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-- Posted by bighead1991 at 12:21 pm on May 15, 2008

A site which I run is now getting 35GB of traffic a day and ever growing, which translates into over 1000GB of traffic a month.

It receives around 600 users per day straight to the site and 130,000 hits per day, which are off linked images and browsing.

I'm gonna have to put some limits on soon or increase advertisements  it if it keeps growing at the rate it does.

I don't want to either put limits on the site or increase advertisements at all, I hate ADs and limits.

At least on the bright side its being doing relatively well, in profit ($100+ per month) and hasn't taken much effort.


-- Posted by the messenger at 12:22 pm on May 15, 2008

Nooo, your website is the only one that allows a 10mb upload limit!


-- Posted by marshmellowman at 12:23 pm on May 15, 2008

Well done! If people are hotlinking your images you can always prevent that with a .htaccess file.

EDIT: Just saw your site was an image hosting website, so hotlinking clearly is not the problem.

Images do suck a lot of bandwidth sadly.


-- Posted by da bears at 12:23 pm on May 15, 2008

I bet there are a ton of rules on this site.

Someone link me to it.


-- Posted by hateitandloveit at 12:25 pm on May 15, 2008

MOAR ADS


-- Posted by major at 12:25 pm on May 15, 2008

Quote: from Da Bears at 12:23 pm on May 15, 2008


I bet there are a ton of rules on this site.  

Someone link me to it.



imagedo.com


-- Posted by bighead1991 at 12:26 pm on May 15, 2008

Quote: from marshmellowman at 8:23 pm on May 15, 2008


Well done! If people are hotlinking your images you can always prevent that with a .htaccess file.

Thats the point of the site, image hosting, its just a pain that some images are using a lot of bandwidth, getting viewed a lot times.

For example one image on my site has been viewed 80,000 times and has used up 15GB of bandwidth over the past two weeks, an excessive amount.


-- Posted by Milky Way kid at 12:35 pm on May 15, 2008

well but adds at the bottom where no one looks lol


-- Posted by bighead1991 at 12:43 pm on May 15, 2008

Quote: from Reece Dodsworth at 8:35 pm on May 15, 2008


well but adds at the bottom where no one looks lol


They are, but it doesn't get too much money as they are in at the bottom.


-- Posted by RossTheHoss69 at 1:00 pm on May 15, 2008

I would just do ads.
As annoying as they are, it's alot better than limits.


-- Posted by allsmiles at 1:24 pm on May 15, 2008

Do you ask for donations?


-- Posted by bighead1991 at 2:27 pm on May 15, 2008

Quote: from allsmiles at 9:24 pm on May 15, 2008


Do you ask for donations?

I do not.


-- Posted by coloring the void at 2:33 pm on May 15, 2008

Quote: from bighead1991 at 2:27 pm on May 15, 2008


Quote: from allsmiles at 9:24 pm on May 15, 2008

Do you ask for donations?

I do not.


Asking for charity is a shame free way to keep things free.


-- Posted by iwashere85 at 5:09 am on May 16, 2008

Or, offer "premium services"

People pay more for some extra features.


-- Posted by bighead1991 at 6:43 am on May 17, 2008

Just upgraded to a dedicated, should be alright in a few days.

Found a good deal with a company I used to be with.


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