Are text tgps pretty much dead?
 

Aside from a few old skool text tgps (thehun/worldsex etc) are text TGPs dead?

Thumb TGPs are the norm now?


Discuss.

There are some text guys with some pretty sweet traffic. Not all of them are as old as you think.

Mike/Bike has a text network of TGP's that has alot of traffic, very good traffic too.

well there are very few NEW text tgp arround but i think they will come back!

Why do you think that?

If I was surfing for porn galleries, nothing could persuade me to browse text TGPs. Thumbs are so much cooler.

Text TGP dead?

theshemp
89.com
pussy.org
persiankitty
thehun
richardsrealm
worldsex
al4a
ampland
elephantlist
marks bookmarks


I could go on

Some have other sites or are moving/mixing in thumbs. Text TGPs represent a ton of traffic! Still plenty of modems out there.

pinkworld ^^^

Yes text TGP's are dead... in China. 95% of the chinese population prefers Thumb TGP's.

Yeah but try comparing it to the nuymber of thumb TGPs...

im still amazed sponsors allow their content to be used as "trade bait" on those thumb TGPs

Can you please expand on that?

Think he means the skimming part

...isnt it obvious?...the thumbs are often being used as trade bait, to redirect the surfer to another TGP...not to the gallery...imo, that is an improper use of sponsors content..

With the ammended 2257 requirements recently passed & the lack of sponsors willing to allow webmaster physical custody of docs, I went all text on my entire network. (some still have a few thumbs, but they're all non nude thumbs)..

There is no way sponsors could regulate that.

Besides, they are getting free traffic, why would they care.

who cares about that if the sales are good?

if I was a surfer I'd masturbate to dansmovies.com daily

you are assuming they are getting as much free traffic back as they are losing...there is no data to back that up...clearly some sponsors will benefit and some will not...

you are assuming they are getting as many sales back, as they are losing...there is no data to back that up...clearly some sponsors will benefit and some will not...

Fixed.

:2 cents:

They aren't losing any sales. FHGs are all about getting traffic.

The only sponsor I knew who actively tried to prevent this was ATK. But it is a task virtually impossible to regulate. Possible sure, but very labor intensive.

Text tgp's are some of the largest tgp's in the world.

I don't see them slowing down a bit?

DH

I know a couple that have not let thumb tgp's that skim. All it meant at the end of the day was less affiliates though.

Affiliates wont change their sites to fit sponsors in the main. Most want sponsors who fit their business model

There are always going to be surfers who prefer text TGPs.

BTW, you would think skimming on a thumb TGP would piss the surfer off.

You click the picture because thats what you want to see and then your given another thumb TGP and 90 more thumbs that have to load

Same shit with text tgps, save a few.

oh yeah, you must be right

just like with that random pic from google images that you pretend its me :1orglaugh

no disrecpect to you, but I think all sponsors benefit from that model

but then again, I just came from playing soccer so I'm tired, and since I don't run either a TGP nor a sponsor program, I don't really feel the need to debate it :upsidedow

Ofcourse it pisses the surfer off. Thats why I rather have a 50k non skim tgp than a 200k skimming one. But its harder to grow ofcourse when they don't skim.

Lets put it this way..

I don't think the surfer really gives a fuck either way as long he/she gets what they come for :1orglaugh

Obviously a surfer will like a no skim text TGP over a thumb one set at 60% and vice versa

I don't know if sponsors benifit from having their thumbs skimmed on TGPs.

The surfer might remember the girl and stay away from clicking anything with her image on it. :1orglaugh

especially if they tried it more then once and ended up with spyware or something

I get some of if not the best quality of traffic from Shemp.com ratios are always great with the traffic.

there is no money in text TGP's, so move along.
there is no traffic coming from text TGP's, now please leave.

i personally think that text tegp's will slow down in the next 5 years. people with content (2257 compliant) are already experimenting with different forms...

Text is awesome.. very l33t

There are a lot of big ones... look at sunporno.

I think it should be noted theres a difference between a CJ and a regular thumb TGP. You can't lump them both together.

The CJ sites I can see as being used improperly cuz you cant get a single click to the gallery, meaning the thumb is in no way being used to promote the sponsor so the content is being used improperly according to most sponsor rules.

But theres not much negative said or to be said about the accepted TGP style of 50 - 80 skim. The more traffic a TGP gets from using that thumb as a trade tool results in more traffic going to that thumb link anyways. Who's going to complain about that?

As for text tgp's, we've seen a tonne of American webmasters switch to this format since 2257. Theyre one way to ensure your traffic is good quality I suppose, weeding out the non english speakers. And of course SE is better with them. But thumb TGP's are visually pleasing and hard to beat in an industry that is based on visual pleasure.

thanks for the TGP info...i'll make a note of it ;)