Is Old School Relevant?

softball · 03-10-2006

Personally, I think old school internet is dead and buried. It only worked for a shining moment of about 18 months when a trained gorilla could get rich. So what does old school have to offer in 2006? I say nothing really. An bunch of guys who won the lottery but had no idea of real business. The past management of this board are a prime example...moving tons and tons of worthless traffic to pump up advertising revenue and hope to survive another year which they could not.
A few survived and invested wisely. But a few always will.
I argue that they hang around these boards telling "when we" stories about dial ups and bbs's and how much money they made. But their tactics no longer work.
There is no traffic vs content debate. There never was....except for a brief period when traffic was king (remember those 18 months?). Today the porn business has to follow the rules of any real world business. Quality product at a good price point. Solid advertising to drive traffic. A well thought out website with great navigation. And most importantly great customer service with phone back up as well as email.
There is no cheap and easy way into this business anymore. I would guess that most of the old school would fail if they were hanging out their shingle today.
I see far too much get rich quick shit and really crappy proggys littering the web to take most of it seriously.
No wonder so many are crying in their beer and not making money. Hell I wish all the part timers would disappear and leave it to us who actually make our living on the internet. Not likely because someone will always come along to replace the last failure.

03-10-2006	#1
softball Members Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,165	Is Old School Relevant? Personally, I think old school internet is dead and buried. It only worked for a shining moment of about 18 months when a trained gorilla could get rich. So what does old school have to offer in 2006? I say nothing really. An bunch of guys who won the lottery but had no idea of real business. The past management of this board are a prime example...moving tons and tons of worthless traffic to pump up advertising revenue and hope to survive another year which they could not. A few survived and invested wisely. But a few always will. I argue that they hang around these boards telling "when we" stories about dial ups and bbs's and how much money they made. But their tactics no longer work. There is no traffic vs content debate. There never was....except for a brief period when traffic was king (remember those 18 months?). Today the porn business has to follow the rules of any real world business. Quality product at a good price point. Solid advertising to drive traffic. A well thought out website with great navigation. And most importantly great customer service with phone back up as well as email. There is no cheap and easy way into this business anymore. I would guess that most of the old school would fail if they were hanging out their shingle today. I see far too much get rich quick shit and really crappy proggys littering the web to take most of it seriously. No wonder so many are crying in their beer and not making money. Hell I wish all the part timers would disappear and leave it to us who actually make our living on the internet. Not likely because someone will always come along to replace the last failure.