Internext In Trouble?? - GoFuckYourself.com

TheLegacy · 01-09-2004, 05:19 PM

In talking to various webmasters and companies this years internext was smaller and not as enjoyable as in the past.

1) fewer parties
2) parties had the luster of an airport smoking area except the drinks were free
3) fewer webmasters attending
4) overpriced and poor service rooms
5) seminars are repackaged with same information

The show this year in my opinion was to find out who was standing after all the shit that has happened to the industry in 2003.

If anything can be said - it was to meet old friends again - play some pranks - drink at the round bar/parties - hussle newcomers and floor models- but mostly as mentioned - survive any shitty conditions known to mankind to simply meet up with great people.

The guess is that the smaller venues and conventions that are more affordable plus having the freedom to throw parties with style (*style being hot models rather than rippled vs. flat chips) will pick up the slack.

Dirty F · 01-09-2004, 05:21 PM

funny you mention this as the montreal show also shrinked with 50% this year.

Brad Xtremepay · 01-09-2004, 05:24 PM

Oh oh, and don't forget to harrass prositutes at the round bar.

JDog · 01-09-2004, 05:27 PM

Yea this year wasn't great at all! Not many people there!

jDoG

myneid · 01-09-2004, 05:30 PM

its funny that you should bring up such a thing casue i've been going to internext since '98 and everybody who goes to internext in las vegas twice says this about the third year they go.

the show is meant to do business and an assload of business is being done. the major point is that the big guys are realizing that putting up 100k to throw a one night party isnt worth it as it will never bring in 100k of business.

if you just go to have fun, dont bitch about it. instead next year thow a party yourself and see how it goes and you will find out why the parties have gotten slimmer.

i hung out with all the old schoolers, i met some of the new guys and all was cool

TheLegacy · 01-09-2004, 05:36 PM

basically it was the same for me.. I am an old schooler too.. been going to shows for about 8 years now... still, have to meet webmasters - not too sure about hookers by the bar - all I see is content when looking around so I dont really care

MadCap · 01-09-2004, 05:41 PM

This year was better than ever before as far as vegas shows go the reason there was not as many people cause most of the non industry assholes werent there and all thier friends I got more buisness done at this show in the first 5 hours than in any one full day in the past 5 years down there. The huge and wild parties were atracting the wrong element if you ask my Too many newbies asking "whats tgp traffic" "Whats an exit console" and the big guys saw that thier return on investment wasnt there. Topbucks was the best example this year instead of the content parties of the past they took a select group of people to private dinners and I would bet the roi in that is tripple one of those packed sasuage parties of the past.

Hopefully the trend continues.

01-09-2004, 05:19 PM	#1
TheLegacy SEO Connoisseur Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brantford, Ontario Posts: 17,111	Internext In Trouble?? In talking to various webmasters and companies this years internext was smaller and not as enjoyable as in the past. 1) fewer parties 2) parties had the luster of an airport smoking area except the drinks were free 3) fewer webmasters attending 4) overpriced and poor service rooms 5) seminars are repackaged with same information The show this year in my opinion was to find out who was standing after all the shit that has happened to the industry in 2003. If anything can be said - it was to meet old friends again - play some pranks - drink at the round bar/parties - hussle newcomers and floor models- but mostly as mentioned - survive any shitty conditions known to mankind to simply meet up with great people. The guess is that the smaller venues and conventions that are more affordable plus having the freedom to throw parties with style (*style being hot models rather than rippled vs. flat chips) will pick up the slack. __________________ SEO Connoisseur Microsoft Teams: Robert Warren SEO Telegram: @TheLegacy54 RobertWarrenSEO.com

01-09-2004, 05:27 PM	#4
JDog Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canby, OR Posts: 7,453	Yea this year wasn't great at all! Not many people there! jDoG __________________ NSCash now powering ReelProfits.com ALSO FEATURING: NSCash.com :: SoloDollars.com :: ReelProfits.com :: BiminiBucks.com :: VOD PROGRAMS COMING SOON: Greedy Bucks :: Vengeance Cash NOW OFFERING OVER 60 SITES CONTACT :: JAMES SMITH :: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER :: ICQ (711385133)

01-09-2004, 05:30 PM	#5
myneid Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 736	its funny that you should bring up such a thing casue i've been going to internext since '98 and everybody who goes to internext in las vegas twice says this about the third year they go. the show is meant to do business and an assload of business is being done. the major point is that the big guys are realizing that putting up 100k to throw a one night party isnt worth it as it will never bring in 100k of business. if you just go to have fun, dont bitch about it. instead next year thow a party yourself and see how it goes and you will find out why the parties have gotten slimmer. i hung out with all the old schoolers, i met some of the new guys and all was cool __________________ Tanguy 0x7a69 inc. Programmer/President/CEO http://www.0x7a69.com A Leader in Programming since 1996 PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, PCI DSS, and any Technical Consulting

01-09-2004, 05:36 PM	#6
TheLegacy SEO Connoisseur Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Brantford, Ontario Posts: 17,111	basically it was the same for me.. I am an old schooler too.. been going to shows for about 8 years now... still, have to meet webmasters - not too sure about hookers by the bar - all I see is content when looking around so I dont really care __________________ SEO Connoisseur Microsoft Teams: Robert Warren SEO Telegram: @TheLegacy54 RobertWarrenSEO.com

01-09-2004, 05:41 PM	#7
MadCap Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: 137771650 Minneapolis MN Posts: 2,357	This year was better than ever before as far as vegas shows go the reason there was not as many people cause most of the non industry assholes werent there and all thier friends I got more buisness done at this show in the first 5 hours than in any one full day in the past 5 years down there. The huge and wild parties were atracting the wrong element if you ask my Too many newbies asking "whats tgp traffic" "Whats an exit console" and the big guys saw that thier return on investment wasnt there. Topbucks was the best example this year instead of the content parties of the past they took a select group of people to private dinners and I would bet the roi in that is tripple one of those packed sasuage parties of the past. Hopefully the trend continues. Last edited by MadCap; 01-09-2004 at 05:44 PM..

01-09-2004, 05:21 PM	#2
Dirty F Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 59,204	funny you mention this as the montreal show also shrinked with 50% this year.

01-09-2004, 05:24 PM	#3
Brad Xtremepay So Fucking Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 2,000	Oh oh, and don't forget to harrass prositutes at the round bar.