Hi Lee

I personally think that the adult internet market will not be recognizable from what it is today due to advances in technology and changes in user patterns and tastes.

I already see larger companies trying to abuse the gay market, not only in generic main market type of sites, but even in smaller niches. I'll cite examples such as XXX when they were doing a gay asian front end with their Youngasianboys site, as well as another company with Bangkokbangers, which is presently doing the same thing, throwing traffic at a tour in the gay market, hoping to cash in on some of the revenue, but taking gay surfers to be idiots by giving them not the niche membership they signed up for, but a generic content membership area that is not even close to resembling the promises in the tours.

I also think that due to changes yet unforseen in the marketplace, we may see even more consolidation in the industry among processors, providers and webmasters. As it is now, it is harder for the small guy to get started than it was back in 97, or 98 due to changes in the climate. Future changes, certain to be attempted, and possibly even enacted, will most likely shrink the pool of smaller webmasters even more..... thus leaving the market open to those with money to throw at it.

In the short of it, yes, i see that those in the money and able to withstand the changes in market climate will be the ones to determine what the surfers get to see in the years to come, and unfortunately, if some of the sites put forth today from these companies are an indication of what is to come, i believe that the emphasis will indeed be less concerned with content to the surfer and giving him a valuable experience, and instead will be simply corporate "numbers" driven drivel.

JMHO

Tom