TGP discussion

[Toby]

Originally Posted by rhetorical

...My question is why does all of this happen? Are tgp's using crummy slow bandwidth or are these rotator programmes turning them into molasses? What is the point in moving me around from tgp to toplist to wherever when there is a pretty good possibility I am interested in that very blonde in her sexy boots. So why drive me off to some other toplist? I am already here. Could someone enlighten me on this?

TGP's should be fast. The scripts don't require that much server load. The difference a fast loading site makes in conversions is more than enough to pay the difference for better hosting. This is why I'm looking to change hosts soon. Performance at my current host has declined considerably over the last year.

As for skimming to trades, it has become an almost necessary evil. I'd love to have a 50K/day no-skim fetish TGP, but it's just not going to happen without an existing well established network of sites with relevant niche traffic to feed it. It's very difficult to grow a non-skim TGP these days. In the narrow niche arena it's almost impossible. You have to strike a balance with the skim, don't skim so much that surfers get annoyed, but skim enough to keep your trade partners sending traffic back to you.