Originally Posted by Paul Markham

This is why we're doing so badly. The attitude that we have to give free porn away to get people to buy porn. Then the belief that if we didn't give away free porn the traffic sources would buy up all the traffic. Which comes from where?

From blind links on pages full of blind links maybe. Mixed in with sponsors blind links.

The problem with this approach is easy to understand. It starts with A giving out 10 free pictures, then B gives out 15, then C gives out 20. Until we reach S, whose giving out 1,000 free 25 minute clips in a compressed small FLV.

And T gives out 1200 in a slightly better resolution.

And the 100 conversions a day magically appear from no where.

Because the industry is making more money than it ever was, because we give away more free porn than ever before.

And of course those 100 joins didn't come from someone else. And without free porn it would never of been 1,000 a day. No way would we get any sales without free porn.

TheDoc's post clearly illustrates the business level of online porn. Free porn creates sales and the more you give away the more sales you create.

So giving away whole sites must be producing a ton of sign ups.