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Originally Posted by INever
Solution?
Use a domain like genre-related-keyword.com or a subdomain like genre-related-keyword.maindomain.com when making links, and set them to forward to the sponsor.
Not the cleanest method technically, but this way you can more easily switch sponsors.
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Yes. I have a "switchboard" system like that. But using select content to show what a subscriber is getting when they pay is more effective, and more integrated/woven through up to thousands of pages. That content, rightfully must link to, and only to, the owner/sponsor.
The problem with themed subdomains is that they all get slammed by every bot on the planet (baidu, petalbot, etc) and every brute force attack, wreaking havoc on the downstream "sponsor of the month" stats. ie. ratio of raw hits to uniques might cause concerns by the sponsor not wanting that much crap traffic, and I don't blame them.
Now I just license more content (plus what I've produced since '99) for my niche promotions and, in the spirit of what you suggest, I can (re)route the traffic wherever I want.
Over the next 3-5 years, I'm going to be moving more to original tangible branded products (physical erotic artworks) and b2b services, where I control source to destination to monetization.
