Best Gallery layouts

RawAlex · 2003-10-11, 12:02 AM

I am seeing sponsor galleries run the gammit from very highly produced, heavy in graphics, wild gallerys to VERY plain, 4 rows of thumbs, square, spaced, no background, one banner, one text link, nothing serious.

What sort of galleries do you feel do better?

Alex

Bill · 2003-10-11, 02:02 AM

Well, there are at least two things you have to balance with galleries. The first is getting listed, and getting listed well, with good positions. The second is making the sale, convincing the wary cheapskate TGP surfer to close the deal and type in the numerals.

I've heard a lot of people complain that the conversions of the fancy graphic intensive galleries are unusually lousy.

But there are still a lot of TGP owners who seem to think that fancy graphics are "pretty", or something; at least there had been a marked tendency in this past year for high graphics galleries to get listed above plainer galleries.

This isn't true of all TGPs, some still prefer the "old-fashioned" look, and I think I'm seeing a trend away from high-graphics galleries pushing out plain galleries in the past two-three months.

But, if you are getting listed in the first ten positions with fancier galleries, even if the gallery ratios are bad, your sales may be better, because the juiciest surfers buy on the first gallery they see that pushes their button. So, the closer to the top, the more juicy traffic, the better sales.

I would say the day of the pure "plain gallery", three rows of thumbs and a couple banners with text, is pretty much over. The sponsors that are using them are sans clue.

I myself like to build hybrid designs, with a touch or two of graphic "bells and whistles", but emphasizing the sell text. Simple, but with a custom-built look.

gel · 2003-10-11, 09:36 AM

I agree with Bill.

I think more and more webmasters are designing galleries and pages to impress other designers instead of making sales.

Also the vast majority of webmasters are on high speed internet connection.

I believe the majority of surfers are still on dial-up. A "fancy" gallery takes too long ot load on a dial up and alot of those surfers leave before the page loads.

Cleo · 2003-10-11, 09:43 AM

Pretty much what Bill said.

Plus the fancy galleries are a lot more work to make.

Also some of my fancy galleries have been mistaken for sponsor galleries.

2003-10-11, 12:02 AM	#1
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	Best Gallery layouts I am seeing sponsor galleries run the gammit from very highly produced, heavy in graphics, wild gallerys to VERY plain, 4 rows of thumbs, square, spaced, no background, one banner, one text link, nothing serious. What sort of galleries do you feel do better? Alex

2003-10-11, 09:43 AM	#4
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Pretty much what Bill said. Plus the fancy galleries are a lot more work to make. Also some of my fancy galleries have been mistaken for sponsor galleries. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2003-10-11, 02:02 AM	#2
Bill Selling porn allows me to stay in a constant state of Bliss - ain't that a trip! Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,914	Well, there are at least two things you have to balance with galleries. The first is getting listed, and getting listed well, with good positions. The second is making the sale, convincing the wary cheapskate TGP surfer to close the deal and type in the numerals. I've heard a lot of people complain that the conversions of the fancy graphic intensive galleries are unusually lousy. But there are still a lot of TGP owners who seem to think that fancy graphics are "pretty", or something; at least there had been a marked tendency in this past year for high graphics galleries to get listed above plainer galleries. This isn't true of all TGPs, some still prefer the "old-fashioned" look, and I think I'm seeing a trend away from high-graphics galleries pushing out plain galleries in the past two-three months. But, if you are getting listed in the first ten positions with fancier galleries, even if the gallery ratios are bad, your sales may be better, because the juiciest surfers buy on the first gallery they see that pushes their button. So, the closer to the top, the more juicy traffic, the better sales. I would say the day of the pure "plain gallery", three rows of thumbs and a couple banners with text, is pretty much over. The sponsors that are using them are sans clue. I myself like to build hybrid designs, with a touch or two of graphic "bells and whistles", but emphasizing the sell text. Simple, but with a custom-built look.

2003-10-11, 09:36 AM	#3
gel Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Way up north, but at least not in Canada Posts: 25	I agree with Bill. I think more and more webmasters are designing galleries and pages to impress other designers instead of making sales. Also the vast majority of webmasters are on high speed internet connection. I believe the majority of surfers are still on dial-up. A "fancy" gallery takes too long ot load on a dial up and alot of those surfers leave before the page loads.