Ya, the reason people go to Adobe, Microsoft, etc.. is because they advertise the hell out of those domain names.. You see those domains everywhere. Also, they are already reputable companies that had millions of customers even before there was such thing as the Internet.. Are you trying to tell me that they have millions of customers because of their websites? I don't think so..

I'm willing to bet that the people you know who are doing 1,000's of dollars a month on their web sites have advertised them in some form or other.. weather it be word of mouth or paid, it's still advertising.. That was my point in the first place.. You can't simply put up a web site and expect 1,000's or even 100's of people to start visiting it.

I just wanted to give that person a dose of reality. I have known several people who have in the past been really excited about a particular idea for a website, spent long hours and a lot of money getting them up, but did no advertising.. What was the result? No visitors..

I mean come on, do you know of every single web site out there? No. Then how would you know if Joe Shmoe down the street setup a web site? You wouldn't.. The web is just too big.