Everyday, thousands of people from every genre from anime to abortion protesters look for affiliates.
Why?
Everyone, loves the feeling of being connected with their peers. We live in a age where some deem the next generation as the "Myspace Generation". These people want to get their thoughts, views, and content available to the masses and what better way than to link with other sites that share the same views?
Now picking affiliates can be more a popularity contest (small sites trying to affiliate with mega sites typically). This is not always a best option, and this FAQ will go through all the different types of Affiliates that are found in the Pokemon Community.
1. Affiliates
This is the most common name that people use for the sites they are linked with. Affliates comes from the word "Affiliation" which means to adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch.
You should pick a site that shares the following:
A.) Interest - You should never affiliate with someone just because they get thousands or even million of hits.
B.)Size - You should always pick websites that are either your size or bigger. Though I would not request to be a affiliate of larger sites, until you are well off unless you would like a automatic NO.
C.)Grammar - This is essential in the fight against n00bism. Never I repeat NEVER accept or even consider asking anyone who types like this: well thef peokemon gme is sooo muich fuin n ike i luv to plai it ....... < That is the type of sites I deny each and everyday.
Now that you learned the ABC's of picking Affiliates, why don't we learn about Top Affiliates??
2.) Top Affiliates
Top Affiliates are commonly used among larger sites, as a special area for sites that meet a certain requirement of hits. Top Affiliates are basically the few other large sites that exist in the Pokemon Community (i.e TotalPokemon, SIVPH, PPN, PE2K).
The same rules apply to Top Affiliates aswell, aswell as the following:
D.)Media- Many of the smaller Pokemon sites, have a vast section of downloads you can choose from which they will hope boost their hits. Usually these downloads include illegal materials as Roms, Pokemon Episodes, Nulled Programs, Nulled vBulletins/IPB (1.3.0 and up), Movies, Music (from the Pokemon CD's). If you see a site that has some of those report them to the company which they are owned by.
E.)Content- Top Affiliates aren't your ordinary sites, these sites should have a vast collection of content ranging from (but not exclusively including) episode guides, game walkthroughs', character bios, etc...
Now that we learned the D & E's of Top Affiliates, it is time to move onto the two exclusive types of Affiliates.
3.) Friends
Usually the term "Friends" is used for Webmaster(s) that know eachother either through virtual or real life, and are good friends. "Friends" should be used with conservation and devout exclusiveness. To keep it exclusive, here are some tips to keep it that way.
* Same rules as applies for Affiliates and or Top Affiliates *
F.Trust- When you consider people for this very exclusive affiliate position, don't submit invites to people you sometimes on a full moon talk to (somewhat metaphoric XD). It should be someone, who you know you can trust who (if needed) had your cPanel (or login user/pass) to make sure everything is okay. If you have a 1% doubt about it, than don't do it.
4.) Partners
This fairly new type of affiliate, is deemed like a Co Webmaster that has no real power (i.e a brother from another mother XD). This type of affiliate, is one who goes through your site for grammar and spelling errors and basically just tries to help make your site better.
However to keep this type exclusive aswell, I have another pointer...
* Follow all the guidelines I have submited for Affiliates, Top Affiliates, and Friends *
G.)Reputation - When finding a partner, you want to pick someone who has a reputation for spotting out errors and has a vast expierence in the Webmastering business. If you are a new webmaster, than don't ask webmaster who started two months before you to partner that is just plain common sense.
H.)Maturity - Having a partner who is immature is probably one of the worse things that can happen to a Webmaster. If a Partner displays any immaturity, I urge you to highly rethink the partnership because who knows how many errors he is letting slide by just to get a "chuckle" out of.
5.) Networks
Networks are a group of sites, that all either hold one common belief or all use one common project. Networks are useful when there is a large amount of people. They do not work to their full potential if it is exclusive and small (like Partners and Friends)
Here are some pointers:
*Networks use none of the guidelines that Affiliates do *
A.)Joining- When joining a network (i.e Ash/Satoshi Lovers) you look at 1. the size and 2. whose in it. You don't wanna join a Ash Lovers Network, if the majoral of them are Satanic Worshippers who are using the name as a coverup for some ritual they are planning to use on some unsuspecting victim. Though that type of problem will probably be that severe, you need to make sure that this is a network for you.
B.) Popularity - Joining larger networks like I have stated above is essentially the way to go, not only does it give you exposure but also a chance to meet people with the same interests from other countries other than your own. However, it is not a good idea to join a large network that has nothing to do with your own website.
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That is the conclusion on my guide to affiliates. I hope this has been very beneficial to you, and that you seriously rethink your affiliates after reading this. I hope to add more and or edit the current FAQ for any errors you might find, or maybe something I incorrectly posted.
Thank you for your time, and I hope you enjoyed reading this.
Why?
Everyone, loves the feeling of being connected with their peers. We live in a age where some deem the next generation as the "Myspace Generation". These people want to get their thoughts, views, and content available to the masses and what better way than to link with other sites that share the same views?
Now picking affiliates can be more a popularity contest (small sites trying to affiliate with mega sites typically). This is not always a best option, and this FAQ will go through all the different types of Affiliates that are found in the Pokemon Community.
1. Affiliates
This is the most common name that people use for the sites they are linked with. Affliates comes from the word "Affiliation" which means to adopt or accept as a member, subordinate associate, or branch.
You should pick a site that shares the following:
A.) Interest - You should never affiliate with someone just because they get thousands or even million of hits.
B.)Size - You should always pick websites that are either your size or bigger. Though I would not request to be a affiliate of larger sites, until you are well off unless you would like a automatic NO.
C.)Grammar - This is essential in the fight against n00bism. Never I repeat NEVER accept or even consider asking anyone who types like this: well thef peokemon gme is sooo muich fuin n ike i luv to plai it ....... < That is the type of sites I deny each and everyday.
Now that you learned the ABC's of picking Affiliates, why don't we learn about Top Affiliates??
2.) Top Affiliates
Top Affiliates are commonly used among larger sites, as a special area for sites that meet a certain requirement of hits. Top Affiliates are basically the few other large sites that exist in the Pokemon Community (i.e TotalPokemon, SIVPH, PPN, PE2K).
The same rules apply to Top Affiliates aswell, aswell as the following:
D.)Media- Many of the smaller Pokemon sites, have a vast section of downloads you can choose from which they will hope boost their hits. Usually these downloads include illegal materials as Roms, Pokemon Episodes, Nulled Programs, Nulled vBulletins/IPB (1.3.0 and up), Movies, Music (from the Pokemon CD's). If you see a site that has some of those report them to the company which they are owned by.
E.)Content- Top Affiliates aren't your ordinary sites, these sites should have a vast collection of content ranging from (but not exclusively including) episode guides, game walkthroughs', character bios, etc...
Now that we learned the D & E's of Top Affiliates, it is time to move onto the two exclusive types of Affiliates.
3.) Friends
Usually the term "Friends" is used for Webmaster(s) that know eachother either through virtual or real life, and are good friends. "Friends" should be used with conservation and devout exclusiveness. To keep it exclusive, here are some tips to keep it that way.
* Same rules as applies for Affiliates and or Top Affiliates *
F.Trust- When you consider people for this very exclusive affiliate position, don't submit invites to people you sometimes on a full moon talk to (somewhat metaphoric XD). It should be someone, who you know you can trust who (if needed) had your cPanel (or login user/pass) to make sure everything is okay. If you have a 1% doubt about it, than don't do it.
4.) Partners
This fairly new type of affiliate, is deemed like a Co Webmaster that has no real power (i.e a brother from another mother XD). This type of affiliate, is one who goes through your site for grammar and spelling errors and basically just tries to help make your site better.
However to keep this type exclusive aswell, I have another pointer...
* Follow all the guidelines I have submited for Affiliates, Top Affiliates, and Friends *
G.)Reputation - When finding a partner, you want to pick someone who has a reputation for spotting out errors and has a vast expierence in the Webmastering business. If you are a new webmaster, than don't ask webmaster who started two months before you to partner that is just plain common sense.
H.)Maturity - Having a partner who is immature is probably one of the worse things that can happen to a Webmaster. If a Partner displays any immaturity, I urge you to highly rethink the partnership because who knows how many errors he is letting slide by just to get a "chuckle" out of.
5.) Networks
Networks are a group of sites, that all either hold one common belief or all use one common project. Networks are useful when there is a large amount of people. They do not work to their full potential if it is exclusive and small (like Partners and Friends)
Here are some pointers:
*Networks use none of the guidelines that Affiliates do *
A.)Joining- When joining a network (i.e Ash/Satoshi Lovers) you look at 1. the size and 2. whose in it. You don't wanna join a Ash Lovers Network, if the majoral of them are Satanic Worshippers who are using the name as a coverup for some ritual they are planning to use on some unsuspecting victim. Though that type of problem will probably be that severe, you need to make sure that this is a network for you.
B.) Popularity - Joining larger networks like I have stated above is essentially the way to go, not only does it give you exposure but also a chance to meet people with the same interests from other countries other than your own. However, it is not a good idea to join a large network that has nothing to do with your own website.
___________________________________
That is the conclusion on my guide to affiliates. I hope this has been very beneficial to you, and that you seriously rethink your affiliates after reading this. I hope to add more and or edit the current FAQ for any errors you might find, or maybe something I incorrectly posted.
Thank you for your time, and I hope you enjoyed reading this.
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