Re: Wonder why business is "less than stellar"
Well, I see both sides of this one. I agree with Alex that when all the free content dries up, the tube sites are fucked. In fact, if you surf the tube sites at the moment, you will see the same stuff being rehashed on all of them, and even rehashed individually. I read Caldwell's quote, and he specifically stays away from saying they made more "money". Their business could be like "Hun" traffic. Large volume, small conversions. Who knows.
But I do know this, that I launched a new site yesterday in what I think is a great niche..or in this case "niches" and the sales amazed me. I agree with Toby on this one, low traffic, good conversions is a good place to be in the middle of this meltdown. I won't claim that anything is "on fire" at the moment, but I will say its good business, not greedy business...grin
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