[Fisty Palmer]

I'm certainly not a voice of experience here, but from a surfer point of view I think sign-ups will continue to slow down for two fundamental reasons:

1) There's too much free content.

2) Some of the paysites really suck, and people are tired of having their pockets picked.

Does it work to refuse to list galleries containing excessively graphic content? In other words, show some skin but leave something to the imagination.

Concerning paysites, doesn't it make sense to investigate what you're promoting? If, for example, the site in question has a great tour but the content inside fails to live up to the hype, isn't it better to not promote such sites and avoid the negative reputation received for marketing low quality goods?

I know a fair percentage of sites live off bookmark traffic, so isn't it more rational to market sites that maintain a high level of quality, thus ensuring your recommendations to the surfer will be gold, and not thought of as just more hype, or worse yet -- outright lies?

Just some pre-Thanksgiving ramblings.

Fisty
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