Are adult sites are losing visitors?

[r3n3gad3]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

http://www.economist.com/business/di...ory_id=9040354

that was the article I was reffering to, thnx Halfdeck!

But if this is true we will need to search for different methods to keep the visitors on our sites..

[Halfdeck]

That graph isn't tracking change in overall number of visits, just change in % share. You could have more people visiting adult sites and still show a negative trend.

For example:

Month 1:3 adult site visits / 3 myspace visits = 50%/50%.
Month 2:5 adult site visits / 15 myspace visits = 25% / 75%.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Halfdeck

That graph isn't tracking change in overall number of visits, just change in % share. You could have more people visiting adult sites and still show a negative trend.

For example:

Month 1:3 adult site visits / 3 myspace visits = 50%/50%.
Month 2:5 adult site visits / 15 myspace visits = 25% / 75%.

I thought of that just after I posted. You also have to look at one of the largest groups of new users...children. Of parents online, almost 1/3rd of their children under 2 are also online. And the largest group of new users are people under 21. So when you throw underage users into the mix, the data has to be scued.