Good mailing lists can go bad without the proper maintenance. Perhaps the single biggest problem here is the inevitable “churn” of subscribers among the big ISPs. People change ISPs at a pretty good rate, and it’s fairly likely that johndoe@aol.com is a totally different person...

The news has spread like wildfire. Unless you’ve been living in Afghanistan for the past month in a cave befriending Bin Laden, you will have heard from one source or another about the new Visa policy regarding chargebacks for adult-oriented sites.The news has spread like...

Lately I’ve seen a few Webmasters sharing, creating or using names of other Webmasters that have been around awhile. In the case where it is their actual name, that does make sense, but it can become confusing under other circumstances..Lately I’ve seen a few...

We’ve all heard about the promising possibilities of harnessing our foreign traffic. Many Webmasters have surfers accessing their sites from Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and all over the globe. Many Webmasters either don’t realize that they are getting international traffic, or...

The adult Internet industry has long had a somewhat hypocritical attitude towards spam (unsolicited email). Most people will agree that spam is a nasty problem, but many people will turn an ethical blind eye when they see the opportunity to make additional revenue.The adult...

Adult website payment processor Epoch announced last Friday that Visa has made more changes to the adult website billing model – this time lowering the acceptable chargeback percentages while implementing new policies that could cause some webmasters with high chargeback...

It’s easy to feel relaxed knowing 99% of your customers are happy. You win some you lose some, right? So one out of 100 customers has a complaint or can’t remember what he did yesterday and charges back the transaction.It’s easy to feel relaxed knowing 99% of...

Four recent United States court actions / decisions highlight the issue of just how global the Internet has become as to legal issues. It does not matter where a Web site or a Webmaster or Webmistress is located or housed, the long arm of the law will find you.Four recent United...

“Monthly hosting for only $9.95!” How many times do you see what seems like an unbelievable deal, and get discouraged when you visit the site just to learn that you are only getting a meager amount of space, and barely any bandwidth? How about sites that say they...

In part two of this series, I talked about three issues surrounding the use of text on adult sites. First, I looked at how we can know if we’re using text to its greatest capacity to lure money from browsers.Words in an Image Industry – Why We Need Them and How to Use Them [Part...