Are gay men like women...

[Hammer]

when it comes to porn?

When I build a gallery to promote a straight site I get some pics of a hot couple with great bodies and put a little teaser text on the page with a few banners. Straight guys arent into a back story for the most part and just want to look at the pictures. The same holds true with a porn video. We aren't looking for a plot, just show us the fucking and sucking.

However, here's my thinking when designing a gay gallery based on my understanding of how gay men think. I would find some good content that depicted an erotic scene with a series. Perhaps a guy delivers a pizza and the customer has to ask him inside while he looks for his money and by the end of the scene the pepperoni on the pizza isn't the only sausage being eaten.

Along with the photo series I'd write a short erotic story about that scene. Nothing too long, just a short and sweet couple paragraphs. The story would go farther than the photos since I want them to join the pay site to see the rest of the pics

I'm just looking for a little feedback to see if I'm on track, or am I all wet?

[Jasun]

Yeah, I think you're right... gay men aren't necessarily "like women" (we hate it when people ask that), but I know what you mean. Gay men, I think, like the back story a bit. I find I get better conversions when I write a bit of a story behind the pictures I'm posting. The story doesn't even have to have the slightest basis in reality.. they don't really care.

Personally, I'm all about the just-fucking-get-naked-and-screw thing, but I'm probably abnormal.

[Hammer]

I meant no offense by comparing gay men to women. I strictly mean it in the sense that women tend to prefer romance rather than explicit porn. When my wife is willing to watch a porn movie with me she definitely prefers the movies that have a plot and she gets off on the fantasy more than the actual sex. Me, I just try not to fall asleep in between the sex scenes.

As far as pictures go, my wife doesn't like the explicit pictures of a woman sucking a guy's cock but does get excited if the guy and the girl in the pic are kissing and she has her hand on an obvious bulge in his pants.

[Jasun]

Oh, I totally knew you meant no offence, and please don't think I was in any way offended at all... I wasn't... I doubt anybody would have been... sorry if I made it sound like I was...

In saying that "we" (a very broad term) hate it when people ask us if we're like women, I was really thinking more the clueless freinds I had in college who'd look at me and whatever guy I was dating at the time and ask me "So who's the girl and who's the guy?". Your question just reminded me of that. I'll try to stay a bit more on topic next time.

[Xstr8guy]

Personally I hate the cheesy back story bullshit... just show my a big cock that I haven't seen a million times on other websites.

As for gay porn movies, I prefer Titan, HDK, Zyloco, Treasure Island Media... and there is ZERO dialog and no story in those movies (Titan is pretty big on the fantasy sequences though).

I obviously can't speak for all gay men... just the non-nelly ones

[Dzinerbear]

I spend a great deal of time writing descriptions, content, stories, fantasies, and what-I'd-like-to-do-to-this-guy kind of stuff. Not only does it improve my search engine rankings, but I don't believe my site would convert as well without it. I think it's a big part of what gets visitors to my site are horned up and willing to part with their credit cards. My site's growing like crazy and sales continue to improve every period, so I'd say it's working for me and my audience.

I imagine surfers must get so tired of all of the bullshit out there, so if you give them some original stuff to read, you'll be appreciated.

I'm also quite sure there are a lot of people out there who come to my site and think, "Shut up and just show me some cock." And that's there, too. There's something for everyone.

Cheers
Dzinerbear

[Xstr8guy]

I truly believe we build sites for ourselves. If we like descriptive text, we put it on our sites. To me, writing good text is near to impossible because I'm more of a visual person when it comes to porn. I wanna see hot sex... not words. The text I include on my sites is very boring. Maybe my sales would improve with some good text... I dunno

[Mansized]

Originally posted by Xstr8guy
Personally I hate the cheesy back story bullshit... just show my a big cock that I haven't seen a million times on other websites.

As for gay porn movies, I prefer Titan, HDK, Zyloco, Treasure Island Media... and there is ZERO dialog and no story in those movies (Titan is pretty big on the fantasy sequences though).

I obviously can't speak for all gay men... just the non-nelly ones

Hate to break into this party like this..but I enjoy an actual plot or an attempt at one with some dialogue and even lots of foreplay.

And I don't particularly care for Big Daddies, total muscle men, shaved heads with tit rings or Prince Alberts, or those men that are going out of their way to prove they are "non-nelly".

I don't think I'm "nelly" and I don't think many of the movies out there that have the average joe/college dude/or even twinks in it are "NELLY" movies.

It is amazing how gay men go to great lengths to pigeon hole (no pun intended) you into one camp or the other. It isn't so black and white..there is a LOT of grey!

[DigitalJay]

ewww xstr8, treasure island is nasty! how do those guys stay healthy? i guess they probably don't...

anyway, yeah do the back story, it's lame and overdone and really should only be used with amateur sites to tell the true story behind the photosets, but jump on the bandwagon and create some new "reality" sites generic little stories like "fucking the pizza guy". Why? Not for your surfers sake, but because it helps with search engine ranking.

[rick]

That question is so stereotypical ..... I mean, not all women like just romantic porn, right? I don't think any of us can speak for all gay men

"My guys" on my cocksucking site have been coming (pun intented) there for 7 years to read the hot stories, I've not had many photos up. Now that I have it more TGP-oriented, they STILL tend to click on the stories (according to Webalizer).

I prefer stories over pictures, but in porn, I don't want any plot in most videos unless it's a BDSM-themed video, and then I want a lot of hot verbal talk from the Top.

[Jason]

speaking of...
personally, with regard to soundtrack on videos, i prefer to hear the sounds of the sex...some verbal...i'm not so much into the cheesy music, or watching it with the sound off. the audio aspect of porn can do a lot too.

what about the rest of you?

[=^..^=]

it depends if the sounds they are makign sound liek they are meanign it or isf it sounds like they just faking it hhee

and i HATE cheesy b grade 70's music on porn flicks :grin:

[Jasun]

MY MUSIC IS NOT CHEEZY!!

Sorry.


I'll go get another coffee.

[TonyKink]

Jasun your music is definitley not cheezy! Strange is an excellent cut. More people should be exposed to your music.

TK

[Gary-Alan]

I agree with Mansized... there is a lot of grey area here.

And the responses in this thread alone make that evident LOL

Personally, what I want comes down to the mood I'm in. There are times I want some back story and there are time I'm just looking for down and dirty, show me the nasty! LOL

Most of the time I let the site I'm sending traffic to dictate what happens too. Reality type sites, I tend to put the back story there because it helps sell it. A specialty niche like uncut... I typically put it all out there without a story.

GA