Guess I should jump in here since this is supposed to be my area of expertise.
I feel like the TGP/MGP gallery formula has evolved into the something like the old carnivals, (man does that date me!)that used to come into town. Walk down the center aisle and all the hawkers are yelling and waving to come see the wonders of his wares.
Sensory overload, can't trust that any link you click on is going to take you where you thought you were supposed to go.
One of my pet peeves is to hit a link on a TGP and end up on another TGP. When I surf I alway open a new window for this reason. It is not unusual for me to open 8-10 windows and they are all TGPs. I understand to advantage for the TGP owners PR rating, but it doesn't do anything for me as a surfer but piss me off.
What do I want as a surfer.
1.Don't treat me like a moron with a CC in one hand and my dick in the other who will fall for any flashy tour.
2.Deliver what you promise. I personally usually only join a site for 1-3 months find the specific content I want and add it to my collection. If its a good site that updates regularly I will come back in 6-9 month and join again to get the new stuff.
3.NO FUCKING CONSOLES. Especially ones that defeat my blocker. That is just bad business it, rings my shyster alarm, and I am gone forever. I mentioned this in another thread. My personal take on this is, you may make some sales off the consoles, but how do you know how many sales you have lost for good? Its a matter of respect. You want me to trust that you have the real deal and get my $$. That is no the way to earn it.
4.Pricing. Would you rather have me for a month or so at $25-$35 per month or maybe an extended stay for $10. I was a menber of a site for 3 yrs. They had a nice sized update once a week and charged $9. It was cheap enough and the updates were big enough that the cost was a not issue.
5.IMHO the real growth area the web is high bandwidth. If I can afford that then I can probably afford a descent machine also. Don't just cater to the lowest common denominator. Offer me mulitple choices for the content. Offer me more than 800 X 600 and the 3" X 3" vid window. Someone told me in San Deigo that 250,000 people were joining the web either every week or every month and that was mostly dialup. Isn't that growth mostly overseas where it can be hard to collect?
6.DRM really bad idea. As soon as I discover that is what you are offering I will not join. Besides it can't stop me from doing screen capture so what's the point?
7.I have also discovered as the years go by my taste in porn also changes. The things that used to excite are common place. I mean really, who gets turned on by just seeing a bare breast anymore? Hair used to be the norm and shaved was the niche. Now? Even Playma*es are shaved full frontal. So the formula that was cutting edge yesterday will not work today. I my mind that means more niche based content, but again with quality and quantity always a main criteria.
8.The personal touch. Webcams, solo sites with TRUE personal involvement, and community based sites will always be around.
For some of the newer webmasters,I guess yall have noticed that none of things I have mentioned can be accomplished by any get rich quick scheme that I know of.
I'm sure there are more points I could cover but this is gettin kinda long, so.
