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Originally Posted by quesadilla
remove all the content from the web, where do you send your traffic?
they need each other, without traffic content can find it's own revenue.
without content, traffic is worthless in the adult entertainment sense.
sorry, content is king. bottom line.
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it is a yin/yang balance.... you can have small traffic and great content that converts like mad and make money, you can have huge traffic and so-so content that gives enough conversions to make money, or you can have huge traffic and great content and make stupid amounts of money (i refer you to sites like FTVgirls, bangbus, any of the ATKcash sites, etc )
for the most part of the adult industry, it has been about traffic, and traffic being king.
traffic is now a commodity. you can buy it, you can broker it, you can barter it, you can get it for free, etc.
web 2.0 and the user generated stuff is about having content for the site for free.. and it works great for posts and messages and for photos/videos where the uploader is the owner, but alas, the stolen content naturally comes in.
i have been following the *tube sites growth and I see that light for video/dvd companies who have huge libraries for content.
embrace the internet. some are starting to do that, where they are pushing their efforts to create their own paysites. many will see the opportunity to provide content to *tube sites and get traffic.
as Paul had commented, if he isn't getting the traffic, then it does become a problem of the "free content".
as V_Rocks pointed out in an earlier post, *tube sites are making their money from ad buys (ie. like the fling one mentioned), more so than upsells.
and this is really to tony404's point.. that the *tube sites are profiting off of the stolen and legal content.
i think the conclusion to paul's and others content experiement with *tube sites is still up in the air. I am sure he is watching his signup stats to see if *tube sites are getting him the signups or taking away his ability to get signups due to the length, frequency, and amount of free content that they provide.
boneprone has posted in another *tube related site to embrace this new marketing angle. few can do so. affiliates are removed from the equation. paysites can benefit if they have the license to distribute the clips (as raffi from WWC pointed out about their 4 min rule). content producers are the ones that have the greater potential to win and lose.
surfers are obviously enjoying it. read their comments. they are rubbbing one out right there which means they are done, and they turn back into a mainstream surfer and go watch their ebay auctions.
A *tube site that appears to not have commercial content looks like yuvutu.com which seems to be truly amateur content. Its amazing that people record their intimate sessions and post them for the world to see. and given the amount of postings, there are alot of suppliers. Given the view counts, there is definitely a demand.
Fight the egg!