| Author |
Message
|
| PeterPotkay |
 Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:10 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
Poobah
Joined: 15 May 2001
Posts: 7723
|
I guess that makes sense.....also sounds like a logical arguement for not paying taxes!!!!! 
(They could put a disclaimer stating that they do not endorse the statements posted here......  )
_________________
Peter Potkay
Keep Calm and MQ On |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
| bduncan |
| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 1:59 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Padawan
Joined: 11 Apr 2001
Posts: 1554
Location: Silicon Valley
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| csmith28 |
| Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Grand Master
Joined: 15 Jul 2003
Posts: 1196
Location: Arizona
|
Brandon;
If you need to start taking donations again. Just say so.
_________________
Yes, I am an agent of Satan but my duties are largely ceremonial. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| bduncan |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:16 am Post subject: |
|
|
Padawan
Joined: 11 Apr 2001
Posts: 1554
Location: Silicon Valley
|
Well, I never said I wasn't taking donations anymore. In fact, there's been a couple of donations recently, but it's basically slowed to a trickle, and doesn't come close to covering my hosting costs.
I really appreciate every penny that's been donated, but after running this site for four years, I can speak from experience that donations aren't very consistent, whereas my hosting bill comes every month 
I'm testing out google adsense to see if it can generate a consistent stream of money to cover my hosting costs. Who knows, it might not work out, in which case I'll just have to go back to the drawing board...
_________________
Brandon Duncan
IBM Certified MQSeries Specialist
MQSeries.net forum moderator |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Michael Dag |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 2:37 am Post subject: |
|
|
Jedi Knight
Joined: 13 Jun 2002
Posts: 2607
Location: The Netherlands (Amsterdam)
|
| bduncan wrote: |
Well, I never said I wasn't taking donations anymore. In fact, there's been a couple of donations recently, but it's basically slowed to a trickle, and doesn't come close to covering my hosting costs.
I really appreciate every penny that's been donated, but after running this site for four years, I can speak from experience that donations aren't very consistent, whereas my hosting bill comes every month
I'm testing out google adsense to see if it can generate a consistent stream of money to cover my hosting costs. Who knows, it might not work out, in which case I'll just have to go back to the drawing board... |
So on a monthly basis, how much are you short?
I'd hate to see this site go away some day... (assuming your pockets are not endlessly deep...  )
_________________
Michael
MQSystems Facebook page |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| kirani |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 9:57 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Jedi Knight
Joined: 05 Sep 2001
Posts: 3779
Location: Torrance, CA, USA
|
| MichaelDag wrote: |
I'd hate to see this site go away some day... |
I don't think this community will let this happen!
_________________
Kiran
IBM Cert. Solution Designer & System Administrator - WBIMB V5
IBM Cert. Solutions Expert - WMQI
IBM Cert. Specialist - WMQI, MQSeries
IBM Cert. Developer - MQSeries
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| zpat |
| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Jedi Council
Joined: 19 May 2001
Posts: 5867
Location: UK
|
| What are the hosting costs? If more than $99 a month then move hosting. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Michael Dag |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:29 am Post subject: |
|
|
Jedi Knight
Joined: 13 Jun 2002
Posts: 2607
Location: The Netherlands (Amsterdam)
|
| kirani wrote: |
| MichaelDag wrote: |
I'd hate to see this site go away some day... |
I don't think this community will let this happen! |
not if we know what's going on. if we don't know and one day mqseries.net is gone.
mqseries.net is my favorite site on the web and consider it almost my second home, I too feel it should remain free.
On the other hand I would not mind a "top gun" forum with subscription fee, where
design/architecture/coding/management/procedures stuff can be discussed in more detail.
just a thought...
_________________
Michael
MQSystems Facebook page |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| PeterPotkay |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:49 am Post subject: |
|
|
Poobah
Joined: 15 May 2001
Posts: 7723
|
Just add $5 tax on any post with URGENT!!!!!!!!! in the title. That should provide a nice income stream.
_________________
Peter Potkay
Keep Calm and MQ On |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| bduncan |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Padawan
Joined: 11 Apr 2001
Posts: 1554
Location: Silicon Valley
|
Hahaha.. Nice suggestion Peter.
But I have absolutely NO plans for making this a subscription site. People should be able to come here and ask questions free of charge.
I wanted to try the sponsorship model since it's less intrusive than advertising but I just haven't been able to generate enough interest to cover all of my costs.
And when I looked at all the advertising methods out there, adsense seemed to be the best, because:
1. I don't have to manage the content
2. It provides ads related to the keywords on the page (so no viagra ads!)
3. The ads are 100% text. NO images. That's a big gripe of mine.
So hopefully I don't anger anyone in the process, and hopefully this will provide a means to keep MQSeries.net running forever
_________________
Brandon Duncan
IBM Certified MQSeries Specialist
MQSeries.net forum moderator |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| PeterPotkay |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Poobah
Joined: 15 May 2001
Posts: 7723
|
Do you get paid by how many times the ads get clicked?
_________________
Peter Potkay
Keep Calm and MQ On |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| bduncan |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 3:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Padawan
Joined: 11 Apr 2001
Posts: 1554
Location: Silicon Valley
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Hari |
| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Centurion
Joined: 21 Nov 2002
Posts: 117
Location: USA
|
Now i know what to do, get up every morning and keep clicking the advetisements  .....or much better we should not allow any one to login unless they click on any ads.... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| bduncan |
| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Padawan
Joined: 11 Apr 2001
Posts: 1554
Location: Silicon Valley
|
I was hoping nobody would say that.
PLEASE... PLEASE... (for more emphasis) PLEASE! DO NOT CLICK ON THESE ADS JUST TO CLICK ON THEM OR OUT OF CONCERN FOR THE SITE
Only click on them if you're really interested in what they are advertising.
Google is watching the click patterns and believe me, they'll notice if people are just clicking on the ads. You won't get in trouble, but I will... I do not want to get booted from their program. So please, treat these ads like any other ads you encounter on the net...
(And I'm sure Hari was joking, but someone might take it seriously, so I just wanna make it clear to everyone...)
_________________
Brandon Duncan
IBM Certified MQSeries Specialist
MQSeries.net forum moderator |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Hari |
| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Centurion
Joined: 21 Nov 2002
Posts: 117
Location: USA
|
Yeah of course i was kidding. .......
Oops!! sorry i did not think of the consequences just in case if someone took my comments seriously. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
