RE: FN-FORUM: Re: FN-FORUM: RE: Interesting...

date posted 19th November 2007 22:06

Ben wrote:
> Mmmm .. actually, it seems reasonable to assume that the forum =
provides a
> source of income to Freelancers.net, through the advertising signature =
in
> each post and the significant "Google honeypot" effect of the vast =
archive
> of posts, leading to increased AdWords revenue.

Dom wrote:
> Dan's comments on this were:
> "The only benefit we get from a public archive is that we run Google =
ads
> on the archive."
> "But the income is low enough not to be a deciding factor."

Hi Dom - are you suggesting that Dan and Andy run Freelancers.net purely =
for
fun? The forum is hugely appreciated, but I'd suggest that it's not a
charitable venture! I'd wager that revenue from AdWords / Prosperity4
advertising and GuruWebHost reselling turns a modest annual profit.

Advertising revenue is driven by targeted eyeballs, which is exactly =
what
the forum "honeypot" delivers. Absolutely nothing wrong with this, but =
my
last post stands!

Cheers, Ben

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