So it turns out...

[Tasselfoot]

Re: So it turns out...

as far as how money is earned... it's through advertisements. the banners, the google ads, the text links, some other stuff we have in the works that will hopefully earn more and be less obtrusive at the same time...

so that's the broad and general how. but that doesn't really say anything. because you can put ads everywhere... but it's useless unless you actually HAVE ads to display. so there are 2 ways to get ads. you can go directly to companies and sell them impressions/space on your site. this is hard, unless you're a big company or happen to have good connections to a specific corporation. this method earns the most money, as you're directly selling... no middle man. and you can negotiate a specific rate/contract. the second and easier method is to go through an ad company that specializes in getting ads from companies and then displaying them on sites. there are tons of these companies, and they take a decent cut of the ad revenue for their services.

as far as how a website works... while i'm fairly knowledgeable, my server side knowledge is terrible. so i'll leave it to synth to answer on that front.

[sarahxjane]

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So the ads we may see are strictly from companies that have paid you to advertise for them?

Do they earn money if we click/hover these ads?
If so, are you given more money because of that?


I'm seriously interested.
I'm such a nerd.

[thechild]

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Synth never told us why or how he thought of and made FFR D:

[phe0nixblade]

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if he makes money for hovering over his ads...
next gamewhore competition
WHO CAN MAKE SYNTH THE MOST MONEY

[sumzup]

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Except for the fact that there are usually systems in place to prevent whoring of clicks to get more ad money.

Anyways, I was just wondering...how much does bandwidth cost, and how much does FFR use on any given day?

Edit: If this isn't prying too much, how does subscription revenue compare to ad revenue?

[L0NEvvolf]

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if he makes money for hovering over his ads...
next gamewhore competition
WHO CAN MAKE SYNTH THE MOST MONEY

I would do it, as long as it would benifit the site I would go as far as selling my soul on Ebay. FFR may be Synth's baby, but it's my life. What's more important? Your baby's life, or yours. (as long as the babys only a website, if it were a real baby my answer would change.)





Ha ha ha I did some research using your IP address, and I found out exactly where synthlight lives

[Tasselfoot]

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your sole? you're selling your shoe?

everyone knows where Synth lives... *shrugs*. i've eaten in his kitchen.

and Sarah: we have deals in place with a few different ad companies on a CPM basis. beyond that, yes... we get more dough if you click on stuff or if you rollover/click on the text stuff.

[L0NEvvolf]

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Well you obviously cant read.

[nuclearsamurai]

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Buy a domain of .ca for FFR and use some Canadian advertisers. :P

Do the same for the UK.

I think I had mentioned this idea somewhere before.

Synth never told us why or how he thought of and made FFR D:

Has he been on today yet?

beyond that, yes... we get more dough if you click on stuff or if you rollover/click on the text stuff.

Now I can quit avoiding the ads.

Hello, FFR dough.

[Zageron]

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Why not devise a way for each click an IP makes to be logged on with the username. Then we can click ads like mad, and rollovers and stuff. See who makes the most.
After 24 hours it would be like 4 dollars top score. xDDD

[nuclearsamurai]

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Why not devise a way for each click an IP makes to be logged on with the username. Then we can click ads like mad, and rollovers and stuff. See who makes the most.
After 24 hours it would be like 4 dollars top score. xDDD

Elaborate?

[sumzup]

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I don't think deliberate click-whoring will do anything. In fact, ad companies sometimes revoke money for doing that (it's happened at some other forums I'm a member of).

[nuclearsamurai]

Re: So it turns out...

I don't think deliberate click-whoring will do anything. In fact, ad companies sometimes revoke money for doing that (it's happened at some other forums I'm a member of).

Someone should read that so we don't have a repeat of what happened to them.

O.o

[nuclearsamurai]

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Bump.

This thread actually got interesting in a matter of hours, and then it randomly died.

[Tater Tot]

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I really want to know how the idea for FFR came about.
TELL US O' MIGHTY SYNTHLIGHT!!!!