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Originally Posted by ForteCash
I only spend MAYBE 4-5k a month on ads now, but in the "hey day" of 99-2001 I was spending a LOT of ads... for a while, whatever I bought produced profit, or at the very least broke even, and this was without recurring! I was charging 39.95 for lifetime access to www.penilefitness.com.. jesus, had I charged a monthly fee then, I would probably be the one being written about 
Anyway, this guys dating site is very nice and congrats to him, but 4 million a year in profit from adsense only sounds fishy, but then again the sites name is plentyoffish.. heh.
I had quarter page ads in Hustler and Penthouse for about 4 months back in 99 and 2000 that still bring in about 40 unique clicks per day... If he had that much money to spend, I would certainly diversify into the adult market as well, and put full page ads in hustler, penthouse and maxim..
within 3 years of that, he'd have some serious long-term traffic and business...
I dont even see a "send this site to your friends" link on his pages.. WILD! |
thanks for this. interesting stuff.
pretty amazing you're still getting so many daily visits from six year old magazines.
I'm not a cheerleader for this guy or this site by the way - just find it a really interesting story. and as far as I know it's $4 million revenue from adsense, not profit. he's probably getting commissions through other programs too, but I've no idea of course what his private figures are.
from his radio advertising, tv advertising, search positions, alexa ranking...etc. $4 million a year isn't impossible I would say. the whole artificial intelligence angle is interesting, but I'd be surprised if it's as accurate as he says.