Why are there adverts on Answers.com?

Answer 1

So we can keep this website free for you to use.

We provide information to you for free. However it costs millions to keep a website this size afloat.
Answers is an extremely popular website which has massive costs to cover. From staff payments, server costs, air conditioning costs to keep the servers cool, storage space for the servers and air conditioning, developers, technicians, engineers, administrators and so on. As said, it costs millions to keep Answers running every year. The adverts provide Answers with a source of revenue.
Money does not grow on trees, nor does it materialise out of thin air.


There are three ways a website can make money:

1. Charging the visitors to access the premium content
2. Beg and grovel visitors to donate money (usually charity-based websites)
   
3. Place adverts on the website to generate revenue

Because we believe knowledge should be free, we choose the advert route. Having to see adverts is a small price you pay to have access to the free information we provide, which is better than paying an overpriced yearly subscription fee as many websites force their users to do. So you should be grateful that you have access to unlimited information, for free.



If you find the adverts are slowing down your computer, then this is likely an issue at your end.

• Check your browser is up to date.
• Check your Flash is up to date.
  
• If you use internet Explorer, get rid of that sluggish abomination and use Chrome or FireFox.
• Close unnecessary tabs. Delete search toolbars. Change any bright or vivid browser theme you have to lighter versions.
• Do a virus scan for a keylogger, spyware or trojan infection.
• Upgrade your internet plan if it is too slow for serious browsing.
  

If you sign up to Answers.com as a proper member, not only do you have better tools and more benefits, but you also have the option to hide most adverts in your account settings.

Answer 2

The site earns revenue through the ads. Registered users can disable them, however.

The site does have MANY answers to questions, but usually, those who accuse the site of not having answers are usually being impatient. It is a wiki site, meaning it is sort of a potluck affair. Others bring what they wish to the "table," but nobody is obligated to do so. If your questions are not being answered, perhaps it is how you asked it. Here are some reasons why your questions might not have any answers:

1. The question is unreadable. You have to use good grammar, formatting and spelling if you expect others to answer it.

2. The question should make logical sense and be capable of being answered. If you ask what time it is in a given country, you should give a reference time for Another Country. If you ask about the value of a coin, you should give at least minimum information about its date, country of origin, denomination, and features.

3. The question should not be harmful nor illegal. It should not ask how to harm oneself or others, nor ask how to do anything that is illegal. Such questions get trashed to catch-all categories and the user might be warned or blocked from the site.

4. The question should have value. If you ask what the weather is like without mentioning the place, ask what another user's name is, ask if other users are single, about about the dietary preferences of other users, the questions will likely be trashed to the Adds No Value category.

5. The question must be respectful. If you ask why some group is stupid, why a certain race steals all the time, or why a particular girl at your school has body odor, then the question will be trashed to the Cyberbullying category, and the user might lose access to the site. Cyberbullying is not tolerated on the site.

6. The question must not ask about porn sites or inappropriate things. If you ask where to find pornography or you ask about certain private anatomical features of others, even celebrities, the question will be trashed to the Porn Sites Catch-All or the Inappropriate Subject Matter Catch-All.

7. The question must not ask how to crack software nor bypass firewalls. Such questions get trashed to catch-all categories.

8. Obscure questions might go unanswered for a long time.There is nothing wrong with asking these, but do keep in mind that they might not get answers or that others will likely vandalize them. Any vandalism will be removed or reverted, but vandals are sometimes more likely to bother questions they consider boring.

Answer 3

Advertisements are one way that the site pays for itself.

If you sign up for the site, you can turn off ads in your personal settings.

Answer 4

Because running a website costs money. 1) Get a good adblock. You can download one for free.
2) Join the site, and you can opt out of seeing ads, as part of your Site Settings.

Answer 5

Advertising is not allowed in answers on Wiki Answers. The only place you are allowed to advertise is on your profile.

Answer 6

Ads pay for the site - you won't see them if you make a free account.

Answer 7

because they need to make money to run the site, otherwise they won't be able to afford to run the site, if you don't want ads, use adblock plus...

Answer 8

If you means on Answers.com, you have to login and then you can block all the ads.

Answer 9

Get a good adblock. Better still, become a member and choose the "no ads" on your Settings page.

Answer 10

If you log in, you can choose to remove the ads.