How much do you think drudge report makes a year?

[JS80]

My guess:

He claims 500 million page views per month (PDF), let's say he averages $10 per CPM (he usually has a big ad on top and a little ad on the side) = $60 million/year

 

[Adam8281]

what's CPM?

 

[TehMac]

He's a fuckin baller that's all I know.

 

[BassBomb]

who?

 

[Gunslinger08]

Less. I think the actual figure was posted a few months back.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Adam8281
what's CPM?

cost per 1000 page views (online advertising lingo)

 

[alakp]

Jesus $10 cpm is nuts high.

 

[Midlander]

Originally posted by: alakp
Jesus $10 cpm is nuts high.

Agreed, but he's still making enough that he doesn't have to worry about beer prices.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: alakp
Jesus $10 cpm is nuts high.

We charge $30/cpm at my employer.

 

[compman25]

Our copier only does 50 copies per minute

 

[IceBergSLiM]

what is his overhead

 

[TechBoyJK]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
what is his overhead

$10,000 a month for hosting covers alot of traffic. It depends on the back end, but still.

 

[nageov3t]

I'd be amazed if he was making enough to pay operating costs + have enough to live comfortably on without taking into account non-website revenue.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Wikipedia says he makes multiple millions per year.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'd be amazed if he was making enough to pay operating costs + have enough to live comfortably on without taking into account non-website revenue.

why would you be amazed. What do you think his operating costs are?

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'd be amazed if he was making enough to pay operating costs + have enough to live comfortably on without taking into account non-website revenue.

why would you be amazed. What do you think his operating costs are?

I'm assuming there are multiple salaried people working on/for the site.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'd be amazed if he was making enough to pay operating costs + have enough to live comfortably on without taking into account non-website revenue.

why would you be amazed. What do you think his operating costs are?

I'm assuming there are multiple salaried people working on/for the site.

You know he just reposts links right? There is actually nothing to it. We do it for free on this forum all day. All his technical needs(if he were smart) would be outsourced to the hosting company.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim

Originally posted by: loki8481
I'd be amazed if he was making enough to pay operating costs + have enough to live comfortably on without taking into account non-website revenue.

why would you be amazed. What do you think his operating costs are?

I'm assuming there are multiple salaried people working on/for the site.

He can't have that many people working on it. It is s simple site and basically a portal to outside sources for most things. I can see how a site like that would really only take 3-4 people to run.

But it is probably colo so he might pay the hosting service and then have his 3-4 people that update around the clock.

 

[trmiv]

Wikipedia says 2 employees. I don't know if that's accurate or not of course.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Originally posted by: trmiv
Wikipedia says 2 employees. I don't know if that's accurate or not of course.

They probably have nothing to do with updating the site they probably handle billing and administrative shit.