10-01-2014, 05:48 PM
i'm not against contest the require a small entrance fee. (i do hate the scam sites though) that said this site has always been against advertizing anything but one's own works. if wanted as site that advertized i'd have them all over the place. we have a thread for such things as [have you been published] we have allowances in a signature for self advertizing if a members wishes to do so. and we also have a link section at the bottom of the home page where members can require us to place a link. we don't make exceptions because it's easier to control by not doing so.
one of the other problems is this. sites that sell stuff often have a higher google, alexa rating that a site that doesn't and every url that leads away from here suck a bit of life from us, the bigger the site the more the suck factor
. many on the site buy books, i know i do. i also take note of what members have published and buy if and when i can. we (the site) are not advocates of any poetry contests, as they are invariably outside our control. we don't run our own poetry contest because it would set up cliques. we were invited to take part in a decent organization who run inter-web poetry contests tat are free but declined the offer (i think it was a first for the) this is our site and as of yet it's ad free. (completely add free (almost))
as an aside. i'm not a keen supporter when a new member leaves two or three links to sites that ask or expect a purchase, i'm not keen when urls are left to book sites that sell in order to make money, the name of the book and the author are all that's needed.
i do enjoin people to leave urls to insightful sites that freely give help and information.
one of the other problems is this. sites that sell stuff often have a higher google, alexa rating that a site that doesn't and every url that leads away from here suck a bit of life from us, the bigger the site the more the suck factor
. many on the site buy books, i know i do. i also take note of what members have published and buy if and when i can. we (the site) are not advocates of any poetry contests, as they are invariably outside our control. we don't run our own poetry contest because it would set up cliques. we were invited to take part in a decent organization who run inter-web poetry contests tat are free but declined the offer (i think it was a first for the) this is our site and as of yet it's ad free. (completely add free (almost))as an aside. i'm not a keen supporter when a new member leaves two or three links to sites that ask or expect a purchase, i'm not keen when urls are left to book sites that sell in order to make money, the name of the book and the author are all that's needed.
i do enjoin people to leave urls to insightful sites that freely give help and information.