ezboard Charges
So ezboard calculates the charges it will make for its boards on the basis of its webstats. There's no way for a board owner to check those page views or daily visits: you have to take everything ezboard tells you on trust.
Apparently, the Big White Taxi Service ezboard were having problems with the server being down having just renewed their Gold Community Status. I had a closer look.
Turns out they've just paid $526 for a year's renewal. That's £289. My hosting for a vBulletin board is £126 for a year.
Money for old rope...
Then I looked a bit further to make a proper comparison. Their board stats:
Founded: July 18, 2002
Daily Posts: 74
Total Posts: 86891
Daily Visits: 6199
Total Visits: 5558836
Ours?
Moved: July 1, 2005
Daily Posts: (ave.) 225
Posts today: 280 and climbing...
Total Posts: 81,759
Daily Visits: 1,600
Now, what stands out for me are:
- We're averaging three times as many daily posts as they are;
- We've got nearly as many posts in one year as they have in four years; and
- How is it that our 'proper' webstats show a quarter of their daily visits and yet we get three times as many posts?
Maybe their board just has a lot of readers? I can't really see that as being the case.
Whatever the case, may be, ezboard isn't a cheap option.
