site costs suggestion

[Kazzy77]

Hi All,

 

Not sure if this has been suggested before but I was chatting to my husband tonight about how poorly the donation situation is with this site. He wondered if Dave or BF had considered using google search or something very similar.

 

With the turn over of hits this site gets it could really do wonders for helping with site costs, training for mods/helpers & expansion etc.

 

A wonderful site such as this should be expanding to the demand and the admins do a supurb job so it baffles me why more people aren't passionate about helping others help themselves.

 

There may be many reasons why Dave & BF aren't keen on this suggestion that haven't occured to me but if it does stir some interest, my hubby would be happy to help in any way. God knows we've (almost) gained from the info here and feel strongly that all the help to keep this going and growing is a must! Hubby is a professional puter geek (not his actual job title but amounts to the same) and feels if he could contribute in any positive way with his knowledge then he would be more than willing. of course, as mentioned before, you may have reasons for not liking this idea and may already have enough IT help/knowledge.

[woodpecker01]

Dave would have to pay for google search with the donations he receives, But there`s no guarantee it would increase more donations.

[Bookworm]

They used to at the beginning of the forum, but gave it up, as the cost didn't justify the results coming from it. I don't know the details, but this is what I remember from then anyway...

[dave]

Yes, to start with it used to cost us 5p per click, but now it's over 50p per click - it would eat up any dosh we have in no time, so we stopped doing it.

 

Cheers though ;-)