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Originally posted by Carrie
How long BEFORE we fuck things up?
Look around... the instant TGPs and Free Sites came into being, things were officially fucked up.
Had we stuck with full-page ads, we'd all still be sitting pretty.
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what??? how long have you been in this business anyways?
full page ads were UNHEARD of for a long time...I remember getting tossed froma program for creating my own full page ad (not what I called it back then) in 1998...I think I saw others before that....do you think before TGP's and free sites are the only source of free content? have you ever heard of IRC or usenet?
While I agree the abundance of tgp's and free sites have definitely done more harm than good, the second they started there was some amazing money to be made.
Although, I do remember my most profitable free sites in the early days were 10-12 pics wrapped in about 10-12 banners/textlinks with one long horizontal scroll....ah the good old days ;)