TGP Thumb Sizes - What do submitters want?
 

I'm working on new thumb TGP network and I am designing 50 thumb TGPs to start with.
I've been looking around to see what the standard thumb sizes are and I've noticed that 120x150, 88x88 and 90x120 seem to be some of the most common sizes.
I know different design companies use different sizes but I want to know which you guys think is the most poular, and which sizes you submitters prefer.

So submitters let me know what you want.

Any input appreciated.

I asked that question about 1-2 months ago, and got a majority of votes for 90x120

but the main thing submitters want is TRAFFIC

Yeah ofcourse, I understand that. I was refering to the actual thumb sizes. Thanks for your input.

I'll vote for 90x120 - that was the most popular when I asked, and I like the image it gives you better than the 88x88

90x120 or 88x88 are preferred by me. Depending on your site and what you can send you can do any size you like. If you want a lot of submitters, do those 2. If you have a lot of traffic and want quality submitters, try using a size a little different. Then you will get yourself some webmasters that take the extra step :2 cents:

Thats a good point, I never thought of that. But I think it may be harder to get it established if they are not standard, I assume most submitters won't bother.

Size does matter, no matter what the ladies tell ya a bigger one is better.

As far as sizes go, 90x120 I like the best but I don't want all my tgps to be the same size so i vary them and if you run a funky size like 124x124 it makes it easy to see if someone is stealing your thumbs.

Has anyone heard of the "magic number" that is supposed to be preferred in all things ? Something like a 1.6 ratio I think.

88x88 is the common one.

interesting idea, but if your submitters had to take that extra step to get listed on your site, you would have less submitters, therefore less choice. You may not get the best galleries either, because if someone is willing to put more time into getting listed on your site, that doesnt mean their design skills are better than someone elses. it may even have a negative effect, because if you have a smaller pool of submitters, many sucessful ones may not even submit to you because they get plenty of traffic elsewhere without having to make custom sized thumbs. you may just get the people desperate for traffic because they have a higher chance of getting listed on your site (again, because of the smaller number of submitters)

i hope at least some of that made sense


and in response to 4Pics; that is a good point of having different sizes, but if you are going to use a FHG database this would lead to either incompatibility, or extra cost.

i wish you guys would conform to my 85x110 standard :)

The golden ratio!
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/uda...3/chrism2.html

Everyone wants different sizes, 88x88, 90x120, and a whole host of others. pain in the ass if you ask me.

88*88

good article :thumbsup

my tgp has a 120x150 size and a utility for webmasters to crop a image for the preview on the fly so i don't have to loose webmasters.. but no one actually submits.. so i post myself and am happy with the conversions. :glugglug

Did extensive research on this topic in college. Very interesting.

90x120 and my choice of 85x110 are both very close to that golden ratio. thats why they look better than the 88x88.

Lets try this..

<img src="http://seasrc.th.net/gif/reddot.gif" height=160 width=100>

<img src="http://seasrc.th.net/gif/reddot.gif" height=100 width=160>


<img src="http://seasrc.th.net/gif/reddot.gif" height=200 width=320>

Yeah I vote 90x120 too but really sucks then tgps can only deliver very little traffic when they as for so much

Thanks for the input guys. From what I've heard so far it seems that 90x120 and 88x88 are the way to go.
Interesting idea about the golden proportions but I'm not sure if its practical. From the examples Brujah posted, they look far too long. The standard photo size about 1:1.5, so less. I dont' think the golden proportions would actually look good, plus the problem with it being uncommon as discussed above. Thanks for the idea though. :)