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Welcome to the WYSG

Since mid-1997, this website has served as a free and independent guide to the paid sex scene. It started out as a Huddersfield-based guide but soon expanded to cover all of West Yorkshire and in early 2009 it expanded again to cover all of Yorkshire. In early 2010 we started to introduce premises from Greater Manchester. This site offers free advertising for independent escorts, along with unbiased reviews of massage parlours, escort agencies and independent escorts. This website also has a free and informative message board.

Saturday, 7th of June, 1997

A basic web site called "Service Log" appeared on a free internet web host.

July 1997

I registered a free email address and within just a couple of months I had established a number of internet contacts who shared my hobby and gladly contributed information to my web site.

Mid 1998

I had expanded upon my understanding of both web design and the West Yorkshire region and soon expanded the guide to incorporate massage parlours and red light districts. Few other punting web sites existed at the time (and I consider mine amongst the first), but I took what information I could find from them and also from West Yorkshire newspapers and the Daily Sport, to build up a complete picture of the West Yorkshire punting scene. I decided on the name of the "West Yorkshire Sex Guide" (or WYSG for short) and subsequently redesigned the web site.

May 1999

I worked away from the area for six months and passed control to another hobbyist for this period. On my return, I continued to renovate and expand the guide.

Mid 2001

The West Yorkshire Sex Guide listed over 150 addresses consisting mostly of private houses and flats, along with a handful of escorts.

October 2001

I reduced the listings to show only massage parlours. The growing Punternet community had collected a number of web-aware escorts who objected to anything remotely out of line with what they had grown to expect in the prostitution business or what they could control. After some aggravation from self-inflated members of that community, I decided to remove private listings. I actually felt quite relieved by this, since keeping the vast amounts of data up-to-date and correct proved quite a burden. Around the same time, a web designer friend gave a great deal of support and helped me to redesign and maintain the site. For a brief period it took on the name of "The West Yorkshire Sauna Guide" but I soon reverted it back to the current title and worked towards a new design.

July 2004

My web designer added a forum to the site which proved extremely successful. Soon after this, I took a two-month break due to family issues, allowing a friend to run the site. I resumed control in December of 2004 with new plans to expand and enhance the West Yorkshire Sex Guide.

2005

I appointed a team of "trusted reviewers" to submit reports on their visits to parlours and premises in the region. This addressed the issue of fake field reports which had practically killed Punternet. In late 2005, I decided to keep the number of trusted reviewers at 12, including myself. However, to keep things interesting, I decided to have a monthly vote on the forum in which people could choose to remove one trusted reviewer. When chosen, I would then appoint a new one to replace the leaver.

2006

New sections appeared on the WYSG, including an interactive map of West Yorkshire Premises and time / price comparison sections.

2007

The forum continued to grow rapidly and we also spent a great deal of time enhancing and rennovating the site. We had started to come to the understanding that the existing "Trusted Review" system had flaws - in particular with respect to the scoring criteria. We therefore proposed a new scoring system and communicated this on the actual forum to allow member participated and opinion.

January 2008

My web designer developed the new scoring system over the period of a few weeks and we rolled this out in early 2008.

December 2008

I spent hours migrating the reports from the older scoring system (the "vintage reports") into the new format and ensuring that the scores scaled correctly to allow a reasonable comparison. This resulted in a single combined database containing nearly 500 reports.

January 2009

After many months of thought, I made the decision to expand the WYSG to cover all parts of Yorkshire; the name would remain the same..."WYSG".

September 2009

A new set of scoring criteria appears which aims to bring a more "modern" feel to the lady reviews. In particular, this system no longer takes into account the massage given by the lady and instead offers bonus points for more intimate services such as oral sex without a condom and kissing.

November 2009

The Administrators of the site start to take on roles looking after particular aspects such as security, listings, adverts and forum accounts.

January 2010

We changed the Trusted Review scoring mechanism such that massage parlours would now take their scores directly from the scores assigned to the ladies working there.

This month we also appointed out first ever female Administrator on the WYSG forum...Celly.

February 2010

The WYSG saw a "behind-the-scenes" coding overhaul. This reworking allowed escorts and escort agencies to appear on the leaderboard.

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