A good old fashioned web site which ranks high for a resort town which has a lot of tourists who don't know where to eat so they search in the Google. My next venture is a run on sentence shortening service.
do you make money from the restaurants advertising directly or adsense etc?
Direct only. Our competition is tripadvisor, it a david and goliath situation, even though we specialize in just one area for one thing. My friend owns a similar site in a much larger demographic and makes a lot more, but be advised.. this works mainly because of salesmanship and ranking well, the per month hours are now very minimal (5-10).
So, do you call the hotels/restaurants and try to sell banners/ads?
I would love to see your website and how the information you provide for this particular resort compares to what Trip Advisor offers. Any chance to share the url?
What is a sentence shortening service?
FYI, it was a joke; the first sentence in the post was excessively long.
lol that totally went over my head :D I was thinking prison sentences :|
Now that's a service people will pay good money for!