Update – November 13, 2026: Further cleanup
Traffic : Traffic has almost doubled in two weeks, now reaching around 550 visits per day. Bing remains the main traffic source (approximately 70%), followed by X (around 12%). X has turned out to be worthwhile after all: one tweet per day generates around 70 visits, at a cost of approximately $0.20 per post through the API. I'm therefore sticking to one tweet per day to grow the account at minimal cost.
Monetization optimization :
- FapCash wasn't tracking clicks at all (1,500 registrations but only 2 recorded clicks...). They moved me to their new platform, which now has a working widget. I'll finally be able to access reliable statistics.
- On ExoClick, I've blocked AI, hentai, and scam-related categories (fake antivirus alerts, lotteries, forex, etc.). This may slightly reduce revenue, but some of these ads were clearly damaging the site's image.
Content cleanup :
- Removed approximately 110 English-language videos that had slipped into the database due to automatically translated titles. I've also blocked around 50 names of American and British actors and studios during the import process.
- Corrected more than 370 titles written ENTIRELY IN CAPITAL LETTERS, along with a few remaining file extensions and tags (".avi", ".french", etc.).
Server: Installed the latest PHP security patches and updated the system kernel. Off-site nightly backups have been running successfully since the last update.
Next step: Finally convincing Google to index more of the site's pages.