I modded you up because I agree with the spirit of what you're saying, but I think you're being a bit unfair. Assuming your $80 CPM site is the one in your pro

I modded you up because I agree with the spirit of what you're saying, but I think you're being a bit unfair. Assuming your $80 CPM site is the one in your profile (if it is, what does it use Rails for? edit: nevermind, just read your blog post about your cron bug :p), then it's not very surprising, since it offers a product for download. What would happen if your product made more sense as an online service? If you charged the same price and got the same number of sales, how much would it make per 1,000 pageviews? It would still be a lot more than advertising revenue, but nowhere near $80 CPM.