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Originally Posted by 133Seven
i don't think it's so black and white op. Media buys can't replace organic spam/chat traffic etc. What about owners of smaller brands that have valuable placements in the serps? Their traffic may be a lot better than the ad spots you speak of.
The internet is too flexible, there are too many ways to skin this cat. I think moving forward affiliates will become more non existent but the ones who are still in the game will be the top of the food chain.
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Originally Posted by arock10
This all happened at least 5 years ago. You haven't been able to toss up a boob pic on your affiliate site, cross your fingers, and have sales flood in. Good affiliates are still going to make a lot of money, just not many of them
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Agreed that some will survive. Success won't be based on affiliate/webmaster skills. It will be based on having the content that makes surfers stay and bookmark. This is why GFY survived. I could make a long list of survivors, but you all get the point.
Surfers are more discerning now and congregating where they get the best product, be it affiliates site or producer.
No need to ask for advice on this Jeff. It's already happened and continues to happen.