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Originally Posted by polish_aristocrat
where did I say that I don't believe them? I only said that they should consider themselves lucky.. well, "lucky" may be not the right word, since luck isn't the reason for their success
I simply gave some examples of other big webmasters who do admit to see some decline
they rely on SE traffic mostly as far as I know and it looks like the ratios are simply getting worse and worse for general porn (general meaning everything except the true marginal niches or fetishes)
then you got the big tgp owners who also see declines in traffic
some people surely adapt, but if they adapt by opening tube sites, they are bashed by everyone... well sure you can say that they can open also legit tube sites, but as far as I know, among the big tube sites, there aren't any that are 100% legit (correct me if I'm wrong)
so I guess the key is to run "small" paysites catering to a very specific niche, with exclusive content and promoting it in the proper way
sure it can be done, Im just saying that you can't deny that there are many people who are really succesfull but they see some decline recently instead of growing and that's quite alarming
ok, hahaha is growing as well overall. Then again, I wonder how many of the programs that sold to hahaha were in a growing trend and how many started to decline...
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Agreed.
I do not rely on SERPs. If they are good, as they are for some sites, then it's great and takes care of it's self. I just work my niches with the different angles from forum posts, gal submits, cross links, and whatever other ways I think of to push more sales.
But as I said in my reply to zingerz.... I am always passionate about my niche. So I take the gentle touches that an assembly line mentality will not. Working those little link lists, and other tweaks. I'll give you an example..
When we had a few more sites we were doing content for, a little less near and dear to my heart, we started moving to that assembly line mentality. Cranking out the content as fast as possible with little regard to anything else. The members started e-mailing about what they did and did not like so we adjusted.
Since then, I sold off two of the sites/niches that were not as interesting to me personally, or profitable marginswise, to my liking. That way I could spend more time on my real love and money makers.
As people can see from my ratios (see sig nig
) we are good at what we do. But between my passion, niche, and marketing. I think it's different then the main two concepts most do....
1. Throw enough traffic at shit and hope some stick
2. Crank out new content just to have new content. No real passion behind the scenes.
