![]() ![]() Sure, the 'still image' may be similar, but that's not what most visitors (here and LuLa) have as their primary reason for visiting. The photos may be similar, but some aspects of process change - given I'm talking of a web site with articles/reviews aimed at aspects of the process (editing and printing for example). I think of the differences in likely content between a photography web site (ignoring what could be done in site functionality at the time) for photography in 20. Yes in some ways, but in others, the process and what's done has changed. we were telling stories with our images 10 years ago, and we still do it today. I just see more and more people taking more and more still images. Has "still image" changed since 10 years ago? I don't see a massive change. I'm seriously wondering what will be relevant in 5 or 10 years time and actively in the process of re-writing the whole thing (a big job!) to make it easier for me to run and develop. The sheer management overheads are the reason I never set up forums (that and the often thankless nature of running them ) I'm committed to retaining entirely free content on my own site, but that does mean some ads and that the site size is essentially limited to what I can do in my spare time (it supports various aspects of my photography business). I do hope not, but having run a modest site for over ten years, I'm seriously wondering what will be relevant in 5 or 10 years time and actively in the process of re-writing the whole thing (a big job!) to make it easier for me to run and develop. Perhaps those of us regularly frequenting DPR and LuLa are a bit like the frogs that don't notice the steadily warming water around them ![]() This backed up my thoughts about the whole nature of what people are looking for in photography sites having changed noticeably in the last 10 years. Whilst I was at Google in Dublin earlier this year, I had quite a few conversations about ad revenues, and the most telling graph I saw was related to the number of searches for what I'd broadly characterise as 'more advanced photography stuff' - these mirrored, in shape, the oft repeated camera sales curves (compact+dslr+mirrorless) we've seen all over the place. I know enough small site owners to have a good handle on how the changes in revenue streams are affecting sites. It is a sign of the changing environment for such sites, but I'm just not sure it will work out well for them in the longer term. ![]()
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