powerstar - 2:28 am on Oct 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

>>Yahoo runs a directory, charging an identical amount, and they don't seem to be going out of business at the moment.

and where is the directory results? I paid many $299 to be listed on Yahoo and used to get alot of results and I get nothing or very close to nothing right now. Looksmart was never profitable untill this year. Where is Yahoo making their money..(PPC maybe) not from the $299 that you paid about 5 years ago

>>>What's more, for many webmasters $0.15 was far more than they could afford to pay per click. Many people had banked on paying a one off fee of $299 and getting many clicks over a long period of time. PPC pricing only suits a certain set of webmasters.

If you can't effort to pay for the traffic...you are not going to be in business anyway so what's the point. Plus you recieved planty of traffic for your $299 and where can you find traffic for $0.15 a click? I'll bet you we will have to pay much more for this traffic on MSN in the future.

Changing world and always changing business model..if you are in a business for yourself you know that

>>Imagine buying a car for $5K and then being told afterwards that you have to pay a $10 fee every time you want to drive the car, but you do get 10 free rides in the car each month. Would you be happy with that?

But we are making money with this traffic (i know i am) so they asked you to share a bit of your profits. I know it's better to get it for free but still...