Recently, blogs have been credited with everything from CBS News
anchorman Dan Rather’s departure, to unauthorized previews of the
latest Apple Computer products, to new transparency in presidential
campaigns. The big question is whether blogs, short for Web logs,
have the staying power to become more than just online diaries.

Blogs and their cousins Splogs have also invaded the Adult Market
in a big way. If you haven’t noticed yet you must be living under a
rock. And everyday or two someone predicts the end of Blogs. Almost
the same way they did when TGP’s came along and guess what as you
know TGP’s are still here.And Blogs are here to stay also.

Are you as a Adult Webmaster profiting from Blogs or are you still
standing on the sidelines waiting to see what will happen. Well I
will tell you if you haven’t jumped on the Blogging bandwagon yet
its not to late. Even if you don’t have a dollar to invest in getting
started in Blogging there is one great free Blogging Service where
you can start your own Blogs and just possibly make a few dollars.
That service is Thumblogger and it and its owner Twan are there for
you. So why not build a Blog today and start marketing Meats favorite
Program Cash Uncovered.

A lot of Adult Webmasters are also expanding into Main Stream Blogging
where many are making good money from programs like Googles Adsense and
Clickbank. If you have a mainstream subject you really have a passion for
you can make some great cash with it if you incorporate Googles Adsense
and Clickbank into your mainstream Blog. One really great thing is that
you can get involved with both programs with no investment which is really
great for the new webmaster just starting out.

The Blogging Forum at Netpond.
Yes Netpond has a Blogging Forum and we hope you will check it out. You will
find there some really great information already posted and you can start your
own Blogging Network and if you have questions about Blogging post them there
in the Blogging Forum for quick answers.

Click Here To Vist The Netpond Blogging Forum

Also here are some interesting articles and tuturials at the Netpond Resource Site.

Misconceptions, Misunderstanding, Lies , Click Here

The Perfect Webmaster Click Here

All About Blogging , Blogging Tools and How To Do It

If you have not yet checked out the Netpond Resource Site You Can Do So By Clicking Here

Here’s a short but very interesting interview done with one of the
Netpond Owners Meat.

In it he covers some of the most
interesting facing the adult industry today and gives us
some other great information.

1. How did Netpond get started?

Netpond was originnaly named Condom (coalition of new dynamite orgasm makers)
and started becuase the only board at the time (YNOT) was a closed shop for
getting advice or help to get started, and was like the wild west with
newbies being the targets of choice. I decided to start a newbie friendly
forum and with the assitance of some very helpful people who responded
to my invitation to join me in condom it just grew like wildfire.

2. What do you think might be the next big thing for the porn industry?

The next massive thing is IPTV its hot, its going to be a goldmine
and create many new revenue streams and change how alot of porn
companies do business, it will do to internet and tv what skype
and the like are doing to telecoms cuureently, disruptive technology at its finest.

3. If you were just starting out today as a new adult webmaster what
do you think would be your biggest challenge?

Same as it always has been, how to get traffic, even
more difficult now as every main traffic hub seems to have a complete
seperate set of rules with hardly anything being standardised. Biggest
challnge would be learning about search engines and trying to develop
an independant traffic source to feed the growth of my new porn empire

4. What do you think will be the future of TGP’s?

Adapt and continue I guess, traffic is king in this game and anything
that generates traffic will need govt regulation to kill.

5. Where do you see the adult industry in 5 years

Tough to say really, think it will depend on U.S. govt policy and if they
go after porn like they are going after gambling currently, but I been in
game for 15 years and skys been falling every year since so unless something
massive happens in form of clampdown I prob see it continue to grow but with
less major players.

6. What one thing do you think might effect the porn industry as a whole in 2007

The major thing I belive is going to come from the hard approach to virtual
payment processors like neteller etc with the laundering issues, as the
industry loses these forms of commerce for dealing with affilaites and such
its going to make the game alot tougher for alot of companies and webmasters
who rely on these payment methods, will be interesting to see how Epass will
go over the next month or two.

7. Can you point out the best thread you ever saw posted at Netpond ?

It was my thread welcoming everyone to condom, it was about 30 message board
scripts ago and could only be found with the wayback machine now lol

8. Whats the one thing you think adult webmasters could or should do to improve conversions.

Learn about your target audience, if your targeting niches or gay markets don’t
try and sell to them how you think they should be marketed, go to a community board
and learn how they market themselves, learn the launguage and technicques from
the people your trying to sell to.

9. Can you tell us what you think about the ,XXX issue and how you think it will
effect everyone.

WHOs pushing it? What are there REAL motives for pushing it and WHY are they pushing
it..It could be a disastor for the industry, I dont see any positives for it only
negatives but see a few people filling there pockets with it whilst setting the path
of destruction.

10. Is their a question I didn’t ask you would like here and a answer for it please.

Whats my favorite sponsor program? Cash Uncovered of course lol

You Can Click Here To Check Out Cash Uncovered

Hope everyone enjoyed the interview and we will be doing more. Would you like to be interviewed for the Netpond News Letter. If so send a email to thomasbyers+interview@gmail.com and we will be right back to you.

A Final Look Back At 2007

Zango

One of the biggest and most controversial newsmakers of 2006 was Zango. Adult Webmasters are still baffled at how this company continues to pop ads on top of web sites stealing targeted traffic paid for by someone else. There is still a lot of anger towards affiliate companies that go against their own TOS and use Zango to steal traffic and sign ups.
Its still a serious problem for adult webmasters and isn’t going away. If your not familiar with Zango and its issues you can do a search at Netpond for Zango. You’ll find a lot of threads on the subject and some really great information on ways you can stop Zango from stealing from you.

One Interesting Thread On How To Stop Zango Can Be Found By Clicking Here

Tube Sites , Video Sharing Sites

Tube sites and their explosive growth were also a big news story in 2006 and will continue to be so in 2007. You tube is of course the largest and most well known but many others like Xtube and Pornotube that allow adult content have sprung up and may well change how the adult industry does business. And at this time it seems their is a new tube site springing up every week. Where will it all lead and what will its effect on the adult industry be. It will be interesting to watch during 2007 to see how the tube sites develop and grow and what their effect will be on the adult industry.

.XXX

.XXX was another big story in 2006 and we are sure to see a lot more about it in 2007. Will it ever happen. Who knows. But the US Congress continues to try to revive it. At the heart of the .XXX debate is a political and money issue. Many people feel .XXX would be the ghetto of the internet.

At this time ICANN has decided to revisit the issue of a .XXX registry nearly 8 months after its board shelved the ideal. Much political pressure especially from US politicians is trying to push .XXX into existence. It will be interesting to watch what will happen with .XXX in 2007 and how it will effect the adult industry if implemented.

Those are three big news stories that occurred in 2006 and are sure to continue to effect the adult industry in 2007. It will be interesting to see what happens with all three issues in 2007.

The Pond is jumping this week and if you take a look around you will find some very interesting threads with great information for everyone. Be careful or you might just learn something. Here’s just a few with a quick link to visit each.

What’s the Most Unusual and Inventive Thing You’ve Done for Traffic?

The title of this thread pretty much explains its self and is very interesting. Check it out.

Click Here To Read This Thread

Traffic: del.icio.us & digg and how to use them to get more traffic to your site.

This thread is all about how to get traffic from social bookmarking sites. If you read it you will find a wide variety of the social bookmarking sites and ways to get traffic from them.
Click Here To Read This Thread

Mobile Porn Why

This thread explores Mobile Porn which is porn downloaded to cellular phones and why anyone would want this type of porn. Its a very interesting thread with a lot of interesting view points and information.
Click Here To Read This Thread

Some Common Blogger Mistakes I See Often

In this thread which was started by Erots you will read about common mistakes Bloggers make and how you can correct your mistakes for better search engine rankings and hopefully more sales.
Click Here To Read This Thread

Traffic Cash Gold

Traffic Cash Gold is a niche and reality adult webmaster program with something for everyone to promote. And one very interesting point to take note of is that they have a perfect payment record since 1996. They are one of the premier and most respected affiliate programs in the adult industry today.

Their top 5 converting sites for the period Feb. 5 - Feb. 11 2007 were.

Mr Dicks Hot Chicks
Casting Couch Teens
Round Mound Of Ass
Mr Chews Asian Beaver
Horny Spanish Flies

They offer webmasters the choice of being paid by check , bank wire , and or e-passporte.

Traffic Cash Gold was founded in 1996 and is one of the programs other affiliate programs are measured by. They have a wide variety of niches for the adult webmaster to promote. They have thousands of free hosted picture and movie galleries with exclusive content and they add more on a regular basis.

If your looking for a program that offers a little bit of everything this is it. They also provide a wide selection of content for building your own movie and picture galleries. There is also a nice selection of banners to promote their program with and they recently added a RSS Feed to promote them with.

They have their own webmaster board where web master questions are answered quickly and offer above average webmaster support. If you like you can check them out at.

http://www.trafficcashgold.com/