I just got a free script from webmasterdailytips.com . What it does is when a visitor comes to your site it'll set an automatic bookmark so when they look at their bookmarks they will see your site. This has increased my traffic and sales. Does this kind of thing really work ?
Just curious, I am new to this business
Busy posted this at 01:32 — 17th February 2002.
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You'll find you'll loose visitors (and probably get hate mail) using scripts like that.
a better way to do it is just offer a link (that bookmarks it) or a friendly note reminding or asking them to bookmark it.
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detox posted this at 13:36 — 17th February 2002.
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As busy said, in the end you will lose more visitors than gain them with something like this. Offer them the chance to bookmark, that way if they dont you wont get any emails questioning your parentage!
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The Webmistress posted this at 13:49 — 17th February 2002.
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Oooh, never do anything without asking the visitor! That's just bad webmastership in my opinion. If you offer good content that's regularly updated they'll come back of their own accord.
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mjames posted this at 15:03 — 18th February 2002.
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I concur 100%. I have never, ever returned to a site that does that. It's just plain annoying, immature, dishonest, and amature-like.
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Gurudev posted this at 22:54 — 18th February 2002.
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It is the best way to annoy your users and make sure that never come back again (once they find out that you are using this trick).
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detox posted this at 04:18 — 19th February 2002.
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Penguin 7,
it looks like we have ganged up on you a bit here! Sorry, but I guess it gives you a feel for how adamant people are about tricks like this
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