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TGP's were bolstered as major sponsor programs abandoned giving away free content on there tours.
Thus TGP's really had a place in the industry.
I good tour has free content already and if your smart you update that tour often to show traffic that the site is "Always new".
The engineering in tours has changed to contain content alot lately, I see it more and more anyways.
In hindsite ya can go back to circa 1995 and recall Intertain Inc, and Intergal they had huge tours complete with photos and video clips.
Later Danni's kicked in with a portal concept tour for her traffic.
The above 3 were goliaths and 1 still stands with the same concept and celebrates extraordinary success.
That art has been lost under the assumption that it is better to throw content to webmasters for use on TGP's and free sites.
How it became a staple standard in the marketing arsonal of affiliate systems I really do not know as the content gets blown out and chewed down at far faster rates.
Thus it effectively breaks down the value of the content's shelflife and consequencely over all value.
I personally do not think TGP's are a necessity in advertising.
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