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Q: How big is the Gay porn business?
A: Be prepared for astonishment. Because pornography companies are almost exclusively privately held, exact figures are difficult to calculate. However, business analysts estimate that the total porn business (including Internet, videos, DVDs, sex toys, gentleman's clubs, escorts services, etc.) generates in excess of $40 billion every year in the United States alone. To put that into perspective, that's a lot more money than is generated by the professional sports industry, or by the entire mainstream entertainment industry. The Internet segment of the porn industry is responsible for around two billion dollars a year, making it the single most profitable retail business on the Web. Making a reasonable extrapolation, the Gay part of all this is approximately 10-15%. Why the upward percentage. Because we have that extra discretionary income, remember. Actually it's more reasonable to figure a higher percentage of porn income per Gay individual because, in too many cases, that may be the only way a closeted or rural Gay can get any satisfaction.
Q: How do porn sites make money?
A: Five ways. The first way is simply through selling a product, such as a DVD, a soiled jock, or a giant replica of Zack Spears' cock. The second way is by charging you a membership fee to view and/or download hot man2man videos, pictures, cartoons, and stories. The third way is through affiliate programs. In this case, the webmaster, like Sir Randy himself, makes money whenever a consumer "clicks through" to a pay site and then purchases a membership. The fourth way, unique to escort sites, is to charge "providers" to advertise on the site. Finally, most personals sites charge a fee to allow members to contact other members using email, chat or IM services provided by the site.
Q: Why are there so many porn sites?
A: There are several reasons for this. The first and main reason is search engines. Every porn webmaster wants to be the first site returned when someone types in "twinks sucking" or "free gay porn" into a search engine.

Webmasters want to match their sites to searches for very specific "niche" interests (e.g., bears, twinks, insertions, etc.). For some reason, niche sites also convert free users to paying subscribers much more easily than mega sites, and are therefore far more attractive. In addition, the more sites a webmaster controls that link to each other, the higher the sites are ranked by search engines. So your typical online porn purveyor will have dozens of domains, targeting dozens of niches, often all accessing the same porn database.

In addition to the thousands of pay sites, porn webmasters love to build so-called "free" sites. These often offer pages of free thumbnail galleries which link to pay sites. In addition, having a lot of "free" sites, all linked together, helps convince search engines that the webmasters' pay sites are more "relevant."

Sir Randy believes that porn webmasters would all be better served (and make more money) if they spent more time filling their pay sites with great, unique content that addresses the specific interest of a selected audience. Make a bear site that really has bear content, not two bear galleries and 20 or more other photo galleries and video collections that feature Eurotrash/tranny/twink/foot fetish. Few do that. Instead they choke up the web with multiple sites that all have the same content and hundreds, nay thousands, of "free" feeder sites that give away a lot of what they want you to buy.

Q: What about 'FREE' porn sites? Why pay for porn?
A: Sir Randy has been searching the web for the mythic free porn cornucopia for the past decade and is fairly certain it doesn't exist. His extensive experience over the years suggests that searching for real, free porn on the web is like searching for El Dorado. If you are foolish enough to doubt us, we invite you to begin your quest at your favorite search engine. However, we strongly advise you not to undertake this quest without a powerful pop-up blocker.

Most "free" sites, "directory" sites, and "review" sites are a total waste of time. Here's why:

  • The content is generally low quality and second rate and not worth the bother to view or download. The same is true of the "ratings" on directory sites which, unlike Sir Randy's unbiased ratings, are generally shills created by webmasters to make some bling off you when you join the referenced site.
  • Many of these sites inevitably spawn dozens of annoying pop-up ads and pop-up directories, sending you to yet more "free" sites, with more pop-ups, or to pay sites where the free site makes money if you join. Some just keep the pop-ups coming until your machine runs out of memory. Note that while Sir Randy tries his best to link to sites in ways that would avoid this barrage of annoyances, he has no control over your experiences once you leave his pop-up free pages.
  • These sites often request an e-mail address so that you can be sent "free" porn or passwords for "free" porn sites. If you comply, you will immediately be the proud recipient of hundreds of dopey e-mail messages advertising everything from penis enlargement to discount mortgages.
  • Following links from such sites can end up displaying content on your computer that might be illegal, such as child pornography.

In short, most free porn isn't worth the pixels it's printed with. The primary reason that Sir Randy launched this site is to bring some order to the chaos that is online porn. By using his reviews as your guide to what's hot (and what's "snot") on the Web, you can bypass all the pop-up folderol and get right down to the proverbial "good stuff." As Sir Randy's sainted grandfather, Sir Percy, once said: "You get what you pay for, m'boy."

That said, Sir Randy offer some modest, pop up free galleries from our favorite sites right here. This is done to delight visitors to his site, and also to entice you to try one of these highly rated sites, if only on a trial basis.

In addition, Sir Randy has found that a number of optimistic pay sites are now so confident you'll love their content, they offer a free trial period to anyone with a valid credit card. The card will be charged, per the site's terms and conditions, if the subscriber doesn't cancel before the trial expires. These offers are 100% bona fide (they were tried by Sir Randy or one of his hirelings).

Q: What Are AVS/AEN Sites?
A: Confused guyWith an AVS (Adult Verification System) or AEN (Adult Entertainment Network), you theoretically pay for access to "thousands" of sites. In general, the sites aren't good enough and/or big enough to be real pay sites but are at least trying to attract and retain customers. (They get paid out of the AVS/AEN fee when a porn consumer accesses their content.) Some premium pay networks also function as mini-AVS/AEN systems, by providing links to "extra" content (usually their other home pages which are accessing a shared content database).

Sir Randy notes that some sites inside AVS/AEN systems are virtually indistinguishable from "free" content sites, with relentless pop-ups, come-ons, and email offers. Usually this is against the rules of the AVS/AEN. But some don't do any monitoring of their member sites. The most common ploy is to offer you a free "password" when you give your credit card number to "prove" you are an adult. This password will supposedly get you special access or some other benefit. But, regrettably, gentlemen, this is a scam. The only reason anyone wants your credit card number is to charge you money.

Some AVS/AEN systems do contain high-quality content, but it is often difficult to find, due to the very nature of the volume and diversity of sites in the network. To get any value out of an AVS/AEN membership you will have to sign up for their highest level of access (usually "gold" or "platinum" memberships).

Q: What About File Sharing Sites?
A: File sharing sites, where fellow porn consumers share the content that they've downloaded, are outright dangerous. Yes, you can get good content from such sites, but at what price? File sharing sites are infamous for inserting viruses into your system, especially "scum-ware" which generates extra pop-ups every time you call up a new web site. Worse, file sharing sites are an open door to being hacked. Do you really want some greedy, degenerate nerd in Kreplachistan traipsing through your files? Looking for your credit card info? Checking out those digitized nude photos of your significant other? Do yourself a favor, my friend, and use Sir Randy as your gateway - and then buy membership(s) to receive the porn that you want. You'll come out ahead in the long run.
Q: What about "Escort" Sites?
A: In the past, purchasing the services of street trade was a chancy affair because (unless you knew about a good madam -- male or female -- who ran a good stable of boys) you never knew who (or what) you might end up with. Today, however, the Internet provides photos and even videos and sound clips of the various "providers." Be forewarned, though, that the photos and videos may be out of date and that posting a collection of seemingly good feedback from previous "clients" could be the result of creative marketing. Sir Randy's advice is that you take everything that you read on an escort site with a great big hunk of salt. And don't forget condoms, dental dam and latex gloves (depending on what you're buying).
Q: What about "Personals" Sites?
A: Yes, it is possible to meet people through personals. Sir Randy once answered a local "sex 4 men now" ad and, after trading info, found out that he was writing to one of his next door neighbors. (This is an absolutely true story.) However, if you're interested in trying such sites, you should be aware that many of the ads are placed by adult webmasters (a dodgy practice) trying to drum up business.

A good example is an ad that Sir Randy recently saw on a popular dating web site. It was entitled "Young Stud looking for love" and described a "gwam, 21, very open sexually, into almost everything and loves to explore, so if your under the age of 60, and interested, please e-mail me." Now, anybody with half a brain should realize immediately that the creature described in this ad could only exist in the mind of an over-50 cigar-chomping pornographer. And indeed, any attempt to contact the lad in question via e-mail resulted in a return message directing the horny reader to a pay site featuring the pictures and video escapades of this "Young Stud". (He sure looked more like 30 than 21.) Such ads are common on personals sites, especially those that are "sexually" oriented as opposed to those that are "romantically" oriented. Even a mainstream personal site like Match.com will have as many as 10% bogus ads.
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