Website Review: Your Advice Requested

[Engage]

Ooohh.... This is very interesting!

Thanks so much for your report. I'd be very much interested in reading any details you would care to share.

Please let me explain. I've raised this idea many times in a number forums, and the response is always negative, which I understand. After all, most of us became webmasters because we cherish our independence.

To post this idea and not only find a shared interest, but someone actually doing it now live in the real world is just wonderful.

We share AdSense on their posts, and many have reported to have made more in one day on these blogs than in a month on their own.

Yes, that's exactly it. I'd guess that the way such a site would usually happen is that one leader would start the site on their own, and develop the traffic to a point that would interest others. Everybody wants to jump on a train that has already left the station, few can see the opportunity in theory.

If you wish to instruct us further, could you describe the technology you use, how the Adsense income is calculated and divided etc? Anything you care to share will be welcomed.

Could I suggest that this "group site" concept might make a great topic for a new site in your network?

[AlexNewell]

Very nice, very gentle intro for charities.

I'm a little reluctant to criticise it but I would not say "begging for donations" but rather "add an extra revenue stream to supplement your donations and bequests."

Non profits are often very sensitive and anti business so you may have to handle them with kid gloves!

I might mention that adsense is under their control - any ads that show up and are unwelcome can be blocked.

Good luck!

[Engage]

I would not say "begging for donations" but rather "add an extra revenue stream to supplement your donations and bequests."

Oh my, you are so right. What was I thinking?? Thanks for pointing that out. Gotta fix that!

Non profits are often very sensitive and anti business so you may have to handle them with kid gloves!

Yes, very good point, this is my chief worry about the whole project. I'm concerned the gap between online business culture and non-profit culture may be too wide to be bridged. Or that I don't have the knack for the job.

I brought this idea up in a general way months ago on a teacher's forum. Most readers had a sincere passion for offering a thousand reasons why it could never work. Sobering.

Truth be told, online business has a pretty poor reputation in many quarters, and some of this reputation is deserved.

I might mention that adsense is under their control - any ads that show up and are unwelcome can be blocked.

Ah, yes. I do have a sentence for this somewhere on the site, but you're right, I should push this forward, as it will be a big concern for some. Good point, thanks!

[painternc]

the site looks very clean, visually - but I am not getting the connection to the photos of the children. To me those photos do not support the object of the site.
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