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Old 2006-07-22, 08:33 AM   #1
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I just want to add a note here about (automatically) splitting up movies for use on TGP/MGP galleries or in free sites for Link Lists.

What I want to mention is that there is huge difference between these two things:

(i) automatically splitting a 2-minute movie into 15-second clips, and

(ii) creating a series of 15-second clips that will convince a surfer that he should go look at the paysite.

I see so many movie galleries and free sites where it seems the builders' intention was to just to entertain the surfer (and provide the required amount of content based on the submission rules).

It's an incredible waste of bandwidth to do things that way.

If someone is going to use movie content for free sites and galleries, it makes much more sense to cut your movies by hand, and make sure that what you're using is carefully targetted to match your text and to assist in advancing the goal of convincing the surfer that they need to go see the paysite now.
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