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Old 12-28-2008, 03:18 AM  
Paul Markham
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Mike sorry but you're wrong.

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Originally Posted by mikesinner View Post
I don't think there is a real solution. As surfers get faster connections they demand more content at a lower price. Tubes fill that demand.
That demand has to be paid for. No adverts paying the BW and producing a profit Tubes sink. Is that logical enough for you.

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The adult biz has always been surfer driven.
No industry is driven by passers by, they are all driven by BUYERS. That has been the biggest problem in peoples thinking on the Adult Internet, they equated passers by with sales.

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In the future the fhg model may be dead and it may all be about choosing the best sponsor promo content for your tube.
True, it's about the sponsor with the content that produces the money to run the Tubes. Not the sponsor with the content that gets the most free viewers.

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That will translate into less of a demand for working webmasters as there only needs to be a few hundred tube sites.
Only if those few Tubes can run at a profit.

All business, except charities, are run on profits. If it costs more to run than it takes it closes. Tubes are in for a rough ride as more people will lose the ability to pay and will still want porn. They will face higher costs and lower returns.

This business has told itself for 8 years it's all about traffic. It's not. It's about the people who buy and what it costs to get them.
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