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Monahan (0)
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I haven't seen anything directly related on websites except on sites whose webmaster participates on PU.
I've added a criterion to my decision to join a site; has the webmaster participated on PU? That's one of the reasons I sprung for a 5-month enrolment on PU. Shap, the webmaster, is active one this site.
A good webmaster would be nuts not to be checking out PU daily and paying attention to his customers, past, present and potential. It's the best (only?) true market research capability in the porn site biz.
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08-23-08 08:06am
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Denner (0)
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As PU is a serious place for a lot of pornusers - of course: Yes.
Just watch some of the many sites being reviewed.
And should webmasters not listen to PU-reviews? - it would be foolish not to - we're a big potentionel of costumers.
Think we all have had our amount of site-owners who want to know about our opinions....
Good poll, Wittyguy.
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08-23-08 09:31am
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Drooler (Disabled)
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I said, "Maybe," which is to say, "It can happen." It has in fact happened with a few sites at least. Nubiles is a good example.
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08-23-08 09:58am
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pat362 (0)
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I think PU has the potential to seriously impact how a webmaster operates his site. If even one of us gives a negative review to less than known website, isn't that likely to deter others from joining that site. That rule also applies to well known sites. Many websites have high scores, but their recent reviews have been more negative. I'd say that could impact future customers.
The opposite is also true, that a positive review can increase traffic to that site. More traffic means more possible customers.
The simple rule of business is that a satisfied customer will tell 5 people about it, but a disatified one will tell 10. Here on PU we tell everybody whether we are happy or not. I'd think that as a webmaster they'd want to listen and see what is good and bad about their site. In the long run it can mean making money or being out of business.
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08-23-08 11:22am
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exotics4me (0)
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I answered yes, and will give a few examples.
#1 Porn.com, the webmaster has been fairly responsive on here about not knowing about broken links, now those links are fixed and they added a link to every video that says, "Broken" for you to click if the link is broken.
#2 Xisty.com, Brad and the Xisty staff have talked with numerous PUs and have even allowed our feedback, to help re-design their site into a more intuitive, easier to use site. Check it out sometime in a preview, it is easily now one of the easiest sites on the internet to use.
#3 Nick at Babelicious is a regular here and he has taken several suggestions and used them, including reading the complaining about the multi-site network clunkiness of having to sign in on every site, to which they are now combining some of their sites into one big one.
#4 The biggest one for me and the one I am most impressed with is the impact PU has had on the 21st Sextury sites like Club Sandy and Pix and Video. Not only have they improved their video quality by going from .avi files to .mp4 files, and raised their video resolution from the 440 high end range to 640, but they are also in the process of releasing bigger resolutions in their picture sets. They are saying between 2,000-3,000 high end resolution as soon as they get it implemented. They also have improved their servers because of the PU reports of slow DL speeds and no access times. This to me is impressive because they are one of the more established site companies on the internet and could probably coast along without improving, but now are improving.
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08-23-08 09:41pm
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Cybertoad (Disabled)
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I can say 100% yes PU makes ahuge difference, when we get feed back from Webmaster and actually see them chnage stuff thats impact. I was lucky that based on my own tough and honest review was contacted and they changed what they were doing. Good stuf works for sure
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08-24-08 12:10pm
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Drooler (Disabled)
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REPLY TO #5 - exotics4me :
I'm especially looking forward to the enhancements coming to PixAndVideo and ClubSandy. I occasionally drop in as a visitor just to see if they've done it yet. No, no yet, but it takes time, especially to do it right.
This discussion reminds me of a book I read in the '80's, The Third Wave by the futurist Alvin Toffler. He predicted the rise of the "prosumer" (a blend of producer and consumer) saying that "the split between the producer and consumer ... is now being blurred." He meant in manufacturing. And now indeed we can, for example, order an automobile to our own specfications from a home computer.
But in another way we've become prosumers. PU has made it possible for us here to have a direct effect on the content and design of at least the websites that pay attention to us, such as the ones you've mentioned.
All I have to do is think back to the dark days not so long ago when I would get frustrated with a website and email them and nothing would happen. And that still happens sometimes, but the days are still much brighter than they used to be now that we can speak together more with a stronger voice which we know can be heard.
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08-24-08 05:39pm
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Wittyguy (0)
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Man, I go away for a few days and my poll gets run. I checked "Not Sure" for my answer. I think that some small changes have been made but question whether anything big has come from this place. For example, exotics makes the point about 21stsextury upgrading their site. Would this have happened without PU? Can't honestly say that these changes or others wouldn't have been made without us. However, I think it is great that some of the webmasters for the good sites do interact and listen to people here. The e-porn world is probably a better place with PU in it.
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08-25-08 06:22pm
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mbaya (Disabled)
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For some webmasters, PU has had no effect. I recently wrote to an actively participating webmaster who gave me a very unbusiness like answer. Even though he knew I was from PU as I emailed him from PU, he gave an answer that was inappropriate. If a customer is interested in doing business with you, is ready to join and asks for the same discount that was available to others yesterday, but technically not today, what do you say? You don't say no, today is not your day, join next Wednesday like everybody else.
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09-17-08 08:51am
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