Thumb TGPers. a question

[MrIzzz]

how many thumbs do you consider to be too many thumbs on a thumb TGP?

[Tom_PMs]

Over 15 (or maybe 16) More than that is a free site and should be marketed as such imo.

[MrIzzz]

hmmm, i was expecting someone to say anything over 100 thumbs is too much

[David!]

I uusually have around 90 on my TGP's

[MrIzzz]

Originally posted by PussyMan
I uusually have around 90 on my TGP's

what size thumbs do you usually use when you have 90 thumbs?

[devilspost]

i have 90 on mine http://www.devilspost.com

[NBDesign]

if your bandwith bill is larger than your income.... you have too many thumbs.

[Tom_PMs]

Ah excuse me, I didnt read your question right at all, lmfao!
nevermind

[David!]

Originally posted by MrIzzz
what size thumbs do you usually use when you have 90 thumbs?

I've always used 88*88
But that's what I like...
I have yet to meet someone who has a scientific answer as to why a specific size is better

[MrIzzz]

Originally posted by NBDesign
if your bandwith bill is larger than your income.... you have too many thumbs.

lolololololol

[MrIzzz]

Originally posted by PussyMan
I've always used 88*88
But that's what I like...
I have yet to meet someone who has a scientific answer as to why a specific size is better

i was just wondering.


i've seen 88x88 sites have almost 200 thumbs. and i've seen 90x120 do almost the same.


personally i use a different amount of thumbs across all of my TGPs from 50 to 100.

[garett]

140 on Coed Cherry. 28 per "block". I list 4 days and a hall of fame.

I don't think there's really a such thing as "too much" until you start running into bandwidth issues. You should have a good system for optimizing your thumbs and pages.

The main page on Coed Cherry is php driven .. but a cron job is run once a minute to generate it into a static .shtml page and I have gzip compression enabled in apache so it's serving static compressed pages. Then once a while I download the thumb folder and run the entire thing through XAT Image Optimizer to get all the thumbs down to 3k to 4k max.

The last time I did a heavy optimization I managed to get a 'session' down from 700k total to 500k... but that was before I switched from 88x88 thumbs to 90x120. It's probably smaller now because I have 15 less thumbs and 5 less banners that were 184x184.

[garett]

Originally posted by PussyMan
I've always used 88*88
But that's what I like...
I have yet to meet someone who has a scientific answer as to why a specific size is better

I switched Coed Cherry from 88x88 to 90x120 this week and within 48 hours my productivity went from 160% to 220%. It doesn't get any more scientific than that ;)

[David!]

Originally posted by garett
I switched Coed Cherry from 88x88 to 90x120 this week and within 48 hours my productivity went from 160% to 220%. It doesn't get any more scientific than that ;)

I tried that and did not see any significant increase or decrease...

[crockett]

that's kinda like asking...How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop??

[MrIzzz]

Originally posted by crockett
that's kinda like asking...How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop??

lol


i'm just curious as to everyones opinion about how manys thumbs is too much. because some people argue that too many thumbs gives away too much free content to the surfers and i don't agree with that

[Tuna]

i do 30, 60 and 90 on different tgps ofcourse. sizes vary from 88x88 to 90x120.

[David!]

Originally posted by MrIzzz
lol


i'm just curious as to everyones opinion about how manys thumbs is too much. because some people argue that too many thumbs gives away too much free content to the surfers and i don't agree with that

I think you should not worry about what other people think. Anyways, even if you limit the amount of free thumbs on your site, others will give much more away for free.
I think it is all a question of tweaking and trial and error

[DaLord]

Originally posted by MrIzzz
how many thumbs do you consider to be too many thumbs on a thumb TGP?

90 is enough if you use 90x120.

[DaLord]

Originally posted by MrIzzz
lol


i'm just curious as to everyones opinion about how manys thumbs is too much. because some people argue that too many thumbs gives away too much free content to the surfers and i don't agree with that

What matters is HOW you sell it
I can whip up a 100k TGP in a week or two with 500 galleries in the database but only 90 shown at a time.

[HowlingWulf]

Doesn't the average surfer click between 2 and 3 thumbs? So some click 0 some click 10, but most click what your prod says. Why so many?

[garett]

Originally posted by HowlingWulf
Doesn't the average surfer click between 2 and 3 thumbs? So some click 0 some click 10, but most click what your prod says. Why so many?

Choice. And because bookmarkers are thought to really drive a site. You can rely on bookmarkers to be there and they're generally more productive. So you want to appease them. I know I'm more likely to bookmark a site that has 150 thumbs over one with only 90.

[Steve]

I like to use about 120 - 150 thumbs
seems to work good for me