Thanks for the feedback. I have enjoyed reading different points of view.
Please understand since we took over the hosting we have spent several thousand dollars moving to the first hosting environment we had custom built for the site. Once it was obvious the site was outgrowing our hosting environment with traffic and bandwidth we paid another several thousand to move it over to Amazon Cloud hosting where it is now. There was an extensive migration to ensure everything went smoothly. When we moved it we did lots of performance tuning that I never heard anything but praise about the move and the site.
The monthly cost to host MW is *NOT*, repeat *NOT* covered by the main site advertisers. As you will see we still have a few open spots at the top not producing revenue and the monthly traffic numbers for the site before the facelift were declining because, in part, of the new Google Search algorithms. Any of the shortcoming dollars every month comes out of *MY* pocket personally.
One of the goals of this google/ad optimization is to implement a system where the site can pay for itself.
Please bear with this optimization for 30 days. At the end of 30 days if the majority is still not satisfied we can look at other alternatives that do not include advertising.
MEMBERS ONLY OPTION: One option that we could examine is to have ZERO ADS and ZERO paid advertisers. We could convert to a MEMBERSHIP ONLY site where an annual membership fee pay for the hosting and ongoing maintenance and upkeep.
My main goal has always been to support the MAME community which is why I took over the additional time and large expense of hosting this site.
I want to be clear that I am as passionate now as I have ever been about the site and want to continue seeing it thrive and prosper and will continue doing so.
As many of you know who are in business - you need to continue trying things to find something that works. This is one of those times.
If we try this optimization for 30 days and it appears it is not working we need to examine other ways fund with no advertising and continue to improve the site.
Thanks again. If anyone would like to speak with me PERSONALLY about this you can always call the DA 800 number and we can have a productive conversation. I also am happy to hear any and all constructive, well-thought out ideas that help grow the site.
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