Evaluating your sites’ potential 0
WebProfessor has posted on his method of making affiliate sites last longer and function more effectively, starting from the point of building a site and up to getting links etc.:
I ask myself, “does this site still look like a useful resource after 3 clicks?”. If I can say yes then I know I have succeeded in my mission of making a site that might pass a hand check. Proper use of camouflage is needed to make this happen. You have to equip each site with a template that looks like it took longer than ten minutes to put together, common feedback forms ( ie. reviews, contact us) , and common documents ( ie. privacy policy, terms of use ). The site needs to have or appear to have live updated content. Sure all these things take time but they make the difference between a site that earns a little for a few months versus a site that earns a moderate amount for a long time.
Perfect advice! This all certainly takes more time than an average black hat spammer is willing to spend creating each site - but if we go the route of legitimizing our black hat sites this is definitely the way to do it. As for templates, in particular, I would add something especially for those unsuspecting spammers who think that spending ten minutes on a single template is all their sites (bulk!) need and take off using that same template for every site they make. There’s no foot print more stupid than that - and if you’re not in the mood to create a piece of art of a template for each site at least make them different!