NakedSword now has hosted galleries to help webmasters convert their traffic. The new galleries should appear at the NakedDollars site sometime this week. The sponsor has selected Falcon Exclusives for their galleries, and NakedSword is reporting “great conversions” in their initial tests. Below are samples of what they will be releasing.

Roman Heart

Matthew Rush

Colby Taylor - Movies

Colby Taylor - Pics

Kane O’Farrell

XXXAsianGays is the latest addition to the growing collection of properties at HunkMoney.com. The sponsor promises loads of fresh content, videos and photos, to ensure strong retention with their new Asian men site. To further boost conversions and retention, XXXAsianGays.com memberships are bundled with access to several other sites.

HunkMoney.com is a CCBill powered affiliate program, paying up to 60% on all sales and rebills. They also offer 10% webmaster referral commissions.

Promotional materials for the new Asian site include, banners, free hosted galleries and free hosted video galleries. The sponsor reports they will soon be adding text descriptions, blog entries, and site reviews.

HunkMoney has also added new stocks of marketing materials for many of their existing sites. This sponsor is clearly in expansion mode. Webmasters should expect more new sites, redesigns, and promotional tools in the weeks and months to follow.

For more detail on the latest developments at HunkMoney, read their announcement at the InGayPorn.com forum.

PussyCash has announced $100 payouts for every ImLive sign-up between July 25 and August 31. ImLive.com is one of the world’s largest webcam arenas, with over 11,000 active amateur VideoChat Hosts, interacting from their homes over live webcams.

Promotional tools for ImLive’s amateur VideoChat including real-time online Host listings, geo-targeted creatives, exclusive content, RSS and XML feeds, video galleries and more.

PussyCash states they are, “the first and only webmaster affiliation program to give away $100 for every single sign-up every hour of the day and every day of the week for 38 days with absolutely no restrictions.” Webmasters are invited to join the 5,000+ active PussyCash affiliates that are set to rake in record-breaking profits this month.

Webmaster affiliate program Celebrity Cash has brought on industry and marketing veteran Joe Stricklin as Affiliate Sales Representative, introducing him to the public at the XBiz Summer Bash in Las Vegas, last week. His prior experience includes working for such industry powerhouses as CCBill and WebSideStory.

“ICG is a respected company in the adult industry and I’m excited to join the team,” said Stricklin. “With programs such as our flagship CelebrityCash, XXXCash and MilitaryCash I know we’ll be able to offer affiliates solid sites backed up by big paychecks,” Stricklin continued.

For more information, read the full announcement posted at the InGayPorn.com Forum.

Groove Erotiq, provider of music scoring to the adult industry, is unveiling a new logo and a fresh new look for their website. To celebrate, they’re having a Grand Re-Opening Clearance Sale. For a limited time, they are clearing out select tracks and offering them to you for the rock-bottom price of $49 each - for non-exclusive use.

Groove Erotiq has state-of-the-art production studios in two locations, the San Fernando Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as a full-service mobile studio.

I am pleased to announce a complete redesign of the InGayPorn.com Gay Adult Industry Directory. The new directory is better organized and searchable, making it easier for visitors to find what they are looking for.

A noteworthy addition is a new category, under Sponsor Programs, that lists sponsors with free hosted galleries. Like all of the categories in the directory, this list will continue to grow.

Directory listings do not require a reciprocal link. However, those with one, on a page frequented by webmasters, will receive a gold star and bolded text link.

Please feel free to send me a revised description for your listing. Descriptions, of 350 characters max, should target webmasters, not consumers.

This upgrade follows the addition of an active Webmaster forum, and represents one more step in the on-going expansion and improvement of InGayPorn.com.

Gay VOD Company Increases Video Encoding Capacity

Maleflixxx, a gay adult Video-on-Demand (VOD) company, announced today that they have completed a significant infrastructure investment to expand their video encoding capabilities. Maleflixxx made this investment in hardware, software and staff to dramatically increase its encoding capacity. This latest step allows Maleflixxx to expand the quality, quantity and variety of content available to its global audience.

This should be good news for producers that have been waiting to get their product in front of Maleflixxx customers.

A recent newsletter from the Leichtman Research Group, citing the LRG updated study, Broadband Across the U.S., shows that cable and DSL providers in the U.S., representing about 94% of the market, acquired a record 3.06 million net additional subscribers in the first quarter of 2006. The top broadband providers now account for nearly 46 million high-speed Internet subscribers, with cable having nearly 25.8 million broadband subscribers, and DSL having about 20.2 million.

Other key findings for the quarter include:

• The top DSL providers added a record 1.66 million subscribers, representing 54% of the net broadband additions for the quarter versus cable
• The top cable providers also had a record quarter with over 1.4 million subscribers added
• DSL providers have added more broadband subscribers than cable providers in each of the last six quarters, acquiring over 1.1 million more subscribers than cable during this period, but the top cable broadband providers maintain a 5.6 million subscriber advantage over DSL and have a 56% share of the US residential broadband market versus DSL

In related broadband research, LRG found that as of the middle of last year:

• 85% of cable broadband lines had speeds of over 2.5 mbps in the fastest direction, compared to 14% of DSL lines
• Approximately 11.5% of DSL subscribers were non-residential, compared to 1.8% of cable subscribers
• The top five states in residential broadband penetration were Connecticut, New Jersey, Hawaii, Massachusetts and California
• The bottom five states in residential broadband penetration were Mississippi, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kentucky and Montana

The first quarter of 2006 was the best ever for both DSL and cable broadband providers in net additions of total broadband subscribers, according to recent information culled from a variety of sources, including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and others.

Source: MediaPost Communications

Unheard of conversion rates when real surfers are finally given the chance to give and read unbiased reviews of gay pay sites. This is the claim by Marq Wahl, Webmaster of GaySitesReviews.com.

“I was told I couldn’t let regular users review the sites, because they would simply take the password, and have their bit of fun on the site without leaving a review,” said Wahl. Careful selection of serious reviewers among his surfers is Marq’s strategy for avoiding any abuse, and he says it’s working. “The result is a site where surfers read and trust real reviews, which has turned out to make for extremely good conversion rates for our reviewed sites,” Wahl adds.

GaySitesReviews.com uses a blog format, so it’s easy for the participants to log in and post their reviews. According to Wahl, using a text rich blog format delivers an added benefit of attracting lots of targeted search engine traffic. The blog also generates RSS feeds, free for all webmasters to use on their own sites.

GaySitesReviews.com is looking for more sites to review, and surfers are welcome to apply for reviewer positions. For more information, contact Marq Wahl at:

webmaster((at))gaysitesreviews.com

PrideBucks.com announced this week that for the first time, 7-day and/or 3-day trials are available on all PrideBucks sites, including Circle Jerk Boys, Extra Big Dicks, Men Over 30, Boys Gone Bad, and True Twinks.

“We’ve spent months testing different trial options to ensure maximum profits are made from these trials and are confident that webmasters be happy with the results,” said Rainey Stricklin, VP of Marketing and Webmaster Relations for PrideBucks. “Whether affiliates are using the pay-per-sale model or the 60% rev share model, you can expect better conversion ratios and bigger pay checks.”

PrideBucks.com affiliates being paid $30 per sale will get the same amount for a trial membership or a regular monthly membership. Those promoting sites with 60% rev share get 60% of the initial sale and 60% of every rebill thereafter.