arubicus - 5:12 am on Aug 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

Ahhhhhh I have been wainting for you EPV.

One thing and I will drop the publisher bit and not respond to any responses to it.

"No, they're designed to profit by serving an audience." - EPV

Yep and how do they do that EPV. Design for ads. Wheter it be their own products, subscriptions, advertisers, downloads or whatever.

"By fulfilling its mission of providing readers with news, entertainment, or information, the publisher is able to monetize its content." - EPV

No this is the vehicle. Their intent is to make money.

"Would the page entertain, inform, or serve a business function without ads? If the AdSense network shut its doors tomorrow, would the page in question have a reason to exist?" - EPV

Agreed. Well I have always agreed to the subject of this discussion:) If other information is on it then in a way isn't this in some way to inform users? Not saying I agree with my question, it would be an argument by those site webmasters.