Needlehost, well thought out.. yes we're going to see some BIG changes in the Internet Ad industry, real soon...
In fact, this morning on Bloomberg Radio about 30 minutes ago, JP Morgan (I believe) cut Google from
Strong Buy to
OutPerform because they lowered the Price Target from $550 to $475.
Google releases their earnings soon and I think some hard truths will be out.
Let's not forget that Google (as rich as they are) takes in 80% of their Income via Adsense.
Just remember you heard it here first.
As for the answer to Free Hosting: For now we use Adsense, but Adsense income is play money, especially with what I just said.
Free hosting doesn't require as much support. Limit the users to Ticket Systems for support. Forum Support... Limit the amount of addon domains/parked domains/DB, etc etc etc... then when they want more. They upgrade to paid hosting.
We're always re-investing Profits, it makes for good Tax issues as well
As for Google Adsense supported Free Hosting (or any Publishing of Ads for that fact) Remember, you heard it here first.