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Originally Posted by RocHard
Really?
Five years ago very few of my family and friends outside of the industry had an email account or where online. Now, I don't know a single person who isn't on line. This includes my 89 year old grandmother who recently passed away.
When an ISP says "we opened up ten thousand new accounts last month" that's not a reflection of how many "new" people finally got onto the Internet. These are people who had accounts with other companies, moved, or what not.
Granted there are other countries where home computers and internet connections aren't common, but that traffic isn't worth nearly as much as the guy sitting at his computer in NYC wanting to jack off online.
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I would venture saying 'Really'. There's people outside NYC too.. I'm relatively sure internet hasn't taken off as well in the countryside yet, due to the lack of broadband.. technology will make it possible to get broadband soon, no matter how far you're from the nearest phone-center..or wtf you call it. The airwaves WILL make it possible soon.
Also, whether or not there's actually a huge increase in 'new' users, there is and will be a huge increase in broadband users as I mentioned above, which in turn means more active users..and possibly more intrest in spending money online. Do you remember how horrible it was to surf the net on 56kbps line? Nowdays all paysites are more or less 'video' sites.. no way a dial-up surfer is going to join up..unless he's a masochist. I am 99% sure the $$$ spent online increases in HUGE leaps year after the other.
But I don't know for a fact the status of the US since I live in one of the most technologically infested countries where broadband has been the standard for who knows how long.
Cellphones, actually smartphones, psps, ipods everything like that makes advances in technology. When UMTS, or other 3rd gen or 4th gen mobile devices come around there'll be a HUGE HUGE increase in money to be made.. and one would be smart to start planning for that... etc. There's always room for affiliateprograms who think slightly outside the box.
*back to work*