Wow, this next month is going to be busy. First off, and most importantly Selene and I will be relocating to Portland the 2nd half of July. Want to thank Minoux for all the great info she has sent me about apartments, it has been much appreated.
The couple weeks before the move will be super busy. Not only do I have to pack, but I will also be going on a busy trip to Florida as well. Florida in July. Hoping to not drown in the humidity. But the plus side is on the way back, I will be stopping in New Orleans for the weekend. I have yet to go to Louisianna, but since my grandma's family is from there, its pratically my family's mecca. Selene and I will make full use of our pilgramage in the French Quarter,
Then the move. Which I put a deadline of July 28th to be all moved in cause we got tickets to see Queens of the Stone Age
then a week later we are seeing KMFDM
then followed a couple weeks later by Reverend Horton Heat
so this has been seriously the season to see shows.
Also planning on shooting some new sets once I am done moving as well. Empty apartments are always a great back drop, but more on that as it comes into fruition.
On to other thoughts...
A fun site to check out is Alexa. What is Alexa? It is a site that monitors traffic for sites on the internet and then ranks them based on USA fraffic as well as global traffic.
Now why is this importnat? Well its a good indicator on how revilant a website is. EXAMPLE....
Zivity
Now Zivity had a pretty big buzz on here for a while, do to being an additional outlet for models to post pictures on. Both SG models and hopefuls, staff and x-staff photographers have work on there. I posted pictures on there as well.
Well no more. This is why.
As you can see, Zivity.com is ranked 38,791 in all the US in traffic and 90,751 (!) globally. If you are posting pictures there to get exposure you are wasting your time. I know some there as some SGs the are no longer relevant and as popular as they once were (oh and I have one model in mind) that has done well on Zivity, but as you can see is a small fish, in a very VERY small pond type situation.
Now lets compare Zivity to The Best Page in the Universe. A site that has been around for a very, very long time. Has not even changed the layout or anything. Still the same. And on top of that, only updates about 3-5 times a year. This is it's profile. Ranked 5,072th in the US, and ranked 18,840th globally. There is a big difference between the two.
So unless your this chick who's 90% of her sets look like shit, but has some sugar daddy to drop $100-300 worth of points on each set, don't waste your time.
I used that Alexa and looked up SG as well. Looks like the ole girl is what she used to be. I still like the community though of who is still left around. But I gotta say there are a lot of haters on this site. Goddamn.
Next thought about hopefuls on this site.
Listen, you may have a lot of comments on your set that is in review, BUT if most of those comments are from the same handful of people that every day spam your set. That shit does not count. Your numbers may get inflated, but that is based on a lie, and it just looks sad after awhile.
If you want to be an SG, keep working at it. WORK ON YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS!!! Send in more sets. Don't use your friends to try to SPAM you in to pink status. Its seriously cheese ball.
Alright, I have giving that issue more energy than its worth.
Been taking some pictures just for fun.
Cross process all your pictures seems like all the rage these days. Super easy, and it looks all arty-farty.
Its hard to take photography as a serious artistic medium these days. Since everything has gone digital, it just makes it too easy.
Sorry, I must be in a mood, I am not usually this snarky
The couple weeks before the move will be super busy. Not only do I have to pack, but I will also be going on a busy trip to Florida as well. Florida in July. Hoping to not drown in the humidity. But the plus side is on the way back, I will be stopping in New Orleans for the weekend. I have yet to go to Louisianna, but since my grandma's family is from there, its pratically my family's mecca. Selene and I will make full use of our pilgramage in the French Quarter,
Then the move. Which I put a deadline of July 28th to be all moved in cause we got tickets to see Queens of the Stone Age
then a week later we are seeing KMFDM
then followed a couple weeks later by Reverend Horton Heat
so this has been seriously the season to see shows.
Also planning on shooting some new sets once I am done moving as well. Empty apartments are always a great back drop, but more on that as it comes into fruition.
On to other thoughts...
A fun site to check out is Alexa. What is Alexa? It is a site that monitors traffic for sites on the internet and then ranks them based on USA fraffic as well as global traffic.
Now why is this importnat? Well its a good indicator on how revilant a website is. EXAMPLE....
Zivity
Now Zivity had a pretty big buzz on here for a while, do to being an additional outlet for models to post pictures on. Both SG models and hopefuls, staff and x-staff photographers have work on there. I posted pictures on there as well.
Well no more. This is why.
As you can see, Zivity.com is ranked 38,791 in all the US in traffic and 90,751 (!) globally. If you are posting pictures there to get exposure you are wasting your time. I know some there as some SGs the are no longer relevant and as popular as they once were (oh and I have one model in mind) that has done well on Zivity, but as you can see is a small fish, in a very VERY small pond type situation.
Now lets compare Zivity to The Best Page in the Universe. A site that has been around for a very, very long time. Has not even changed the layout or anything. Still the same. And on top of that, only updates about 3-5 times a year. This is it's profile. Ranked 5,072th in the US, and ranked 18,840th globally. There is a big difference between the two.
So unless your this chick who's 90% of her sets look like shit, but has some sugar daddy to drop $100-300 worth of points on each set, don't waste your time.
I used that Alexa and looked up SG as well. Looks like the ole girl is what she used to be. I still like the community though of who is still left around. But I gotta say there are a lot of haters on this site. Goddamn.
Next thought about hopefuls on this site.
Listen, you may have a lot of comments on your set that is in review, BUT if most of those comments are from the same handful of people that every day spam your set. That shit does not count. Your numbers may get inflated, but that is based on a lie, and it just looks sad after awhile.
If you want to be an SG, keep working at it. WORK ON YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS!!! Send in more sets. Don't use your friends to try to SPAM you in to pink status. Its seriously cheese ball.
Alright, I have giving that issue more energy than its worth.
Been taking some pictures just for fun.
Cross process all your pictures seems like all the rage these days. Super easy, and it looks all arty-farty.
Its hard to take photography as a serious artistic medium these days. Since everything has gone digital, it just makes it too easy.
Sorry, I must be in a mood, I am not usually this snarky
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I'll have to check out Turntable FM, thanks for the tip