09-10-2006, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Doug E
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?
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Yes, there is a difference between a CJ and a regular thumb TGP. But the basic point still remains the same. Both a CJ and a regular thumb TGP feed their trades using mostly sponsor provided content, whether it is from a submitter or creating a fake TGP. Few sites consist of purchased content alone. The only benefit to the sponsor would be if the TGP or CJ site concentrated on only their sites within their program. When a site begins to list galleries advertising multiple sponsors, the competition gets fierce for the traffic. Even with 50-80 skim, it's still a misuse of sponsor content.
The only time a CJ or TGP site is not misusing content, is if the site has no skim whatsoever, the site only skims traffic from thumbs of their purchased content, or the skimmed sponsor thumbs link to custom sites or tour pages advertising only that sponsor the thumb belongs to.
Whenever a site uses a sponsor thumb that links to anywhere other than a site, gallery, or custom page solely advertising that sponsor, it's misusing sponsor content no matter what the skim rate is.
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