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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cam_Model_Jess View Post
    The people responding to SM e-mail messages (model help) have either not been trained very well, don't do their job very well, or have been trained to respond in a manner that makes it seem like one or both of the former is true. In the time that I have been on there, I have received a few helpful e-mail responses but the majority have been entirely frustrating.
    LOL, yeah their email support personnel - that's another story. I usually get cut and paste replies. I do think they probably respond to the top hosts better than the rank and file like me, but I guess that's understandable. With so many hosts I guess the top ones would get priority just in view of the $$ they bring in.


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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    I'm seeing an awful lot of complaints about SM placement lately: certain studios rank higher, those with HD/phone rank higher, those who allow their images to be used for promo rank higher, those who use geo-restrictions rank lower....

    Maybe SM is really tweaking the ranks based on those things, but maybe it has more to do with SM having too many models?? I wonder how much increased competition may be affecting everyone's placement.
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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    omg, since i have turned geo restriction off on my account, my traffic fucking quadrupaled and i am pulling in better money alot faster now. so fuck yea geo affects your traffic alot!

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    LOL- I would just turn it off if that is the case. It totally has been failing my anyway.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bubblegumbitch View Post
    omg, since i have turned geo restriction off on my account, my traffic fucking quadrupaled and i am pulling in better money alot faster now. so fuck yea geo affects your traffic alot!

    Okay, that was enough to convince me to give it a shot and see if it makes a difference for me too. I wouldn't be "ruined" if I were found online, although I have liked feeling at least some semblance of privacy and control. I have not liked the feeling lately of crickets chirping in my room though. I have thought it was due to the popular Gold show countdowns sucking away the traffic, but I'm not completely sure about that. Time to find out!

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    Quote Originally Posted by DMaribella View Post
    Okay, that was enough to convince me to give it a shot and see if it makes a difference for me too. I wouldn't be "ruined" if I were found online, although I have liked feeling at least some semblance of privacy and control. I have not liked the feeling lately of crickets chirping in my room though. I have thought it was due to the popular Gold show countdowns sucking away the traffic, but I'm not completely sure about that. Time to find out!
    Let us know! xx

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    yes definately lets us know DMaribella. after experiencing this, i am convinced that it was the geo all along. with you NOT being apart of the advertisement, that in itself really drops the traffic from your room and the more states you have blocked the worse it is. SM really depends on those advertisements to bring traffic to the site and to your room. girls with geo are at an extreme disadvantage. yea, i really liked having that control of being NOT found online easily, but i know i will be found out eventually and i got way too many bills to pay to worry about that shit anymore, LOl.

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    I will definitely report back! I am going to give it a few days at least in order to get a more accurate picture of any changes in traffic. I'm not enthused about showing up in a little box on porn sites but I'm willing to give this a try.

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    Finally reporting back! I took three weeks off when school started, and I haven't been online as much as I was previously, so I wanted to wait until I was sure that taking off the geo-restrictions was really affecting placement.

    I think that it is! I don't look at my specific placement anymore because I find it kind of distracts me while I'm camming, but I have definitely seen an increase in traffic. Not all paying traffic, of course, the beggars vs. serious guys ratio is still the same.

    But overall I would say my traffic has doubled since taking off the restrictions.*

    Obviously there's the increased exposure to consider, but for right now I'm okay with it, I don't feel like the restrictions were that much of a security blanket anyhow. So if anyone was considering giving it a try and is okay with taking a risk, I'd say go for it.

    *hopefully I didn't jinx myself by posting this

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    Thanks I'm gonna try that!

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    Hopefully the guys will stop asking me where am I located...idiots
    They think im gonna actually tell them where I live? Lol

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    Hopefully the guys will stop asking me where am I located...idiots
    They think im gonna actually tell them where I live? Lol

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    To all the ladies that cant find themselves when not logged in, you know there is also an option to where you can't be seen by people that don't have an open account w/card? That may be why. Just make sure that's not marked. I have it marked because I feel like if you don't have an account your no good to me (I know its mean but that's how I see it). And if those individuals do chose to make an account I will be viewable once its made =) I know that's why I cant find myself. I am also convinced by the geo restriction theory. I'm going to try it when I log back in. Right now I have my state blacked so I guess we'll see.....

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    I guess whenever I go on SM I shouldn't block any location then? I don't go outside anyways... lol

    I'm not concerned with anyone finding me. I've just never cared about that.

    Thanks for the heads up though, OP...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Breannasparks View Post
    To all the ladies that cant find themselves when not logged in, you know there is also an option to where you can't be seen by people that don't have an open account w/card? That may be why. Just make sure that's not marked. I have it marked because I feel like if you don't have an account your no good to me (I know its mean but that's how I see it). And if those individuals do chose to make an account I will be viewable once its made =) I know that's why I cant find myself. I am also convinced by the geo restriction theory. I'm going to try it when I log back in. Right now I have my state blacked so I guess we'll see.....
    I couldn't find myself in the results either and I finally realized that it was because I have my state blocked...and of course I'm IN my state so it wouldn't show my profile since I have it blocked lol Does that make sense? Once I took off geo restrictions, I was able to see myself again.

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    Does anyone know if that's the case for MFC too? Does Geo restrictions affect your placement on MFC?

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    i don't think it effects your placement nearly as much as ur camscore does on that site. SM highly relies on using u as advertisement to get u traffic (like pop ups on tube sites). i have never seen a pop up from MFC on a tube site. i am really not sure how they advertise. but i know that on MFC, ur camscore is everything to get good traffic to ur room, the higher it is, the more traffic u get.

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    The other thing I'm noticing is when I Google search my cam name now, I'm on a lot more sites than I used to appear on. Tons more! (all sm whitelabels, with one exception.)

    I thought that was interesting.

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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    Ok I worked last nite on SM and I unblocked my geo restrictions. There were more men in my room, but not necessarily more money. It does make a difference, however I hope I don't run into someone nearby.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CaramelKitty View Post
    Ok I worked last nite on SM and I unblocked my geo restrictions. There were more men in my room, but not necessarily more money. It does make a difference, however I hope I don't run into someone nearby.
    I really don't think it's necessary to remove your restrictions to bank really well. I'm finding the key really is regulars, and there are more than enough men on that site to build yourself a very reliable stable of regs.


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    Default Re: Geo-restriction on SM... how it affects your placement.

    Removed my restrictions for the first time tonight. Lets see how it goes...

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    ^^I removed my restrictions too. I will be on again Sunday. After a week test I will report test results here. I'm very curious about this.

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