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Shoplifter · 05-10-2002, 09:58 PM

In a certain sense nothing has changed...just the number of new fools competing for the same cake.

When I started out in the Winter of '98 I owned my niche and probably got about 90% of the traffic for those search terms.
I would do crappy pay sites over a weekend and be making $7k each by month two from them.

I miss being able to doorway the shit out of the engines. Now that was quality traffic.

There is still plenty of money left in the business but if you are using the same techniques as the old days you will make squat, as everyone else is using them. In fact these days if you are not
a Unix god I wouldn't even get into it.

I sort of foresee the same thing happening to porn as in the ISP business. It will just be too difficult for the mom and pop operations to go on and the small players will be out eventually.
I have actually recently seen some sites that I think will be the wave of the future and they are for all practical purposes live broadcasting channels.

I often wonder about life after porn...How I might have to go back to a job in which I make less in a year than I do in a month now. Thank god I have invested my ill gotten gains.

05-10-2002, 09:58 PM
Shoplifter Richest man in Babylon Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Posts: 10,002 Posts: 5,798	In a certain sense nothing has changed...just the number of new fools competing for the same cake. When I started out in the Winter of '98 I owned my niche and probably got about 90% of the traffic for those search terms. I would do crappy pay sites over a weekend and be making $7k each by month two from them. I miss being able to doorway the shit out of the engines. Now that was quality traffic. There is still plenty of money left in the business but if you are using the same techniques as the old days you will make squat, as everyone else is using them. In fact these days if you are not a Unix god I wouldn't even get into it. I sort of foresee the same thing happening to porn as in the ISP business. It will just be too difficult for the mom and pop operations to go on and the small players will be out eventually. I have actually recently seen some sites that I think will be the wave of the future and they are for all practical purposes live broadcasting channels. I often wonder about life after porn...How I might have to go back to a job in which I make less in a year than I do in a month now. Thank god I have invested my ill gotten gains.