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> Most of these wouldn't make much money, maybe enough to cover hosting. Do you have any personal experience or any other sources that estimate this kind of th

> Most of these wouldn't make much money, maybe enough to cover hosting. Do you have any personal experience or any other sources that estimate this kind of thing? I'm legitimately curious, I've often wondered what kind of revenue these types of things pull in. Obviously if they're not running ads and don't have any explicit monetization then it would be very little. But I always wonder about the ones that do.

867-5309 5y ago
I'd imagine hosting would not be resource-heavy so <$2/mo, that's why sites like these don't really need ads as the cost of hosting is negligible. is there any way of generating revenue other than plastering a load of ads onto a website? because doing so would cost a great number of users
- Scoundreller 5y ago
  > because doing so would cost a great number of users Would it? Like, Google isn’t going to boot you for running AdSense on your site. I’m guessing the money is made off search engine visitors rather than recurring visitors that would figure out how to do it by command line.
  - 867-5309 5y ago
    I meant visitors would be deterred by the sudden infestation of ads, not that page ranking would decrease. if anything it would probably increase also, how would a search engine visit make money?
    - Scoundreller 5y ago
      Most Sites shows ads through Google AdSense. Most web searches are through Google. Makes sense for them to try and send you to properties where they might make some more money off of you.
      - 867-5309 5y ago
        ah I thought you meant without ads
- _manifold 5y ago
  I would assume they would be inexpensive to host as well. That's a given. I'm more interested in how much money they can make. Simply running ads doesn't really seem like an issue as long as you're not making the site unusable. I'd be more concerned about the fact that the average user in need of a base64 converter is arguably more likely to be using an adblocker.
  - 867-5309 5y ago
    those on the first page of search engine results are more likely to command a higher price. I wonder how much time it would take to reconcile the investment with ads, and likely a reduced userbase. probably years

867-5309 5y ago

I'd imagine hosting would not be resource-heavy so <$2/mo, that's why sites like these don't really need ads as the cost of hosting is negligible. is there any way of generating revenue other than plastering a load of ads onto a website? because doing so would cost a great number of users

Scoundreller 5y ago
> because doing so would cost a great number of users Would it? Like, Google isn’t going to boot you for running AdSense on your site. I’m guessing the money is made off search engine visitors rather than recurring visitors that would figure out how to do it by command line.
- 867-5309 5y ago
  I meant visitors would be deterred by the sudden infestation of ads, not that page ranking would decrease. if anything it would probably increase also, how would a search engine visit make money?
  - Scoundreller 5y ago
    Most Sites shows ads through Google AdSense. Most web searches are through Google. Makes sense for them to try and send you to properties where they might make some more money off of you.
    - 867-5309 5y ago
      ah I thought you meant without ads
_manifold 5y ago
I would assume they would be inexpensive to host as well. That's a given. I'm more interested in how much money they can make. Simply running ads doesn't really seem like an issue as long as you're not making the site unusable. I'd be more concerned about the fact that the average user in need of a base64 converter is arguably more likely to be using an adblocker.
- 867-5309 5y ago
  those on the first page of search engine results are more likely to command a higher price. I wonder how much time it would take to reconcile the investment with ads, and likely a reduced userbase. probably years