How do free email service providers, search engines make profit out of their free service?

Question

Even if you say they make money from the ads. then what about Orkut?

Answer 1

advertising, and services like yahoo hope that you will upgrade to a paid service.

Answer 2

Well, as they provides free e-mail and searching services, lots of web-users across the world use their free service and regularly visits the site.
These type of sites generally earn money from banner adds, and links to other sites, sometimes these sites have some paid services too.

Answer 3

E mail service providers, search engines try to provide as much facilities and services as they can not increase visibility and access of their sites to more and more people. Then they advertise and so many companies wish to use their visibility to promote their products and services. And these companies pay them. This is how they earn a lot of money.

Answer 4

Look Orkut is a global community affiliated by Google.
So,since for Orkutting one must have an Email id of Google and thus every Signup in Google earns money & also Orkut signing in fetches money from Google & other sponsers
Like Also Various communities also pay Orkut to have exclusive priveleges in Orkut,so this is my answer to u r Question

Answer 5

Nothing in the word do somone is for free.These sites are taking money by advsiresers. So kindly no that no one is giving free services.

Answer 6

1.For each and every person visiting their site they get money.It is not a joke .
2.When people use their free services , they get passionated by their paid ones too and they want to get them .
This is the way they make money.

Answer 7

Nothing in this world is free! Only a pleasant smile is free and how stingy we are at sharing it and spreading it!

Answer 8

Business Presence also defines your credibility in the market.

Answer 9

advertising, access to their site

Answer 10

Do you see all the ads? Thats where they get the $$$$$