there are many sites with no adsense ads or any profit earning methods...why does it give it to the owner without any income?...may be for popularity???best example may be orkut.....why they have been hosted?
It depends on several factors, such as who is behind it (and how wealthy they are), how old the site is, etc. With a new sandboxed site, it's not going to be too profitable to have advertisements plastered all over it, especially if you are trying to establish a brand name. I think it's better to build up a visitor base first, and then start slowly adding the advertisements. Speaking for myself here, I don't like and don't trust banner farms.
Exactly. Sometimes it's nice to just offer something useful that people can't get anywhere else for free.
Hmm, I only play around with websites for fun. Maybe I have to much free time I have 8 websites, the website that gets the most traffic doesn't have any ads and I don't plan on monetizing it. I have a cheap hosting account were all my sites are hosted, total cost for hosting and domains is around 250$ a year. The two video sites in my sig have made me 100$ in the 2 months that they are up. I started those 2 sites just to see if I could make a website to make money. I'm new to internet marketing, just playing around, we will see where this ends