some pages are packed heavy

Indeed, the guy must be a genius

:2 cents:

right place, right brain, right time

I dont understand who would put adsense on a dating site likethat....there are better ways

Yea, the guy seems to be a smart fellow.

sounds like the guy needs a hug.

POF is a great site! I've been dating tons of women from there! Thanks Markus!

Very interesting...

haha I was thinking the same

Definitely. Adsense is the easy way out for most sites. But then again, most siteowners barely have a clue how Adsense really works so you can't expect them to know how to utilize those other ways to get paid.

However, I question business models that rely too heavily on Google.

wow all that with just 4 servers very impressive

God this makes me so sick with jealousy.

Both from a tech-nerd perspective and a business perspective.

So true, this is just another example. :thumbsup

INNOVATION is a word that will get you PAID!

Is there a way to confirm that? I have no doubt he makes money but how can you be sure it's as much as he says? Just by his word alone? Everybody on GFY including me is a millionaire too.

It's just him and one other person (his wife i believe) who runs the site, he pays only 14k a month in server costs, Google loves him (apparently), he profits probaly close to 350k a month after advertising (if any).

Do you want to question that business model again?

Google bans him he goes to one of the other contextual ad companies.

He seems to be doing quite well ;)

Funny I was just reading about this guy over at threadwatch the other day.It seems a few years ago he posted on WMW "I make about $40/day off 1200 visitors." hehe.
http://www.threadwatch.org/node/5917
The guy`s a genius apparently.Good for him.

You're pushing nicotine patches online and you're giving your opinion on a site that brings in 400k a month??????































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you're right, no one's making any real money online. :winkwink:

yup, because it's just that simple. :winkwink:

if even companies like match.com want to buy his code, I think he's got a damn good head start on the rest of us...

It's not hard to be a millionaire these days.

So what is so hard to believe?

Cool, but I still like Myspace a lot better. Speaking of which, don't they run Adsense too? Hmm, I wonder what they rake in.

holy crap he is ine gifted mofo..

really like his site and the numbers are truely amazing

That is what I was going to ask too

Wow that really is quite impressive..

That is freaking awesome. I think the only downside is if he puts dating sites out of business and his ad revenue gets cut in half because of it.

I love shit like this. Just when you think the last new mouse trap was invented. Bammm!!!

:thumbsup

At the end of the day I'm not happy to see sites like this work.

Why, you ask?

Because it does shift consumers to using the free dating site model. That model doesn't profit even 5% as much as the paid model which pays us accordingly. Free dating kills that industry and in turn our profits.

In 5 years all of them wil be free. Goldrush=Over.

But, was it necessary? No, there was no reason to lowball the industry just to get in the door. Sure it takes just a little bit more work to make money in that game but as all of us here know, it's not hard to get people to signup to damn near anything. Someone with his immense automation skills could have done better going the paid route.

Oh, I dunno... I guess only an idiot who makes $4 million a year would do that. You and me are much smarter.

With a database that size he could start charging membership any time he feels like it.

Easy way out.
But I guess it works.

It would seem that way if every new dating site wasn't free. Free dating is taking over.

that's a shitload of money!

We have something like that but we open local franchises. Earning really good revenue. If you wanna be famous in your town and got some promo money to invest, hit me up on icq ;) All the club owners will be on your ass so they get a peice of the pie ;)

Uhm yeah, hes doing something very wrong :1orglaugh

I don't believe this. Just a week and a half ago we we're talking about free dating! Fuck me. Oh well, good for this guy! Glad to see he's doing very well it. It's an interesting approach he took that's for sure. Just awesome...and he deserves every penny he makes for seeing the potential and doing it his way.

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adsense is easy but if someone took the time much more money could be made with that amount of traffic