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Some of my website-owning friends worry the hosting cost might get higher if they start to get more visitors. As they have to naturally step up the bandwidth & resources in server.
Does this make any sense? The more popular a site becomes, wouldn't it naturally lead to better ad-revenue ? What are the things to watch out here?
Assume their sites completely depends on the Ad money & they don't offer any other direct service, products to the visitors. Like for example, it's a site that showcases popular videos of the web.
Will one be able to meet up the hosting cost with advertisement money generated by the site?
(I know there are various models- like pay per view, pay per clicks, order completion etc, but just asking by an average stats. Assume you've just hosted Google ads)
The possibility of a site popularity making negative impact on revenue might include these factors:
1. The site exposes more of WebAPIs than visible page content with ads.
(Basically you are hosting APIs as charity) where you cannot host any ad or piggy-back an ad content on API result payload. And it doesn't make any sense to do too.
2. Most visitors are perfectly using Ad-blockers on their browsers
3. If the visitors are uploading large volume files/data like video contents. Naturally this will make the hosting cost overtake the revenue earned by the visitors page views/clicks.
What are the other things that might affect the revenue in negative, despite having a good site popularity?
requesting the service of your wisdom!
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Vunic wrote: Will one be able to meet up the hosting cost with advertisement money generated by the site?
That's impossible to answer without concrete numbers. Without knowing what the hosting cost is, or what ad payment deals are in place, we would just be guessing.
This space for rent
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Hosting cost should be around $150 at the moment.
Ad Payment deals - Google Ads. (I'm not sure what exactly they have opted for in Google Ads, there could be some sub classifications)
Just with Google Ads, one should be able to meet up their demands ? as popularity & visitor counts grow?
OR, these ads based sites actually run in loss first, before they exactly figure out a proper paid-service model?
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Vunic wrote: What are the other things that might affect the revenue in negative, despite having a good site popularity?
The value of ads; there's an overcapacity to show them and distribution is dirt-cheap.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: The value of ads; there's an overcapacity to show them and distribution is dirt-cheap.
Makes sense.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Gives an indication based on current valuations. Those valuations may change.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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And wondering what to do.
On their forum a woman was complaining about being harassed.
I replied "Poor you, I hope you could have some good games". For some unfathomable reason that attracted many downvotes and also a suspension for harassment. At least it's what the email I received seemed to imply.
All that nonsensical baloney just happened, I am very upset (no answer from their customer support yet, to appeal that non sense).
Now I feel like stop playing Blizzard game, fully boycott them from now and forever. I usually do that kind of things. Thinking about it it all seems pointless, they will never know. On the other hand they are not really trying to know. Also mistake happens.
Btw if I seem to overact it's because a few other people have already complained they have received ban for seemingly no good reason and have complained on the forum. Looks like a money grabbing affair disguised as "polishing the community", by forcing regular (addicted) player to buy new accounts. Not gonna happen, nor buy any lootboxes no more.
[EDIT] I am starting to wonder if their forum moderator are some forms of "Artificial Intelligence", if you get my meaning.
[EDIT2] after having taken my complaint to Reddit, in what was my first ever participation to Reddit (whether read or, in that case, write) I discovered that, in "American language", I was super offensive. Go figure! 
modified 7-Dec-17 22:26pm.
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Rule #1 for sane Gamers: Never EVER participate in the Blizzard Forums.
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HobbyProggy wrote: Rule #1 for sane Gamers: Never EVER participate in any Forums.
Fixed that
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HobbyProggy wrote: Rule #1 for sane Gamers: Never EVER participate sarcastically in the Blizzard any official Forums.
FTFY
You never know where the company will draw (or move without notice) the line between acceptable snark and unacceptable levels of being a jerk.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Super Lloyd wrote: Now I feel like stop playing Blizzard game, fully boycott them from now and forever.
Their loss is your gain.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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I'm an old style gamer: I game. The only times I used the forums where
1) To search if a malfunction was experienced by other users other than me and if there was a fix;
2) To check when the release dates of Skyrim and Fallout 4 would be published.
Also, I don't play any Blizzard game as they just don't meet my tastes. Bethesda, on the other hand...
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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den2k88 wrote: Bethesda, on the other hand...
Just last night I shot at some bandits. One saw it coming and took an arrow in the eye. The others were hit in various places and never knew what hit them. One even had an arrow in the knee, but not even he got up again and walked away to become a guard.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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CodeWraith wrote: arrow in the knee
And i thought those knee jokes were over...
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You mean... those poor bandits died for nothing?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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No lollygagging here !
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too late ... whatever you say now will be used against you ...
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The "poor you" part is really condescending.
I'd rather be phishing!
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That's really the problem, isn't it?
In the world we currently live in--especially after the last few months--when a someone complains [s]he's being harassed, how can anyone think that "poor you" would be a good answer under any circumstances?
I'm not surprised by Blizzard's response to say the least.
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I thought he was joking.. You mean.. really?
The problem with Blizzard game, they are very social, and I have those online friends waiting for me....
But really tempted to say f*** you and good bye. Particularly after the copy paste answer to my my ticket this morning which was, short version by me: "I don't know and I don't care"
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After someone comment on your answer.. I wonder.. were you serious? (i.e., not joking)
Are you stretching it here? or most American will immediately jump to that conclusion? 
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