Community sites aim to make money

The Wall Street Journal's Lee Gomes explores how community Web sites are trying to make money and the uphill battles they face.

Community Web sites started showing up a few years ago, often as a labor of love by some Web-savvy local resident. Now, many of these sites are trying to become actual businesses, complete with the sort of profits that can make them self-sustaining.

The fact that a few of them are managing to attract advertisers shows they are taking the first fledgling steps down that path. Alas, the particular economic circumstances behind these ads demonstrate just how long that journey may be.

(And thanks, Lee, for mentioning CyberJournalist.net in the piece and its list of citizen media sites!)

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