Comments on: Ad Revenue Driven Websites – Step 2 – Develop Ideas

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:17 +0000

Well, your original concern was cost which I addressed.

By: Nick_S

Nick_S — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:27:32 +0000

Btw, I like your portfolio. You’re very good.

By: Nick_S

Nick_S — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:24:02 +0000

I know there’s sites like Plentyoffish.com where the owner is the developer. They have a great story to tell in Inc. magazine: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090101/and-the-money-comes-rolling-in.html

I’m not a techy, but we develop a web based system. These apps can get pretty complex. Now, a website is not difficult, but one that attracts 1 million visitors a day is. If you try and do it yourself, you become a bottle neck in your own business.

Also, I get the inexpensive route, but if you’re in this to make real money, should that matter?

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:01:48 +0000

Well, developing php and designing websites doesn’t cost you a thing, and you will learn a practical skill for life. The only real costs are hosting (and you can get that for $10/month for unlimited domains) plus ~$9 for a good domain name/year. Ultra cheap, and you won’t have to deal with contractors, etc.

By: Nick_S

Nick_S — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:59:45 +0000

@ Patrick…. I’m a little surprised you said that. Not that I disagree, but I want to get your take on it.

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:27:43 +0000

The most economical way to do it is building it yourself.

By: Nick_S

Nick_S — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:34 +0000

Patrick, I found this post on Google searching “best ad driven websites”, in case you’re wondering.

Anyway, I’ve been sitting on a idea and my brainstorming list is getting longer and longer and longer. This is not a good thing. My hesitation is that you can’t really gauge the cost of a new site. Most sites run out of money before they make a buck.

I want to make a voting site and hire someone on elance to build it using Joomla. I don’t know if this is the right way to go and I’m concerned halfway through I’ll have to junk it and start from scratch with a new platform. If you feel like starting “step 3″, now would be a good time

By: Alix Axel

Alix Axel — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:53:14 +0000

Google AdSense/AdWords (long tail effect) and Gmail (AJAX) gave Web 2.0 to light, however the long tail effect of AdSense serves only the purpose of feeding the head in my opinion..

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:22:18 +0000

That’s not a terrible idea. The more I think about it, the better it sounds actually… hehe. Would have to find a way to offset the server costs…

Re: Google ads, I remember reading a rant that claiming if the top sites stopped using Adsense, advertisers would crumble? I’ll have to dig that up.

By: Diogo Stuart

Diogo Stuart — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:48:21 +0000

Or… you could just open a very good free porn web site with a lot of advertisers that allow their ads being showed along with adult entertainment. Just thinking loud… lol

In my opinion Google Ads exist to rob those websites that cant get much revenue! They canceled my account because of fraud?! What fraud?! My personal account took about a year and an half to gain 40$ if I recall well… I wasn’t even trying to win money! How the hell could my account get banned for fraud???!!!

Sorry, I was releasing some repressed anger at your blog. Maybe I should get back to mine.