How do websites make money?

I’ve never understood how most websites make money if they don’t charge you to use them like perezhilton how does he make money off his website or any others please don’t think I’m stupid I just don’t understand thank you.

There are actually quite a few ways to make money with a website.
1. Your website can refer people to products or services on the internet and you then are paid a commision if they buy the products.
2. You can have a membership site where people pay a monthly fee to gain access to your expertise or knowledge.
To see examples of number 1 and 2 visit www.onlinesuccess2.com
3. You can let people advertise on your website and then pay you for that. But your website has to be very popular and attract many visitors per day. Facebook and Yahoo do this.
4. AdSense is another way. It’s basically the same as 3 but Google pays you every time someone clicks on an add on your site. It is not a lot but if many people click then it soon adds up to a lot of money.
5. Websites can also promote, promotions from the big companies like Wall Mart and the likes. If people make use of the promotions you promote you can get paid. Have you ever seen a promotion on the internet and then make use of it. Like a discount on a product etc Well someone got paid for that.

Hope this helps