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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
So you're saying people are visiting both tube and the tgp and mpg sites? What reason would they have to keep looking at tgp/mpg sites when all they have to do is type what they want into the search on the tube sites and get it all? The only hope to keep people intrested in the old methods is that the tube model isn't profitable. And as for "adapting" and going the tube route...if people were responsible and only allowed certain length movies and such, even then the submitter no longer has a job as surfer joe is doing that job for them and there will only ever be a handful of these big tube sites. Unlike mpg's where they keep circle jerking the traffic around tube sites have no reason to do this because people just keep coming anyways.
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People may choose MGP's over tubes for varied reasons. Maybe it's because they actually LIKE looking at galleries to find a new paysite to visit because they want quality, and not some grainy flash clip. Maybe they like watching in an external player without having to pass it through a software converter. TGP surfers will continue to enjoy pics without question, as maybe they don't care to surf free porn vids. Maybe they use pics to preview a site, and want the bulk of the content once inside. Maybe their connections just suck and pics are all they can view efficiently. Not every surfer loves strictly movies and not every surfer is on a high speed connection.
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As far as everybody making tubes and the traffic model changing... Current bandwidth prices don't make it possible for joe schmoe to enter the market and expand without worries of going broke with bw overages. Sure there are ways around it with hotlinking, etc...but surfers have and always will be able to tell a quality site vs. a cookie cutter.
Also, keep in mind that the person that wanted free porn to begin with (and that used to get it on MGP's and TGP's), will still avoid paying for it by these new methods. The buyers that had wanted to purchase memberships before will still be doing so. This will not change, unless the tube is nothing but stolen shit without linkbacks.
A tube is no replacement for a high quality membership site, and surfers who want quality will always know this. It seems like the people with the most fear of the market change seem to be people who don't own TGP's, MGP's or their own high traffic networks, but those who rely heavilly on submitting MGP and TGP galleries. I can see how this would be intimidating...gallery submitting is a decent part of my income as well, but diversification and adaption is key if you don't want to be the fat that is trimmed away.
Anyways, I digress... Back on topic! Does everybody seem to believe that dropping Alexa rankings are in fact due to dropping traffic, or is there just a larger traffic pool than before due to the rise in viral marketing?