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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I actually don't think that YT is hugely profitable; the owner started this as a service. Remember it's free to anyone, and donating members are only required to pay a one time fee of $25.00, and that's for life. If it weren't for the google ads, I don't think we would be allowed to have many of the amenities found on YT, such as profile pages, and albums, and many people really love and use these features. I imagine this requires a lot of bandwidth, and to get this at reasonable price, you have to work with places like google. Also google helps YT become better known. Yorkietalk keeps all of it's pages, unlike many forums, and you can look up threads that were here from the beginning, most forums have to delete old threads because of bandwidth cost. They do have a calendar sale once a year, and I think that's their biggest money maker, and I hope everyone supports this. I don't know of any other sites that offer so much for so little. |
I am not saying that it is hugely profitable. I am merely saying there are other ways to make money if it is needed.
I have two servers (which my son runs and pays for) with pretty much unlimited storage so I do know the cost of running them.
As for the search engines, you do not need to run google ads to move up in the rankings. That is not the criteria.
I am merely asking and honestly I would be happy to donate more if that was needed to avoid having ugly sites profiting off of Yorkie Talk which is basically what is happening.