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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat
Quite likely. But what's the main reason for it in your opinion?
In fact, the early years shouldn't count. They 90's were a real goldmine.
But the industry already matured in early-mid 2000's. Why are the ratios going down every year since then?
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I think it's impossible for anyone to truly know... all we have is theories. Lots of theories. Yearly conversions I don't think are really an accurate way to track how things are going... a lot of things can easily throw off conversions. But how do we track? I haven't the slightest idea. Money is really my only guess... but how do we judge that? And do we add an inflation to the money that should be earned yearly based on real economic inflation and also the inflation of Internet users (more people sign on to the Internet every year, though there will be a cap.)
And then how do you figure in competition to the grand scheme of things? Yes, Sponsor A does not make the same money they made in 2002... is that because of competition or is that because of disappearing sales? Are those sales simply going to other pay sites or are they totally disappearing? How can we even monitor that?
Even today... with things as "bad" as they are... new sites and new sponsors are popping up all of the time whereas only five or six years ago there was a "core group" of sponsors.