Hello Everyone: Thanks for the suggestions so far.
A while back, I had Google ads on the web site and even posted a message on the list encourage people to click on the ads. In the month or so that I had the ads, I received like 20 cents worth of income. OTnow doesn't get hardly any traffic. And, that's OK but it certainly explains why Google ads wouldn't work. Plus the ads were completely unrelated to the intent of the website but Google ads are automated and the only way to change the ads is to change the website content. I may very well use the hosting solution provided by Will. Also, a little more research revealed that I can save $30.00 by changing my domain name registrar to my hosting company. Will, in your message you state: "... since OTnow gets a fairly decent ranking." What do you mean by this? One other thing Will, the website you mention charges $25.00 to host the domain name. Finally, my first message on this topic had an additional option that I deleted prior to sending. Option 4 was: "Suck it up and pay the bill" <LOL> Maybe that's the best option!!! Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Elizabeth Thiers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Crossroads with OTnow.co ET> A lot of people put donation/ tip "jars" on their website. Also, if you ET> have a rough idea of how much webtraffick you get you can also put sponsored ET> links up to places like Amazon and even some of the OT/ rehab catalogs.Some ET> people are actually able to make money off their websites. ET> Elizabeth H. Thiers, OTR/L ET> FECTS ET> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET> -----Original Message----- ET> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf ET> Of will wade ET> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:54 AM ET> To: [email protected] ET> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Crossroads with OTnow.co ET> On 04/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Below is a summary of the cost's associate with OTnow: >> >> 1. Domain Name Registration (i.e. OTnow.com) = $30.00/year >> 2. Web hosting = $95.00/year >> =========== >> $125.00/year ET> < snip /> >> 1. Donations from list members >> >> 2. Move the site to a free hosting service >> >> 3. Discontinue the site >> ET> how about ET> 4. Get a cheaper hosting solution. e.g. $35/ year or a one-off fee of $200 ET> forever. (http://www.aventurehosting.com/ - nb I don't work for them or ET> anything - its who I use) as for the domain costs - well Im not sure. ET> However surely $65/ year is a little more attainable than 125?? ET> 5. Use google adwords to get your $125 - It should be doable since otnow ET> gets a fairly decent ranking.. ET> hope that helps :) ET> will ET> -- ET> -- ET> Unsubscribe? ET> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ET> Change options? ET> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com ET> Archive? ET> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ET> Help? ET> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
