FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS


Q. What is a GoSteroids.com?

GoSteroids.com is the first Top List for Steroid web sites.

Q. What is the difference between a Top List and a normal listing?

Toplists don't sort the listings by name or categories. The one that appears on top of the list more or less deserved it. With a normal list that is sorted, the name that starts with an A will probably get much more traffic than the ones with a name that starts with a Z.

  • Sites are not manually added but a webmaster can add his site by himself and change the information as often as he wants.
  • A Toplist has a ranking system. (explained below)
  • Because there are so many changes during the day in how the sites are ordered, a Toplist is updated every 30 ninutes.

    Q. What are IN's and what are OUT's?

    Ok, the IN's first. Webmasters place a (unique) link on their site that points to GoSteroids.com. That link can be either a banner or a textlink. Every time a surfer clicks on that link, he will go to GoSteroids.com and the IN's of that specific site will be increased by 1.

    The OUT's are the other way around. If a surfer finds a site on the GoSteroids.com list that he wants to visit, he clicks on that link. By doing that, he will go to that specific site and the OUT's of that site will be increased by 1.

    So in other words... If someone goes from a site to GoSteroids.com , that specific site will get an extra IN. If someone goes from GoSteroids.com to a site , that specific site will get an extra OUT.

    Q. Does GoSteroids.com rank their site on a combination of IN's and OUT's?

    No. The ranking is done on Unique IN's . The one with the most Unique In's in the last 48 hours is ranked at number one. The number of OUT's are only displayed to see how many people went to that site in the last 48 hours. OUT's don't count in the ranking.

    Q. How often is the list updated?

    Once every 30 minutes.

    Q. How often will the numbers reset to 0?

    Never. GoSteroids.com doesn't 'reset' like all other lists do. GoSteroids.com shows you what happened in the last 48 hours.

    Q. If this list never does a reset, will the numbers not grow sky high?

    No. The IN's and OUT's are from the last 48 hours. Once every hour, all numbers are calculated from the current time up to 48 hours ago.
    IN's and OUT's longer than 48 hours ago are not included anymore.

    Q. Why do you use this system instead of resetting the list once a day?

    Because we think that resetting the list isn't fair and it would be easy for webmasters to cheat their sites to the top just after a reset.

    Q. In order to increase the right numbers, how do you see what site was sending you the surfer?

    To get listed, a webmaster needs to create an account. If he does that and he filled in all information, he will get the URL he needs to place on his site. Each URL is unique because the (unique-) Account number is included. A program on GoSteroids.com will notice if a surfer is coming IN and by reading the number of the URL that surfer used, he knows where the surfer came from.

    Q. What is your definition of UNIQUE?

    GoSteroids.com is ranking on Unique IN's . The number between the brackets are the Raw IN's .

    A Unique IN is a visitor that comes to GoSteroids.com from a specific site unless he already came IN from that specific site or went OUT to that specific site in the last 48 hours.

    This means that if someone wants to 'help' a site by clicking 1000 times on a link that goes to GoSteroids.com, that site will get only 1 IN.


    Q. Some sites have an icon that looks like this: or What does it mean?

    The list updates once every 30 minutes. The icons represent if the site moved up or down on the list since the last update.



    • FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR WEBMASTERS:


    Q. I forgot my Login Name/Password.

    Go to the webmasters area and it will be emailed to you automatically. If you still have problems, please contact me.

    Q. I think I should be listed but i'm not. Why is that?
    - Maybe your site isn't reviewed yet? If you just signed up, it takes a couple of hours before your site is reviewed. You will receive an email from us as soon as your site is reviewed.

    - You probably didn't bring in the required 1 visitor yet? At least 1 hit every 48 hours is required to get listed. If that is the case, check if you are using the correct URL to link to GoSteroids.com. You can see the URL you must use when you're logged in the webmasters area.

    - If you cannot login with your account and password, there was either an error while submitting your link or your account was removed because of some other reason.

    If you think there is something wrong, please email me but before you do that, please make sure you saw the rules to get listed.

    Q. If my site is down for a couple of days, it no longer shows up on the list. Do I need to open a new account?

    No. If you didn't bring in 1 visitor in the last 48 hours, your site doesn't show up on the list (this is to filter out sites that are down).

    Q. Why is it that the 'Out' numbers are higher then the 'In' numbers?

    A visitor normally enters GoSteroids.com via a link from a site (or a bookmark) and then 'stays on the list'. If a visitor clicks on a link from a site, that site is loaded in a different browser. The visitor is visiting more than one site without re-entering GoSteroids.com via a link from the site he left.

    Q. My OUT number is higher if I compare it with the statistics of my site?

    First of all, remember that all numbers on GoSteroids.com are numbers calculated over the last 48 hours. Not from yesterday like your statistics program probably does. The OUT's you see are from the 'real' last 48 hours calculated back from the last update time.

    The OUT's displayed are not Unique. The OUT's are simply showing the number of clicks your link got. If your site couldn't be reached or the surfer just didn't want to wait for your site to show up, the OUT is still recorded.


    Q. What's in it for me?

    More (and new) visitors. If you take a look at the list, you can already see how the sites are doing. Or just ask someone that is listed how they are doing.

    Q. How much does it cost?

    Nothing. It's free for the visitor and it's free for the webmaster to get listed. A site may stay on the list as long as it plays by the rules .