topsite scripts

[RazorNF]

To those who run topsites, do you find that they are effective in generating traffic/link exchanges? How do search engines treat them nowadays?

I know topsites are kinda old news, but I'm looking for quick ways of putting some of my unused domain names to use, which aren't collecting anything parked.

What are some free/low-cost scripts?

Thanks in advance.

[jdk]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=topsite+scripts

Listing #1 that comes up is the most popular.

[RegFee]

Aardvark is nice, I've never tried Monster but I would like to. I ran TopPixels.com for a while before selling it. I added my own members then emailed them asking if they wanted the membership. Kind of spammy, looking back on it, but it got me enough traffic to make more than my regfee back. They are easy to set up, and the traffic definitely picks up.

I tweaked the script a bit and added Alexa data along with screenshots of the pixel ad sites, which really helped in my case, but each site is different.

To get better revenue, try interlacing adsense into the results (I think they've released some stricter guidelines on this since then, so make sure you clearly states they are ads).

I don't think topsites are really yesterday's news. They are just traffic hogs that can eat up bandwidth if you don't monetize them correctly. I will be developing TopToplist.com and TopToplists.com soon, which will hopefully boost the market up a bit.

Good luck, and have fun!

[riya_senk]

Aardvark is nice, I've never tried Monster but I would like to. I ran TopPixels.com for a while before selling it. I added my own members then emailed them asking if they wanted the membership. Kind of spammy, looking back on it, but it got me enough traffic to make more than my regfee back. They are easy to set up, and the traffic definitely picks up.

I tweaked the script a bit and added Alexa data along with screenshots of the pixel ad sites, which really helped in my case, but each site is different.

To get better revenue, try interlacing adsense into the results (I think they've released some stricter guidelines on this since then, so make sure you clearly states they are ads).

I don't think topsites are really yesterday's news. They are just traffic hogs that can eat up bandwidth if you don't monetize them correctly. I will be developing TopToplist.com and TopToplists.com soon, which will hopefully boost the market up a bit.

Good luck, and have fun!

Yes Aardvark is best script. Easy to use and edit templates and also with RSS.

[dotcomgiant]

Aardvark is good as its free , but it has some recent security exploits releases, so if you are going to use it , please make sure you have a good coder with you for further help.



Thanks