I think that smart newbies wonīt do TGP.
Soon they would realize that success in TGP is not much a matter of "smartness".
To succeed with TGPs, one needs a combination of: a)lots of patience to produce and submit hundreds of galleries per day; b)good relationships with the big TGP owners
Sure, intelligence will always make some difference (e.g., intelligent people will make better galleries, will find tools to work easier, will cultivate good networking), but what I mean is that itīs not fundamental when it comes to TGP; you can compensate lack of IQ with lots of work.
OTOH, smartness is key when playing the Search Engines. Google is king today, and to get into google, it takes lots of hard work AND lots of learning how google work (google nearly factored out luck from the game).
Assuming the above is right, the answer to the original question is no, smart newbies wonīt see much money soon. The google cycle itself takes about three months between creating a site and collecting the results from (possible) good rankings; add to that the time to learn, tweak, etc, and we are talking about at least six months.
The difference is that SE money is much more stable (longer lasting); once you get into cruising flight, it will be easier to keep your $$$ flowing (no daily submitting 100īs of galleries to get a cheque next month).
Disclaimers:
- I donīt do TGPs (my thoughts may be absolutely wrong)
- I consider myself more of a stupid than a smart newbie
- I am drunk
