"SatNav" wrote in message
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(Massive snip to reduce the length repeat of discussion - not an issue with
Forums, but clealry a problem with Usenet)
Well I _am_ confused now ... 'Kegs' reckons UKRGB uses advertising income
'to pay for the, non-negligable, overheads'.

Yes he does - but he's wrong. A reasonable assumption, but unsubstantiated.

'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?

But the answer is here, on this very Usenet thingie - you'll have read the
detailed explanation by southoftheriver - 24/10/2005 - 21:59?? I cannot
comment on the motivation of the person concerned, I've never met him, but
it seems honourable enough to me. There are still people who just genuinley
want to do something for the general good, beleive it or not.

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.

Subscriptions? That suggests "cost" / charges - there are 3000 "registered
users".

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

You can always ask.

'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)

Indeed.