I what to know how do dot.com search engines make money. I understand that they make money from hits on there site. But WHO pays them, do they get paid for example 50 cents per hit, the check is in the mail.
They make money by advertising and sponsored links. For example, when you do a search on Google you get those ads on the right-hand side. Those are paid links. Google gets a bit of cash every time one of those is clicked. Depending on how in-demand the search term is, that click may be worth $.01 or $5. Get enough clicks and you’ve got a multi-billion dollar company on your hands.