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By paying so much to affiliates, they will all bleat that this was fine, sites were forced to cut back on what surfers were looking for. Great porn.
Most content producers in 1998 to 2006 were those working for offline markets and paid very well for good work. It's pointless to say it wasn't deserved because they were still paid well. Magazine photographers earned $3,000 per set and up for solo girl, video producers were earning $5,000 and up.
This led to a situation were premium producers were earning so much they weren't tempted to come online, except a few who started their own sites. Those that gave the marketing to others were mostly disappointed with the results, the few who did succeed had in house traffic generation.
Cutting back on the quality of the product being sold led to people not believing the glowing words "marketeers" claimed the site offered, they only looked at the content. Even if they joined members would charge back if disappointed or not renew or not rejoin at a later date. Because they knew the content was crap and not updated often if at all.
Today most of those sites are gone and those left are the ones who bucked the trend and produced a great product, updated it regularly and tried to give it a twist the rest couldn't afford to.
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