Why Is Everyone Trying To Jump On The Social Networking Bandwagon?

[Lee]

I mean really, 99% of adult social networking sites are going to fail.

It took AEBN hundreds of thousands in ad spending to get Qpeeps and Xpeeps semi-popular, what makes someone who is making maybe $500 a month think they are going to do a better job than a company with thousands to invest every month?

I really dont understand why the adult industry has gone from being a leader in online technology and trends to a follower spawning hundreds of copycat sites.

Regards,

Lee

[Chilihost]

I think social networking is here to stay and any webmaster not involved with it today will be kicking him/herself later.

[Lee]

I think social networking is here to stay and any webmaster not involved with it today will be kicking him/herself later.

Right but, that boat has already passed, thats my point.

The same with people still trying to latch on to the cell phone porn market place, they are about 5 years to late because that area is already dominated by 2 or 3 high profile companies.

Tube sites also, the time to jump on that bandwagon has passed, AEBN and MaleFlixxx have already cornered that market in adult.

The social networking bandwagon passed a couple of years ago, anyone who isnt already on it isnt going to be getting a ride.

Regards,

Lee

[Chilihost]

OK its my turn to call you out and say that your response is stupid. Whats myspace traffic now? About 3-4 million visitors a day? If you start up your own social networking site and manage to get 1/10th of 1% of that traffic, you would be getting 3000-4000 visitors a day. You don't think you would have success with that traffic?

[Lee]

OK its my turn to call you out and say that your response is stupid. Whats myspace traffic now? About 3-4 million visitors a day? If you start up your own social networking site and manage to get 1/10th of 1% of that traffic, you would be getting 3000-4000 visitors a day. You don't think you would have success with that traffic?

How would you get that traffic though?

Everyone already uses MySpace or one of the existing adult social networking sites, the chances of a new social networking site in the adult industry launching and actually being successfull is slim, the same with these 'tube' type sites i see people launching all the time.

Based on what you just said, everyone should still go right ahead and open up a TGP, TheHun gets millions of hits each day, getting 1/10th of 1% of his traffic would be good too but you dont see webmasters telling others that opening a TGP is going to make them thousands of dollars, why is opening a social network any different? It isnt, the bandwagon has passed and those who werent on it arent going to be able to catch up.

The same is true with review sites, everyone has one these days it seems, people launching new review sites stand a slim chance of theirs becoming as popular as RabbitsReviews, TBP, GayDemon, etc now because the time to cash in on the craze has already passed and surfers already have their favorite review sites in their bookmarks.

Likewise, i still see people trying to cash in on that 'million dollar homepage' pixel selling site, even though the time to do so has passed my point is, just because someone else is doing something well, that doesnt mean that everyone should go right out and launch a similar site, product or service because the chances are, by the time they do, they will have missed the boat and will be fighting a constant uphill battle to get traffic.

Work smarter, not harder.

Regards,

Lee

[samebb]

Im going to jump in here and say something.

It has been PROVEN that most users of social networks use more than one site. Infact i cant remember the results of the pole, but it says like 65% of people use Myspace and over 5 more!

Myspace users usually use FaceBook to for instance.

[Lee]

Myspace users usually use FaceBook to for instance.

So what you are saying is, everyone should go out and launch an adult version of FaceBook because people will want to use it?

Regards,

Lee

[IdolKnights]

Friendster, Myspace, Facebook being the mindset of Social Networking ... There is a lack in understanding Flickr, Youtube and GWW are also Social networking sites.

Where, as I see it, the point of this thread is slightly vague in that it stamps on the "social networking" label but doesn't define it truly to a point of ABC style.

I mean really, 99% of adult social networking sites are going to fail.

Well maybe it did. Qpeeps and Xpeeps. Those two "adult" networking sites being based on the friendster/myspace model.

What makes someone who is making maybe $500 a month think they are going to do a better job than a company with thousands to invest every month?

I don't think it's about your spending cash at all. (Minus your programming costs) I would say it has more to do with your hook.

Jock bod, gay .com and mygayspace. Bebo, ModelMayhem and oneModelPlace. DeviantArt, Istock and OutinUSA.

Social networking has been around for quite some time. It's the face that changes. The branding, the functions and the hook.

So, the simple idea of Social networking being dead in the water is not true. Not even close to true. It's the core of the internet.

The argument is simply in the presentation.

Side note - Myspace was just a clone of Friendster but their hook of getting bands to join and letting John and Jane Doe befriend them, make a profile and add a personal touch.

Friendster was just a clone of Circle of Friends.

It's the HOOK, not the site.

[chodadog]

Tube sites also, the time to jump on that bandwagon has passed, AEBN and MaleFlixxx have already cornered that market in adult.

Are you serious?

PornoTube's alexa ranking is currently 203.
XTube is 378.

Hell, I wouldn't even consider sites like AEBN and Male Flixxx to be "tube" sites.

[Lee]

Are you serious?

PornoTube's alexa ranking is currently 203.
XTube is 378.

Hell, I wouldn't even consider sites like AEBN and Male Flixxx to be "tube" sites.

Yes, AEBN and MaleFlixxx own the two 'tube' sites you just mentioned, thats why i said they had already cornered that market

Id love to see someone launch a new adult 'tube' style site that could be grown as popular as the other adult ones are, but i doubt ill be proven wrong.

Regards,

Lee

[mickey]

How would you get that traffic though?

Everyone already uses MySpace or one of the existing adult social networking sites, the chances of a new social networking site in the adult industry launching and actually being successfull is slim, the same with these 'tube' type sites i see people launching all the time.

Based on what you just said, everyone should still go right ahead and open up a TGP, TheHun gets millions of hits each day, getting 1/10th of 1% of his traffic would be good too but you dont see webmasters telling others that opening a TGP is going to make them thousands of dollars, why is opening a social network any different? It isnt, the bandwagon has passed and those who werent on it arent going to be able to catch up.

The same is true with review sites, everyone has one these days it seems, people launching new review sites stand a slim chance of theirs becoming as popular as RabbitsReviews, TBP, GayDemon, etc now because the time to cash in on the craze has already passed and surfers already have their favorite review sites in their bookmarks.

Likewise, i still see people trying to cash in on that 'million dollar homepage' pixel selling site, even though the time to do so has passed my point is, just because someone else is doing something well, that doesnt mean that everyone should go right out and launch a similar site, product or service because the chances are, by the time they do, they will have missed the boat and will be fighting a constant uphill battle to get traffic.

Work smarter, not harder.

Regards,

Lee

sorry but that is a load of rubbish, if that where true we might as well all just find other jobs as someone already has a bigger "something" or build "something" first... however we are all making or trying to make money and some of us are doing rather well, i suspect..

It might be tougher to get the sites off the ground etc but that doesnt mean they will not be successfull in the long run and make you a buttload of money in the process..

[rick]

By the same token, the same could be said about paysites. Aren't you launching new paysites soon?

It's not 1995 anymore. There are millions of paysites. Those putting up paysites now are jumping on an old bandwagon and copying everyone else.

Isn't that what you're saying?

I thought of putting up a social networking site but prefer semi-retirement. I'd be shot dead if I tried to foist off more work on someone else.

Sure, people bookmark their favorite sites, but there are hundreds of thousands of new Internet users every day. That is the market you want to attract, the non-jaded newbies.

[Lee]

By the same token, the same could be said about paysites. Aren't you launching new paysites soon?

Would you not say there was a fundamental difference between paysites and social networking type sites though?

Again, 99% of adult social networking sites are going to fail, so far nothing has been said to disprove that fact.

Regards,

Lee

[mickey]

Would you not say there was a fundamental difference between paysites and social networking type sites though?

Again, 99% of adult social networking sites are going to fail, so far nothing has been said to disprove that fact.

Regards,

Lee

to be honest nothing has been said and no numbers shown to confirm your numbers, unless you have a crystal ball with everknowing answers (in which case i would like the lotto number for next week)

and wouldnt you say that a shitload of paysites fail too ?

agreed, social networking is harder to get up and proffit from but ..

[ccjax]

Hey Lee,

We have many successful clients who operate social networking sites, and even though they are different from paysites on many levels - the successful ones on both sides are about NICHE market.