Hi Scarlet,
Thank you for your review. Let me address the issues that you bring up.
First off, the major part of your complaint is regarding SEO and search engines not being able to find websites powered by MC. The platform does have much room for improvement in this regard, and a lot is in the works as we speak.
I decided to do a bit of research on the fact that you could not find your website even by searching exact titles. Here�s a search on Google that I did just now:
http://take.ms/mDZWv. Could it be that it was finally crawled recently?
Yes, I searched for the exact phrase but searching for each separate word will bring results from all over the world � from larger, more established websites and naturally you won�t show up on top � that is simply how search engines work. It is really optimistic to expect to show up in top 10 results for the word �Dominatrix� when a website has been launched just recently, it has relatively little content, traffic and traction.
Your website is indexed by search engines and is brought up more easily, as you mentioned, when you add your stage name to the search. You cannot expect to rank on the first page with generic keywords that are so plentiful all over the web.
In your particular case, part of the reason that google was �prejudiced� against displaying your website is because it was on a �.rocks� higher level domain, which search engines tend to look very critically at. Now that you also added a .com � as you can see in the result above, the .com is ranking higher than the .rocks off the bat � although it�s the same content.
There are structural improvements and SEO optimization in the works within the next 2-3 sprints of our dev team, so maybe you will see better results soon.
Other matters, re �You give us tools huh. Social media integration is a tool that uses our fame to drive traffic to model centro.� � Well, that�s not really correct. Your social media posts lead to your website and will convert on your website and nowhere else. We do not redirect the social media traffic to a page where the user can choose other models. So why would you say that it is driving traffic to MC (which by the way isn�t a user-oriented website so even if a user would land on it they won�t know what to do� unless they decide to become a model and launch a website).
MCProfits was launched as functionality, and in itself a compromise for what we set out to do � create tools for marketing and not do the fishing for you. We built the system to simplify life for models who want to do affiliate marketing but do not have the time to manage it. ModelCentro does not earn an extra dime above its regular share on any of the joins that happen through affiliate-generated traffic. Our earnings are exactly the same either way. If you want to offer rewards for sales to affiliates you can. If not � there�s always the option of disabling MCProfits and doing your own marketing without relying on extra traffic from affiliate marketing. Please also note that only those sales that are generated by affiliates and tracked are something that you will have to share profit with your affiliates on. Direct sales give you the standard percentage at all time. Lastly on this, affiliates only make money from joins and rebills � any secondary revenue that you make on the same users is yours at your regular revenue share � meaning all tips, presents, PPM liveshows, locked content sales etc. are yours to keep at the standard revshare.
Domain names. We do not hide how much regular domain names cost or try to make it sound like a big deal. We could choose to not offer these. As a present for the launch of a website, we pay for 1 year of the domain (if the model chooses to take us up on the offer). We do this for every real account that went through approval. We do not seek any special props for doing this. It�s hard to understand why it would be used as a negative thing. If you wish you can always buy your own domain and connect it to your ModelCentro-powered website.
ModelCentro�s core value is partnership with the models who utilize the platform to run their websites. No, we are not a charity and yes we are aimed at profit.
The revenue share business model means we are also aimed to generate profit for those who use MC. We do work on a very narrow margin and cover the expenses associated with the website, although of course most of the operation�s costs are tied with development. We have an active team of 30+ developers and designers working on improving the platform. It has gone a long way since its launch and will develop further in the future.
Our goal has always been offering a good and high quality service. Some things are still being worked on, others already released and a ton more is planned. So, development is ongoing and constantly our priority.
It is very upsetting to me to see the frustration and negativity that using our platform has caused. I sincerely hope that that you will give the platform time to prove itself and present itself in a better light.