Owning your own portal, especially in the current economic climate, can have several advantages to the owner and enormous benefits for the community. In times of financial downturn when local retail establishments are desperate for new and repeat patrons a portal for the town or city they are in can be a great source of advertising for very little money compared to regular outlets.

Sense the recession I have noticed an increase of people trying to make money online. Every day when I wake up and check the webmaster forums that I participate in there is someone trying to jump in and make it on the web. When I speak with these individuals I notice that they have no clue why their new website that they bought of the TV is not making the millions that was promised.

Well when you join us (the millions of people online trying to make money) you must realize we don't like sharing our prosperity.I truly believe the credit crunch should never have been allowed to happen, but the powers that be were too involved with their own self indulgence and they overlooked the glaringly obvious possibility of a melt down in the money markets!