Unfortunately, Google decided to shut down the Adsense anyhow. I've asked for an appeal, but if they do not reply by the end of the month, I will be shutting down the site. Thanks for the good times, but I suppose it's time for me to move on.
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Knowing the monthly overhead of the site would be good to know then so we can accurately budget and try to find a proper solution. Even if it's less profitable than before, sustainability is the most important. So long as the site operates in the black I don't see a real reason to shut down.
I'll tell you what happens if someone buys the site.
1) Lucid gets a nice profit, well done to him he earnt it. 2) The site itself survives it's remaining time on whatever it was bought for 3) No more bug fixes or updates(unless the invester has a dedicated developer or team) 4) More regulation. EM was kept up by money keeping it alive, anyone with the realistic amount of money to buy the site would want to do it for profit reasons.
Think how businesses and investors work. I am all for donating so we can have extra time, but begging for someone to buy the site will be extremly silly.
It's been proposed, Bronto, but ad revenue may not even be the reason for the shutdown. I agree with Bumpers, more information is needed.
We all want the site to stay up. We just need to know the detailed reasons for the shutdown.
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Probably none that generate enough rev, though I suppose some sort of sub-plan+alternate ads could work (for a while). That isn't really a permanent solution either though.
Site to be shut down
