How dos MG earn $$

Hoe does major geeks make money since I never see any ads?

 

There's four in between your question and this reply...

 

Not on my screen MrP. I see the "Sponsored Links" bar, but it's blank. And the Banner ads and side ads on the main page seem to be missing tonight. Could be they're working on it at the moment.

But the amount of ads here is never overwhelming. One, Tim and Jim don't like that kind of tacky, and two, the main download area is a HUGE site, with many thousands of hits per day, so they don't have to have wall-to-wall ads to meet their bills.

 

I got them, but it's three now. I'm not complaining, just wondering why jerseydevil didn't see them

 

Maybe an ad-blocker? Dunno. All the ads are back for me now too, so I assume the boys were just working on things. (shrug)

 

How does the HUGE download area raise revenue? I would think that software writers pay to list their software.

 

notice at the top of some sections, there are paid ads with downloads, I always refer people here when they need a program or tech support.

 

OK on the main site:
Homepage:
One large horiztontal banner above the fold, in the center of vision. That'll be an expensive spot.
Large vertical banner on the right hand sidebar, just below the fold.
One smaller vertical ad on the left hand sidebar below the "feeds" section.

Download pages:
An extra inline google ad line between the header section and the description, and in the description a boxed out google ad box. And at the bottom another google ad banner.

I don't see how that is "no ads".

As for software writers paying to list software, I don't think that happens. I believe that [T|J]im looks at the submissions, tests them and if they're good enough simply adds them to the site. I don't know for sure though.

 

What about all the book and movie deals from your radio show?

 

LOL, I loved the link CP, it cracked me up!

 

... or a J

 

I (we?) do appreciate it. It's a nice place to visit casually, and a nice place to hang around. Not only for the lack of garish ads, but for your sense of humor. The artwork, jokes, etc. This is a serious venture, but you guys obviously don't take yourselves too seriously. Makes for a nice atmosphere.

 

You guy's deserve any amount of money this website brings you. It is alot of stress, trial and error, hard work and sacrifice to take an idea and turn it into something you can take pride in.

All of us have ideas (I have a bunch ), but to take that idea and make it a profitable business is a difficult task. So much can go wrong and usually does, every decision in the beginning might mean the success or failure of the venture......you are still not sure about.

I would think that you guy's have already ran into a couple of difficult choices, and more to come, that might net you more money but would make major changes to the site that you are not comfortable with, for whatever reason.

I like this place. I'm happy your hard work is finally paying off. Like it should.

Good luck in the future fella's.

Steve

 

MajorGeeks is so famous now, it was even mentioned (can't remember the exact month) in one of the Aussie mags I read, PC Authority.

Being a member, I almost feel like a celebrity.

 

Re: How does MG earn $$

Love MG, thoroughly addicted. One thing you might want to update are your copyright © dates. Some of them show 2004, etc. Bazza

 

Don't worry, MA updates every year or two.

 

Cheeky bugger, Insomniac. I guess they are too busy keeping the front page updated with all the good freeware and shareware stuff. Bazza

 

I almost never see any ads on MG either (or most of the other sites I visit). I use a custom hosts file that short-circuits most ad links and the pop-up blocker in Mozilla or Opera takes care of the rest.

.bh.