There's maybe three people in the entire online adult industry who innovate. The rest just copy. What's even worse is how much mediocrity and blatant rip-offs are praised by the sheep.
There's maybe three people in the entire online adult industry who innovate. The rest just copy. What's even worse is how much mediocrity and blatant rip-offs are praised by the sheep.
Client: I want a design JUST like xxxxxxxxxx.com
Designer: Just like it?!?
Client: Yep, as close as possible without looking like blatant theft.
A week later the designer shows the client the finished work.
Designer: Like this?
Client: Yep, I love it!
Client goes posting on GFY praising designer. Happy ending.
Whitehat is for chumps
If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!
BS, thats what it is:
Client: I want a design JUST like xxxxxxxxxx.com
Designer: Just like it?!?
Client: Yep, as close as possible without looking like blatant theft.
A week later the designer shows the client the finished work.
Designer: Like this?
Client: Yep, I love it!
Client goes posting on GFY praising designer. Happy ending.
thanks for that. I think that is someone blatantly ripped off another site, detail by detail, wouldn't that undermin the webmasters?
Would that just shout 'Webmasters are dumb and won't notice?'
I think some companies, like Slickcash are a little smarter than that and are a bit more understanding how important webmasters are.
It's a blatant knock-off. The concept is almost exactly the same, the color and even the font is nearly identical. You can blindly say that they are 'smarter than that', but IMHO they should fire their designer and design a new site as an act of good faith.
Would you be thinking the same if they didn't pay you to think that?
yep totally. because I work with tons of companies everyday, and if I didn't take the webmasters into consideration, I don't think many deals would get done.
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yep totally. because I work with tons of companies everyday, and if I didn't take the webmasters into consideration, I don't think many deals would get done.
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Newsflash, most DON'T take webmasters into consideration.
Whitehat is for chumps
If you don't do it, somebody else will - true story!
PG has always been in the avantguard of site design and content quality......GMP has been out since '04. Why would you want to copy a design that has been floating arround for over 2 yeras in an industry where 1 month = almost a life time?
Front end design is really not a science. Good quality pictures + Hot Girls + Easy to follow flow + Simple Text = 1 good Design. Really there's no need to ripp someone off.
....just ma 2 cents.
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If you look at the member's areas of both sites Slickcash is obviously copying PG and then just changing a few things. For example on the gallery pages they are both using a header image of 299 X 190. I seriously doubt both came up with those unusual dimensions separately. Also the entire layout of the member's areas is almost identical. Same size thumbs, placement of links, similar bordered tables used, etc. Even the use of the header frame is virtually identical.
The wording and link placement of the 2257 is an exact copy. They even copied word for word the PG's copyright notice chaning only the contact e-mail address.
One of our main sites have been copied atleast 4-5 times with both name, concept/content, color, and style... been a problem with PPC in SE, since the surfer can get confused which one is the original one, if one of the clones is bidding on the same keywords
But I guess that is part of the business - just always have to be one step ahead, and make the others play catch up
One of our main sites have been copied atleast 4-5 times with both name, concept/content, color, and style... been a problem with PPC in SE, since the surfer can get confused which one is the original one, if one of the clones is bidding on the same keywords
But I guess that is part of the business - just always have to be one step ahead, and make the others play catch up
It's a sad reality of this biz - My brand names get scraped and SEO'd by thieving fuckers on a regular basis.
But what do you do, when even a search on an SE starts with your query and links it to the SE's crony club.
Look and feel complaints like this one, do have merit, but they are hard to dispute. It's not a copyright violation if the images are licensed by each party.
I'd love to be in the courtroom as lawyers split shaved hairs over '5 horizontal vaginas with two brunette and three blonde...'
The best defense is be the best. Secure your brands if they do apply and enforce them, but be the best.
Front end design is really not a science. Good quality pictures + Hot Girls + Easy to follow flow + Simple Text = 1 good Design. Really there's no need to ripp someone off.
....just ma 2 cents.
Dude, do you really think that??? LOL
Tours are absolutely a science. To think otherwise is absurd.
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It's a sad reality of this biz - My brand names get scraped and SEO'd by thieving fuckers on a regular basis.
But what do you do, when even a search on an SE starts with your query and links it to the SE's crony club.
Look and feel complaints like this one, do have merit, but they are hard to dispute. It's not a copyright violation if the images are licensed by each party.
I'd love to be in the courtroom as lawyers split shaved hairs over '5 horizontal vaginas with two brunette and three blonde...'
The best defense is be the best. Secure your brands if they do apply and enforce them, but be the best.
Good post ... I personally think this says a lot about SlickCash
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