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Originally Posted by Rokkerr
The 'Best' Porn sucks..... imho
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No they don't. Good guys who made some good money when the whole review site gimmick first came out a couple of years ago.
They work hard and do a good job. But the whole "Let's educate the surfer and then make them think we are the good guys" part of the equation is/was/and always will be a mistake.
I've said it before and I'll say it again...no other business does that. Once you pulled back the curtain and showed that Oz is really just a normal person there is no going back. And the curtain has been pulled and all surfers are now aware of affiliate programs.
And it didn't start there. It started a few years before review sites existed. Back when programs were putting huge
WEBMASTERS MAKE $$$ on their site tours and hosted galleries.
That was the beginning. And now we're kinda looking at the end for the affiliate. Only a few who can somehow figure a way to get around the fact that the entire free site business model has been destroyed will do well.
Remember...for those of you who have been in this business for less than 10 years...the reason a "free site" worked was it created the ILLUSION of a guy who just wanted to share all this free porn he had found. That was the main marketing strategy.
It still is. It's the one that worked for TGPs. It's the one that fuels a Review Site (Just super nice guys who took the time to review all these sites and make sure you don't join a shitty one). It's the concept behind blogging.
Yes, I know that each of those things work completely different. But the basics are still the same. Kinda like how "Star Wars" is really the same formula as a Cowboy movie. Just a different way to set the plate.
And now? Surfers now give that "he's a nice guy sharing his porn" status to...
Torrent Sites and Illegit Tubes.
And why not? Neither of those try to sell him a membership. And they give him everything for free. They don't see or care that the sites in question are making bank from prepaid spots. Why should they?
Just sayin', sometimes things backfire. And I think that exposing our business would have got you an "F" in Business 101