Why Did We Go Back To Cookie Cutter Sites?

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  • Webmaster Advertising
    So Fucking Banned
    • Sep 2003
    • 1360
    #1

    Why Did We Go Back To Cookie Cutter Sites?

    I recall that affiliates used to bitch and moan about cookie cutter style site tours yet today, it seems like every major site looks like its competitors, all with tube style tours, tiny header and those stupid 'Sign Up To View Movie' screens when you click on what is supposed to be a preview movie clip on the tour.

    When did affiliates decide promoting cookie cutter style tours was 'ok' again?
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    • EddyTheDog
      Just Doing My Own Thing
      • Jan 2011
      • 25433
      #2
      The biz has become about how fast you can jump on the band wagon - Every time it happens the cash pool is watered down a little because a little more is given away.

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        • fatfoo
          ICQ:649699063
          • Mar 2003
          • 27763
          #3
          Cookie cutters have advantages like: quicker and faster to make. Making customized pages that are better style will take more time and effort.
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            • Webmaster Advertising
              So Fucking Banned
              • Sep 2003
              • 1360
              #4
              So site owners have become lazy is the general consensus?

              So its not just affiliates any more, interesting...

              Yet piracy is still the main cause of sales declining in the business LOL

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                • cruxop
                  Registered User
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 61
                  #5
                  Maybe people standardized on what 'works'?

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                    • brassmonkey
                      Pay It Forward
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 77396
                      #6
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                        • DirtyDreamer
                          Confirmed User
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 458
                          #7
                          Originally posted by brassmonkey
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                            • Konda
                              ...
                              • Apr 2003
                              • 2280
                              #8
                              Because those layouts work the best.

                              If you look at some of the bigger sites you can see they always make small changes to try to improve ratios. Sometimes they revert, sometimes they leave it. It's just a matter of split testing and seeing what works best. For some it might be laziness (they just copy what others do), but for some it's all based on data.

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                                • mopek1
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jun 2004
                                  • 3196
                                  #9
                                  I agree about the cookie cutter thing. They do all look alike and I'm not really that impressed with it.

                                  Also, what ever happened to video previews on the main tour page? Or even the join page? I feel like tours have reverted to an earlier time. I see the 'play' buttons that say, "Watch Video" and then when you click it, it goes to the join page. It's not a huge deal but I thought that fooling the surfer was passe.

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                                    • seeandsee
                                      Check SIG!
                                      • Mar 2006
                                      • 50945
                                      #10
                                      industry will change and adopt over time, so it's time for cutters again :D
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                                        • Jel
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Feb 2007
                                          • 6904
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Webmaster Advertising
                                          So site owners have become lazy is the general consensus?

                                          So its not just affiliates any more, interesting...

                                          Yet piracy is still the main cause of sales declining in the business LOL
                                          No, it's the tours. Behave...

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