3. Gay Webmaster Resources Online

There are PLENTY of places online to get free info/help on running your site and making more money. And some fantastic communities of adult webmasters to talk with and pick their brains on ideas that will bring you traffic and increase your sales. Plus there are plenty of free tools out there which will make your life as a webmaster easier, more informed, and more financially successful.

Let's look at some basic tools first:

1. Who is coming to your site today? Make sure that you have a counter of some sort on your page that tells you who's coming in, where are they coming from, what terms they used in the search engines, and which of your pages they like best and least. (You'll use all this information to help with the text and content on your pages to show up better in the search engines.) Your host may provide free page or site stats with your hosting account. Make sure those stats give you all the information you need to look at on a daily/weekly/monthly basis. There are also a number of counters around that are both adult and non-adult. Most are free because they put a link-plus-ad on your site. You can also purchase a counter that is "invisible" on your page. Make sure you track EVERY page on your site to see what's working best. For a look at a counter that works for either adult or non adult sites, check out the free basic counter from HitBox at http://www.hitboxcentral.com/ Also look at The Counter at http://www.thecounter.com

2. Looking for scripts? Check out http://www.hotscripts.com or http://www.scriptarchive.com for some ideas. You can also find plug-ins for Dreamweaver and extensions for Front Page with a look through the search engines, searching on specific functions you want to add.

3. Free Fonts: http://www.hitboxcentral.com/index.php?sid=community/fonts&cntid=index

4. Word Tracker: Learn which key words will drive more traffic to your site. (Free trial use + subscription service. This is a MAJOR tool for optimizing the words on your site for better search engine hits! http://www.wordtracker.com

5. Clip art: (free for personal use - pay for commercial use) http://www.gograph.com

Community is always good!

You can find nearly-endless info sites for new webmasters online, and great community spots with chat boards (where some actual business gets discussed too!) Some of our favorite spots on the web to meet and message other adult webmasters are:
· Ynotmasters http://www.ynotmasters.com and their fantastic chat boards at http://www.theadultwebmaster.com (this is where we hang out)
· Net Pond http://www.netpond.com
· Adult Masters http://adultmasters.org
· Gay Wide Webmasters http://www.gaywidewebmasters.com
The Gay version of the Adult Chamber of Commerce: http://www/gay.adultchamber.com

As much business is done here through Instant messaging as in the message boards, so most of these sites will ask you for your AOL, Yahoo, or IRC chat names as part of setting up your profile.

Print publications:
· AVN Online http://www.avnonline.com
· Klixxx Magazine http://www.klixxx.com
· Cybersocket Magazine for Gay Webmasters http://www.cybersocket.com/

Jump in and introduce yourself online. You'll find a community of professionals ready to help you get up and running with your online business, and increase traffic and sales to your site.

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