[albertGQ]

Originally posted by leonk19@Dec 11 2004, 03:26 PM
Speaking of Kelly, and furthermore to touch on a subject that I've wondered about for a while, how do people who start websites make money?

Kelly stated that he'd started something like 5 or 6 websites. My question is, once you start a webpage, how does that generate revenue? I understand that for sites where you sign up for a service and have to pay monthly that that may occur, but for sites like Google, Ebay, etc. where does the generated money come from?

Using Google for instance, it doesn't mean that everytime someone puts in a search the company gets money does it? I know this may sound like a stupid question, but I've just always wondered.

I mean, is the person who owns CalgaryPuck driving a Lexus for making this message board?

My guess would be advertising revenue. More hits equate to higher advertising revenue