At the moment, Cloudworks has to meet its hosting costs. These are largely paid for by the advertising from Google that you see on many pages. In the future, it may be possible for the site to afford a part time writer and researcher (in addition to its current volunteers!).
These advertisements are managed by Google based upon Google's understanding of what the page is about. You may or may not find them relevant. When you click an advertisement Cloudworks receives a small fee from Google (who in turn receives this from the advertiser).
View these advertisements as you would ads in a newspaper. They are intended to interest you, but we are certainly not endorsing them. We don't control who advertises, and we cannot vouch for the quality or integrity of any company placing them.
Some of the companies that we link to operate an introduction scheme, known as affiliation. If you decide to purchase their products and visit their website from the link we provide then they will pay Cloudworks an introduction fee. We use this to fund the site.
Affiliation does not guarantee any company special treatment here, nor does it cost you any more than if you were to visit the company directly.
If a company is offering an affiliation then we mark it like this with a small cross † so that you know.