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Old 08-03-2010, 12:24 AM  
Paul Markham
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There is one massive flaw in the "Free Driving an Economy" theory.

Free is paid for by sales.

Tubes are paid for by sales.
Affiliates giving away free content is driven by sales.
Google is driven by sales.
Economies are driven by sales.

No doubt a few will make some money by giving away things for free. Google is a great example of that. Industries will lose money if their products are given away for free. Economies will lose money if their products are given away for free.

To earn money with adverts on a free site of any description, you need the advertisers to make sales.

Just a little 101 in business.
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