Research Project: What Makes the Most $$ On The Internet?

Hi guys. I am in the process of gathering some anonymous data for a research project. The question: What types of websites (segments) make the most money, and what types of revenue streams in those segments is most profitable. Please DO NOT post your answers in the thread, pm me your answers and I will make a post with the aggregated results here on DP. If I missed a segment or a type of revenue stream please let me know. Please DO NOT give me exact figures, use only estimates and averages for revenue and unique visitors.

Please PM me the
Market Segment (found below)
Revenue Type (found below) and amount generated per month on average.
Website (won't be shared, this is for confirmation)
Estimated Uniques Per Month (won't be shared)

Example:
My Awesome Blog
Segment: Blog
Revenue Type: Broker Advertising: $125/month
Affiliate Commission: $50/month
Estimated Uniques/month: 2,000

Market Segments
Search Engines: This includes file, music, unique, and custom search engines but excludes custom search engines for one site.

Blogs: a blog about anything.

Tools, applications - Social: any tool or application on a Social Network that helps a user find useful information or aids in productivity. does not include social games, quizzes, etc..
Tools, applications - Non-Social: a tool or application hosted on it's own website including websites with multiple tools

Social Networking: blog hosting (xanga, livejournal), social profile (i.e. myspace, facebook, dating), microblogging (twitter), social image websites (i.e. deviant art, designer peak).

Proxy Websites: a proxy list, proxy email service or a web proxy

Video Hosting: any website that primarily focuses on video hosting

Ecommerce - Tangible Goods: any website that sells a physical object directly (i.e. shirts, flowers, etc..)

Ecommerce - Digital Goods: any website that sells intangible digital goods (i.e. templates, scripts, ebooks)

Ecommerce - Drop Shipping: any website that sells tangible goods via a drop shipper

Web Directory: a website that list other websites in categories

Image Sharing: a website that allows images to be shared and hosted on the website

Hyper Local Website: a website focusing on one area, region or country that is not that areas offical website (i.e. cityofhouston.com)

Informational websites: a website with information

Forum Community: a web forum of any type

Streaming Audio: a website that streams one or more audio stations (i.e. a shoutcast radio station)

File Hosting/Download: a website that allows files to be downloaded

Lead Generation: a website that collects user information to sell as leads (i.e. insurance, loan lead websites)

Online Arcade Website: a website primarily focusing on casual online games.

Social Games: a game hosted on a social network.

News or Content Aggregator: a website that brings in news or content from various websites and aggregates it either automatically or socially. (i.e. Digg, N4G, NewsNow)



Revenue Stream Types:
Brokered Display Advertising: Google Adsense, Tribal Fusion, Adbrite etc.. These are advertisemets displayed by an advertising network.

Sales-Force Display Advertising: IAB advertisign sold by your own sales staff and ran on your own advertising server.

User-Gen Display Advertising: User created advertisements like facebook ads or Zedo.com ads

Video Advertising (pre-roll, post-roll, overlay): any advertising before, during or after a video.

Pop Up ads: ads that pop up in front of the user.

Pop Under ads: ads that pop underneath the users browser

Sale of Goods: any time a tangible or intangible item is sold. even if it's not the websites main focus (i.e. t-shirts, gift icons on facebook, etc..)

Membership Fees: fees paid to access content, tools, etc...

Affiliate Commission (you are the affiliate): revenue generated selling someone elses content

Affiliate Sales (you are the seller, not the affiliate): revenue generated with a team of affiliates

Lead-Gen Access: from programs such as CPAlead

Interstitial Display Ads: display before or after expected content generally have a "skip this" button at top right hand corner. (i.e. full page interstitial ads on news websites, or smaller more interactive ones in flash arcade games)

Donations: from users donating funds

Audio stream ads: advertisements played before, during or after an audio stream or file.

Other: please explain

 

Hi,

Im not sure of the purpose of this, but the 2 biggest industrys online (and also offline) are gambling (1st) and porn (2nd)

 

Agreed on both counts.

The ultimate purpose, and top money makers.

 

Selling Things makes the most money

 

the idea here is to take the aggregate data from DP members and use it anonymously to see what industry makes the most and the best way to generate revenue for each industry. the idea was brought on by a recent study of the top 50 web properties, I thought we would all want to see how the rest of us are doing. I have received several pm's with information but not nearly enough yet to be statistically significant.

please keep in mind that all data will be used for the study only, that I will display the results here on DP only and that I will erase any and all info that enters my possession the moment I complete the analysis

 

sex is the biggest industryon earth

 

Maybe you should pay $$ to attract people to put aside their valuable time to contribute such detailed valuable information to your project. Such a diverse survey/ information compiled can be sold to MNC and big web consultancies for lots of $$.
Other than that you will just get short replies and few would actually PM useful information you can use No offence but just been frank.

 

tradester: i get it. i dont want to sell the data, I only want to offer it to the entire community in a nice, clean and anonymous format. I am not asking for data that a webmaster would not give if they were selling teh website, so i was hoping for a better response. I hope you can see the benefits this could have for all of us.

 

Well if you want to do such a project do it in an open manner ..could setup simple blogspot or use SNS like facebook to gather feedback..Post yr questions and use survey tools available if it is done n open transparent manner people are more willing to contribute and share

 

the reason I am asking for anonymous data is because it tends to be more authentic. If its posted openly I will only get information from those trying to brag.

 

Sex always sells.