Yesterday I noticed that skeezy.com, lovethecock.com and gaybusters.com, all old/established tgp’s have been changed and are all now tube sites.
Just wondering if you know of any others that have done this and if you think this is the future of tgp’s ??
–Chubbs
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it’s the future of porn in general man 
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Tube sites are crap… I have tired xtube and several others, so has my bf, but theyre full of crap and falsely labelled vids. Give me a TGP, MPG, directory anyday!
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tubes are the trendy thing today, they will become part of any good porn empire portfolio.
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Agreed. Webmasters that are serious about spreading out their portfolio will need a tube site or two.
However, one of the sites mentioned isn’t really a tube site, but a tour for a paysite with full length DVDs.
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Agree with Luke and boston, tube sites are definitely something most serious traffic webmasters should/will have at least one of. IMO
–Chubbs
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[QUOTE=gaydemon_jr;10300]noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Tube sites are crap… I have tired xtube and several others, so has my bf, but theyre full of crap and falsely labelled vids. Give me a TGP, MPG, directory anyday![/QUOTE]
WAIT! WAIT! You have a boyfriend? DAMN, there goes about half of this board’s fantasies right down the crapper!
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I KNOW! i was VERY upset to read that! 
I think it’s demon jr’s responsibility to make us happy by posting a nude picture of himself and his bf so we can judge if they’re good for each other.
sorry to hijack the thread 
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Haha. Yeah I do have a bf, kind of 
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I notice the tube sites mentioned are not user-submission tube sites. They are a conversion of a private MGP into a private tube site which should fit in perfectly with TGP/MGP traffic and trading.
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Tube sites are very popular now, its as if tgp’s are a thing of the past. its very rare i actually even see them mentioned on forums now!
lovethecock.com and gaybusters.com has nice designs! =]
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Jr… Kind of? That’s a rather circuitous answer.
You’re in the adult industry which is centered around, if nothing else, fantasy. I doubt a little thing like being off the market is going to truly hamper fantasy. rofl
Besides… I’m willing to wager one or two people would have room in the fantasy for one more. 
Back to topic though… I think that lately, with the advent of Web2.0 tube sites, more activity on non-industry forums, Myspace, and the ‘reality tv’ thing… the personal / non-personal interactions have gotten to be a great deal more… ‘mainstream’.
I’ve noticed that a lot of amateur content is doing quite well for us, and I think it’s kind of related to the ‘reality’ thing. The next closest thing to reality from tube sites is being there with your hands down his pants. Tube sites offer very candid fodder for the fantasy people are wanting; and the better thing is, that the person posting the video is getting off on knowing that you’re watching them.
They’re not just actors, or porn stars (who may very well love their jobs, don’t get me wrong)… they actually share a ‘fetish’ with the viewer, so it -can- be made into a niche-specific (exhibitionist/voyuer) model… but that’s easily able to satisfy regular viewers. It’s versatile (unlike my last lover), and has a great deal of potential for a webmaster.
That’s why I think that having a -tube site is most certainly going to need to be either in a webmaster’s portfolio, or at least being used in their business model strategy.
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I put a handful of my homemade videos on to Xtube and put my logo on them and Ive gotten signups that way
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not having docs is a bit uh, risky, don’t you think (for the actual tube site owners)?
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Tube sites are much harder work to maintain than TGP/MGP. Lots of sleepless nights because of bandwidth. You really have to find the correct hosting company. 95% billing will put you out of business really quickly.
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I think tube sites are a tricky monster… you really have to finesse the bandwidth bills versus the ads or clicks revenues you can get off the traffic. Sounds like a tube site with any volume must have a professional traffic analyzer / accounts manager to maintain the balance properly. TGP’s / MGP’s, while complicated in their formulations and tricks of the trade to make them profitable, seem like a lot less headaches that a tube site
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+1
My tgp’s are for the most part, self sufficient. I check a few things daily to make sure all is well but other than that, the only thing I do is import new galleries. Bandwidth costs are higher than some other sites but nothing near what a tube site costs to run.
–Chubbs