"Rob" wrote in message
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"SatNav" writes:

"MatSav" m a t t h e w D O T s a v a g e A T d s l D O T p i p e x D
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On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:43:42 +0100, JH
wrote:

Does anything ever happen in this group, or are you all down with Davy
Jones?

Discussion has migrated to url:http://www.ukriversguidebook.co.uk


The above fake little dialogue is designed to divert gullible usenet
users
to a commercial page.

Bing! Wrong, UKRGB is a free site, with free discussion boards, and
free access to the river guides, which are contributed by the
readership.

Ads and selling stuff like t-shirts are about the only ways to pay for
the, non-negligable, overheads of running a popular site like that,
without
directly charging the end-users.


My point precisely, UKRGB depends on advertising revenue to keep going.
You know what happens when your website depends financially on someone?

Even if they don't overtly call the shots, you make sure you don't upset
them. Freedom of speech goes out the window etc. etc.

This by contrast is a free AND independent NG. I regret if people post
here, announcing that 'discussion has migrated' to a commercially funded
web site.

The motivation is obvious - adverts fetch more the more hits your site
gets.

That'll explain way UKRGB doesnt actually charge for its ads then. Always
worth getting the facts right.

Well I _am_ confused now ... 'Kegs' reckons UKRGB uses advertising income
'to pay for the, non-negligable, overheads'.

'Rob' states that 'UKRGB doesn't actually charge for its ads' at all. Now
that sounds seriously bizarre, like someone afraid of the tax man, or
understandably squeamish about commercially exploiting the site's
intellectual property, or both.

Makes you wonder why they bother with ads then? As some sort of eye candy
from hell?

And who decides which banner ads appear on page 1? With paddle sports being
a multi-million pound market, and with 3000 alleged subscriptions to UKRGB
I'd be in there like a shot.

Come to think of it, I may place an ad on UKRGB meself:

'Like your Whiskey straight and your paddle sports discussions independent?
The discussion has migrated to uk.rec.boats.paddle'

(OK OK I won't give up the day job)