It's okay. I won't hurt you. In fact, I used to be new to computers, the Internet, webpage design and the Adult Internet industry myself. Considering that this whole cyberspace phenomenon is barely more than two decades old, we're all newbies. Anyone, who tells you they know all there is to know about the online porn biz, is a big fat liar.
"...we're all newbies. Anyone, who tells you they know all there is to know about the online porn biz, is a big fat liar." |
For one thing, the amount of information and coding and skills that already posses the brains of all your new peers would in combination, make one person explode. Second, the adult Internet is in a constant state of growth and mutation and those that make accurate predictions of its future are just good at educated guesses.
We are forging an unknown frontier together. While the being the new kid has never been fun, you will obtain some of your most valuable knowledge of our field from your fellow adult webmasters, coders and content providers. But I won't lie to you, we can be a harsh lot. Especially when we see for the bazillionth time a newbie enter a webmaster chat and ask, "Anybody wanna chat"? Like duh, you're in a c-h-a-t-r-o-o-m.
Let me comfort you by telling you that if you found this article, then you are in no way a clueless newbie. There are thousands of poor webmasters banging away at their computers trying desperately to figure out how to take advantage of the net's most profitable product all by themselves. Just by locating this article means that you were clever enough to know that there had to be groups of us meeting online together. You were smart enough to type the right terms into a search engine or directory to find the many online porn business e-zines and resource sites like (the one I write for) Cozy Frog. I will tell you right now, relax. You won't be a newbie for long.
When you visit and adult webmaster resource sites take advantage of every link and article they offer. For instance, we have a page entitled Cozy Dictionary. It's a listing of all the online adult industry lingo.
For instance on this page, you will learn that TGP2 stands for Thumbnail Gallery Post-version two. A thumbnail gallery post is a main site that lists links to free image galleries of tiny pictures called thumbnails. When a porn surfer clicks on the thumbnail, they get to see the image full size. Several adult webmasters believe these TGPs give away too much free porn by listing the links to hundreds of free pages submitted to them by gallery builders. TGP2 is an amalgamation of many porn professionals that started a new type of gallery post. TGP2 sites feature links to galleries with far less clickable pictures and hardcore images are frowned upon. You will learn that a free site is one that is one where you put your page on the adult net free in trade for the free host embedding (permanently affixing) their banners on the top and bottom (headers and footers) of your free site. Baffling terms like: cgi, content reseller, merchant account and .htacess are defined for you free on several resource (kitchen sink) sites.
Many adult resource sites list helpful guides on how to start in the online porn business, how to build a website, how to market that site and how to make the money that drove you to this article. Some of them will give you free images and stories (content) that you can add to your webpage. All you have to do to get resource site membership is usually type your name and email address into a form and you receive access to all the extra benefits like the ability to ask questions or learned adult industry professionals.
Don't be shy. Eventually you can be part of the online adult industry. The very best way you can do that is to visit a message board or chatroom at your favorite resource site. If you have membership, you can type questions (post topics) to the other members. You can tell them you are new and want to learn. You can ask about hosts (the places where websites site live); who has the best affiliate (money making) program and all the other questions you need answers to.
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I have one very important piece of information for you. Read before you ask questions.
Not only will you learn so much by reading the different topics/replies in an adult webmaster message board, you will also get a feel of its tone. Each adult webmaster chatroom, message board or BBS (Bulletin Board System) is unique.
Some might be full of people you feel you cannot relate to. Some may only be discussing information you are not ready to learn yet. Some might be fun and full of fascinating people who never seem to answer questions. Some contain a preponderance of people who (behind the safety of their monitors) are just, plain rude.
Skim through the subjects and areas of a message board to familiarize yourself with the territory. When you feel confident enough to ask your first newbie question, tell the place you are new and don't present yourself as another know-it-all. Nine out of ten adult webmasters agree, there's no person better to pick on than an arrogant newbie.
To expand your choices of resource sites, here is a small list of some of the best:
Adult webmaster resource sites are our gift to the newbie. We take the time and pay the money to build them because we were all newbies once. We are here to help you because we are all in this together.