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halfdood  ·  4070 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mugged by a Mug Shot Online - NYTimes.com

Even if those sites didn't charge for deletions they could still make add revenue from traffic. I would even hazard to say that the money from deleting pictures probably does not compare to the ad revenue.





insomniasexx  ·  4070 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ads are barely a revenue stream these days. Perhaps if you have legit ads, perhaps if you have a lot of viewers. But long gone are the days of having a site, throwing up some ads, and calling it a day.

halfdood  ·  4070 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I suspected as much, but I don't know enough about hosting your own site or how much traffic those sites actually generate to say for sure.

insomniasexx  ·  4070 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So I just went to justmugshots to see what ad platform they were using and generate an approximation. I don't see any ads. Thistis their only revenue stream: http://www.justmugshots.com/orders (from a button that is prominently displayed on every page)