I posted this link last week:
http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=442411
It died down on TWW so I figured that was it for a while. I check my hosting account today and I've pushed 200 gigs in less than a week.(thanks to Digg, del.icio.us, etc) My limit should have been 20. I have no idea why they didn't cut me off.

The site is just overlays of two photos on each page. Each of the two photos averages 150kb a piece(640x480), though I might could shrink that a bit.

So how do I sustain this? Progress Systems doesn't even offer such a shared hosting package. TQHosting has a 1000gb cap on a dedicated server, but I don't know how much that's going to run.

What hosts can you guys recommend?

Also, what's your experience with something like Google Ads? What kind of revenue can I expect per page view? I just want enough to pay the bill, basically.

11/13/2006 3:57:15 PM

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"per page view"

i thought you'd have to click them to get any sort of revenue...?

11/13/2006 4:13:50 PM

I'd try to get it hosted on campus hardware. Someone around here is bound to be intereted enough to offer you space.

11/13/2006 4:20:08 PM

I just had a second thought. Increase the compression and optimize the color palette on your images to reduce file size. The Photoshop Save for Web function is a good tool for this.

11/13/2006 4:23:31 PM

yeah get it hosted on an NCSU server

i'll offer up mine but no guarantees on how much longer it lasts

11/13/2006 4:37:15 PM

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"I just want enough to pay the bill, basically."

What are you planning on doing with your business / with the photos? My first question from there would be whether the traffic will be sustained, or if it's a one time thing. If it's sustained, the next question is anticipated growth. Blah blah blah, how much traffic are you expecting I guess is the real question?

11/13/2006 4:39:34 PM

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"per page view i thought you'd have to click them to get any sort of revenue...?"

Exactly, which is why I was curious about real-world figures. I, for one, never even look at google ads.

11/13/2006 4:40:45 PM

google ads pays for my hosting and other expenses...

I get about 6 bucks per 1k page views...

With 30-60k page views per month, you can definately make due, and get a little for your time as well.

11/13/2006 5:56:13 PM

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"Unique Page Hits This Month: 5983789 "

I might just switch to DreamHost.

11/13/2006 6:06:19 PM

oh, scratch that, it's back up

[Edited on November 14, 2006 at 5:28 PM. Reason : ]

11/14/2006 5:24:07 PM