There are no more webmasters...

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Originally Posted by Hell Puppy

Traffic...

The free traffic sources are all but gone, that's what has killed so many. It now takes some talent, skills and hard work to make it. If anyone were asking me about starting out now, I'd advise them that if they're gonna do it fulltime, they're likely going to need a paysite or two in their repotoire. That's the only way you can really still control your own destiny.

Either that or you've got to score with something that generates some decent traffic and be VERY VERY good at filtering it.

In the content business, most of the free traffic is gone. However, I suppose that if you can generate your own traffic for your own content, you can do well. I now have to buy traffic that was free back in the day. A lot of the hobbyists that produced focussed quality traffic have either quit or are now selling said traffic.