Over the past few days I have been working on the server. I am proud to say that I have been tweaking the server for performance and we now once again get an A Rating from GTMetrix. - GTmetrix Performance Report
In addition I am trying some new server monitoring software which alerts me when it sees issues. In addition I have made a public server status page which can now be found at - SatelliteGuys Server Status
In other news... ad revenue again has fallen sharply. In this month of December we have made about $2 a day in ads. This is not good. While I can (and will) pay for our servers each month we are coming into January / February and that is when a majority of our expenses are due as they renew durring this time. Things are up for renewal include (but are not limited to) Domain Names, cloud servers, Software Licensing & Add Ons. Not to mention that a new version of Xenforo is coming out shortly which may require we purchase new add ons or renew old add ons which we have not renewed as there was no need since they haven't been updated in ages. Just a rough estimate in my head we are looking at around $800 is costs for these things for the year. (again not including any new add ons we may need to buy or re-subscribe to which we don't now.)
I am also keeping an eye on our server storage, as this servers 400 gig hard drive at last look was about 70% full. Good news is I can double the space with no down time for about $10 a month
I am thinking of starting a Fund Raiser in January to raise these funds so we can be done with things. (Again that is just a thought now, nothing more. Please put your wallets away for now.
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Now while out Ad Revenue sounds and is bad for December, I do expect it to increase as Google is changing a bunch of things behind the scenes to make their ads comply with new US and International laws. We have made all the changes needed on our side and now are waiting for Google to fully impliment them. I have read they expect to have all changes in place for February.
Traffic remains good here, but I would like to see more people involved. So if anyone has any ideas for new forums or maybe things we can add, I am all ears.
Thanks everyone for being here and calng SatelliteGuys home.
In addition I am trying some new server monitoring software which alerts me when it sees issues. In addition I have made a public server status page which can now be found at - SatelliteGuys Server Status
In other news... ad revenue again has fallen sharply. In this month of December we have made about $2 a day in ads. This is not good. While I can (and will) pay for our servers each month we are coming into January / February and that is when a majority of our expenses are due as they renew durring this time. Things are up for renewal include (but are not limited to) Domain Names, cloud servers, Software Licensing & Add Ons. Not to mention that a new version of Xenforo is coming out shortly which may require we purchase new add ons or renew old add ons which we have not renewed as there was no need since they haven't been updated in ages. Just a rough estimate in my head we are looking at around $800 is costs for these things for the year. (again not including any new add ons we may need to buy or re-subscribe to which we don't now.)
I am also keeping an eye on our server storage, as this servers 400 gig hard drive at last look was about 70% full. Good news is I can double the space with no down time for about $10 a month
I am thinking of starting a Fund Raiser in January to raise these funds so we can be done with things. (Again that is just a thought now, nothing more. Please put your wallets away for now.
)Now while out Ad Revenue sounds and is bad for December, I do expect it to increase as Google is changing a bunch of things behind the scenes to make their ads comply with new US and International laws. We have made all the changes needed on our side and now are waiting for Google to fully impliment them. I have read they expect to have all changes in place for February.
Traffic remains good here, but I would like to see more people involved. So if anyone has any ideas for new forums or maybe things we can add, I am all ears.
Thanks everyone for being here and calng SatelliteGuys home.
