AVS down, Blogs Up

[Ben]

In the last few months I'm seeing a clear trend that the majority of my signups are now coming from blogs. The number of signups coming from AVS members area as an upsell is steadily decreasing.

Have you noticed the same thing? I don't know if this is a good thing. I guess not, because we're losing one important way of making sales - AVS sites used to be very dependable and predictable for sales.

On the other hand, as Luke once said, blogs seem to have become new free sites and surfers and SEs seem to love them.

Perhaps it's fair after all. Blogs showcase sponsor content in a more organized way than AVS sites do. And they are truly 100% free for surfers.

[HornySilver]

can you show us some of your blogs please?

[gaydemon]

I think it's just a traffic "evolution" really, one i support for sure. Blogs offer something much more interesting than AVS or Free sites. They are more of what a real site should be.

For the last year or so I've given blogs higher priority on gaydemon.com and gaypornengine.com, were they get listed before free and avs sites.

[dzinerbear]

The problem with AVS is that affiliates haven't evolved with the changing market. Most AVS webmasters are still putting a couple of pics on a page and saying, "Buy this." Most AVS sites look like utter shit and I couldn't imagine anyone spending any money on them.

And if affiliates aren't offering a quality product, then yes, secondary sponsor sales are going to decline.

Unfortunately, for people like me who have a huge investment in AVS (purchased content and time creating the hubs), this presents a difficult situation. And for the most part, I've just been letting my hubs sit idle.

Mancheck is apparently redesigning and retooling their site and we should see something new from them in the next couple of months. So, perhaps there will be something new to do with my hubs in the weeks ahead.

[HunkMoneyLuke]

now more than ever, thanks to google's new search options (latest, today, etc), blogs are getting far better SEO rankings as they update regularly and provide more fodder for the googlebots. I agree with Bjorn, its traffic evolution. But that being said, if you are still making sales from AVS sites, its probably a good idea to keep them going :)

[Ben]

The problem with AVS is that affiliates haven't evolved with the changing market. Most AVS webmasters are still putting a couple of pics on a page and saying, "Buy this." Most AVS sites look like utter shit and I couldn't imagine anyone spending any money on them.

And if affiliates aren't offering a quality product, then yes, secondary sponsor sales are going to decline.

Unfortunately, for people like me who have a huge investment in AVS (purchased content and time creating the hubs), this presents a difficult situation. And for the most part, I've just been letting my hubs sit idle.

Mancheck is apparently redesigning and retooling their site and we should see something new from them in the next couple of months. So, perhaps there will be something new to do with my hubs in the weeks ahead.


I think most AVS webmasters just want to fulfill the requirements laid out by the AVS company. Some will design the AVS tour better, some will just throw several pictures and the script. But I don't think that this design can significantly change the quality of AVS sites. Some action from AVS companies is needed.

Micheal, what exactly did you mean by the word evolve? How would a good AVS site or hub look in 2010 in your opinion and what requirements should AVS companies put before their webmasters?

[dzinerbear]

I think most AVS webmasters just want to fulfill the requirements laid out by the AVS company.

Well that's always been the problem. Webmasters rarely cared about selling the AVS membership, they were more interested in selling their secondary sponsors. I did very well selling both.


Micheal, what exactly did you mean by the word evolve? How would a good AVS site or hub look in 2010 in your opinion and what requirements should AVS companies put before their webmasters?

Well, with surfers being able to get 16 pictures on a TGP gallery, or 30 plus photos on a freesite without having to purchase anything, how does a webmaster think that putting three tiny pictures on an AVS preview page page can compete?

And with tube sites giving away the video farm for free, how do AVS webmasters think they can compete with static-only sites?

And with every sponsor giving away so much free content, how does an AVS webmaster who doesn't purchase any content think they can compete?

Instead of pumping out five crappy AVS sites and duplicating them for each AVS company, why not do one really good one?

I could go on, but what's the point? Webmasters aren't listening and most haven't been listening for years. They just say, "AVS is dead" and continue complaining that it's everyone else's fault.