself.
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I pay a fortune for mine comparatively - ?350 a year and it is linked to a number of sites. If I get less than 3 jobs a year it is paid for! And I get substantially more than that a month. A no brainer.
If your website doesn't link anywhere it is lost in the ether and yes, it is a waste of time. Ian on here does good quality ones for loads of ladies, why not check him out. I am with 69design myself.
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Hi Xenia,
There's a lot of free websites out there where you won't pay any hosting (I pay zero pounds for mine). But Websites need to be revamped all the time: new photos, new text, a blog, etc... Then you need key words so it can be SEO'd (like for example: if you're a Russian escort that should be the first thing you should write so when people google "Russian escort" they'll find you. You need to work on your marketing much more because I miss many things in your site: a touring calendar in the site so that clients know where to find you on what dates, your age (are you young,mature?). your height (are you tall, short?), bust size, Also: photos look unproffesional and not very flattering (which is a shame because I can tell you're very pretty). I would definately get a new website or completely change the one you have now (cause it looks a bit "sluggish"' like you haven't changed it for a long time -my impression-). I would make it a bit more "sassy". In todays super competitive market we do need active and exciting websites otherwise your stats fall down....and down.
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Yes, hosting for something the size and popularity of all but the most popular "see lots of videos of me here" escort site should be 'almost free' now. For ?350 a year, I could get three entire servers, each capable of running many dozens of websites, for myself.
On one hand, what Pandora says is right: if you're happy and you're getting the work from it, hooray. On the other, sticking with the people you were with five years ago can be like never having 'switched' electricity / gas / insurance: you're almost certainly paying much more money than you could be.
How much Google likes you depends on a variety of things (which change from time to time) but the key one is content. Write about being a Russian escort, write about being an escort in London, write about...
I'm not a fan of calendars - they're far too easy to forget to update and they're a pain all round. If the last date a calendar talks about is a month ago, people will wonder if you've retired. If your last blog post was six months ago, people will think you're busy.
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Hi Xenia,
There's a lot of free websites out there where you won't pay any hosting (I pay zero pounds for mine). But Websites need to be revamped all the time: new photos, new text, a blog, etc... Then you need key words so it can be SEO'd (like for example: if you're a Russian escort that should be the first thing you should write so when people google "Russian escort" they'll find you. You need to work on your marketing much more because I miss many things in your site: a touring calendar in the site so that clients know where to find you on what dates, your age (are you young,mature?). your height (are you tall, short?), bust size, Also: photos look unprofessional and not very flattering (which is a shame because I can tell you're very pretty). I would definitely get a new website or completely change the one you have now (cause it looks a bit "sluggish"' like you haven't changed it for a long time -my impression-). I would make it a bit more "sassy". In todays super competitive market we do need active and exciting websites otherwise your stats fall down....and down.
Thank you for your advice girls.
Ana: I did optimised my website for the all main SE. For example if you type: "Russian Escort Midlands", my website will be the first on the Google search page. Its also linked to all major directories (Punterlink, Punternet, UkAdulzone, UkBelles, Escortslist, Captain69, Adultwork, and few others).
I never thought that professional photographs are necessary, as before the amateur ones done the job very well, and I did updated them once every 3-4 months until a year ago. My pictures are not that bad, surely? :-(
Yes, my website definitely need re-vamp, but I kind of give up now, as I lost the motivation, after seeing the stats. Yes, I do have all details on my site like height, bust, size, etc. (apart of age, which I removed 5 months ago). Can't do the tour calendar, as I never tour. I do know that blog would help tremendously, but then you need a time for it. (at least to write a decent thought through one).
Ok, my availability extremely limited. I only accept 7-8 appointments per month, and with at least 3-4 days notice, which cuts about 80%-90% enquirers I am getting, because they are not suitable. Hence I think, is it worth to keep website going, if you only can acquire dozen or so proper clients per year from it. (if that!). More time, and cost involved then its worth. Maybe just remove it for a year or so, and continue to see regulars and occasional new client from Adultwork.
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i hear u. You certainly don't need a website to get 7 clients a month (lucky you!). I need 5 times that amount so I do need a website :-)
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A website is definitely worth it, if only to reply to texts with the website and tell people to read it rather than have to answer endless emails at times! LMAO! I get over 100 visits a day without doing anything to it, when I blog the hits go over 700! I could do a hell of a lot more with mine but I get enough at the moment to not let it worry me, it is there mainly so I can link swap with other sites.
Oh and I pay less than ?50 a year for it, would never entertain paying much more than that but then I've got previous experience running websites etc.
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I pay about ?20 quid a year for mine I think as I built it all myself. It isn't fantastic but it does what it needs to.
I think if you only need 7-8 appointments per month hun then you probably have no need for the expense as AW and other non website needing listings will probably get you that. Maybe it's t
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3 years ago my website was getting around 3ooo hits a week it's now roughly 1500 a week
I pay 2o a month to my webmaster fr my hosting and any changes problems that I need are sorted out straight away