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Old 06-06-2012, 11:02 AM  
Paul Markham
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Survivors of the Internet bubble and the big dot coms success.

Just watched a fascinating program on the 90s Internet bubble, it's growth and burst.

The story was how sites were starting up like there was no tomorrow and people were rushing in as if it was a gold rush, creators and backers. Yet the vast majority of the sites simply were not delivering what the customer wanted. Then in 2000 the bubble burst.

Some who were delivering what the customer wanted survived and grew, plus small little start ups grew as well. By delivering a good user experience and loyalty. They focused on the customer first. No need to name them we all know them and use them.

Online porn concentrated on affiliates and driving traffic, often to the expense of the customer. Now he's made his choice and walking away from us.

Could we of ever withstood the competition with free porn, in what ever guise it took?

Big question.

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