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Last updated: December 9, 2022.
It's fair to say our website has helped a lot of people. It's been online 16 years. Served up over 125 million pages to almost as many people. Been referenced by hundreds of books and over 2000 scientific papers. Phew!
Over 4000 people have sent feedback forms about articles they've read here. They've given us an average rating of 4.6 out of 5, which isn't bad.
No-one has paid a penny to use this site. Hopefully no-one ever will.But it costs us a lot of money to keep going.
Something like $1000 a year just to pay the web-hosting costs. Never mind the cost of writing, editing, and updating things.
We have to run advertising to pay the bills. We run as few ads as we possibly can. But we hate it as much as you do. And we'd like to get rid of it. But to make that possible, we need to cover our costs another way.
Instead of ad-funded, we want to become reader-supported.
If you appreciate our site and you'd like to help us keep it free, please help us out
You can:
- Become a regular supporter on Patreon. Join one of the higher tiers and you'll get a signed copy of one of my books and you'll be listed as a sponsor.
- Make donation (one-off or regular) through PayPal.
- Or, to show your appreciation another way, please donate whatever you can afford to our chosen charity WaterAid, who do great work bringing clean water and sanitation to people who don't have them.
Thank you!