the amount of hits that they received on their webpages. In other words, websites submitted to a webring ranks higher in the search results (search engines) and that translates to more sales!

Lastly, since we make every attempt to expose our affiliates, what we found is if we include a recommendation link at the end of each forum post, the response rate increases. This is because the search engines treat updated content more friendlier. As a result, they are rank higher than websites that display the same content.