[ kobus botha - weather photos ]

This website is a free to all website and will remain free to all. However to run a website like this cost a lot of money- about R3000 per month running costs. This is excluding damage(mainly lightning and power failures) and computer and software problems. The biggest problem is when I am on holiday. My extrememely complicated system must be attended to daily - this will cost an additional R200 per day. I have to get support now to keep my systym running.

This is now one of he biggest private websites in South Africa. During 2006 I had about 0,5m hits- during 2009 this was an enormous 7 000 000- an increase of about 700%. At present the monthly hits are more than 3 000 000 and the page impressions more than 140 000. At present it is growing at about 50% per month.

* It is updated 17 times per day- some pictures hourly- that is for the photos which I am allowed to update hourly.

* Informal training- done by me personally any place in the country- how to use and interpret the website - at a cost.

The advert will be on home page 2, right at the top- the most wanted area on this page. This will cost R60 000 for 2010 and is negotiable- including special requests by the sponsor. Size of advert- 120x600px.- negotiable.

People who would like to sponsor a page FOR PERSONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT FOR BUSINESS can sponsor any page(except home page 1 or 2). Your name will be listed in the open areas right or left of the page with a direct link to your e-mail or website(providing it is not run as a business), if preferred. Cost - any amount which you think the website is worth for you for 2010. You could also make an anonymous contribution.

Pay the amount into my account- send e-mail- your name, e-mail addres, website, advertisement - everything I should know. I will confirm as soon as possible. If you do not hear anything from me within a week, please let me know- many things can go wrong. If you are not happy with your advert, sponsorship, etc, please let me know.

5.1 Any size is available- the width is fixed at 150px- the length is negotiable.

5.2 Advertisements will be put on the vertical open sides(left and right) of the website- any page.

5.3. You can negotiate for a special advert and size on any other place- these ads will be much more expensive.

I make no guarantees about and bear no responsibility or liability concerning the accuracy or timeliness of the information published on this website. I also will not be liable for any damage, loss or injury sustained by any person as a result of the information on this website.

This website is an international registered website and fully covered by copyright.
This website is my personal intellectual property.
Information on this website might be used for personal use only.
No information might be used for commercial purposes. You must have my personal approval, black on white. I will have the full right to take legal action where this rule is broken- including the rules of Eumetsat.
As I receive a comprehensive record of the activities on my website daily, I will use this to check for any irregularities.
I WILL ALLOW ONLY PHOTOS NO. 10, 12 , 13 and 15 ON PAGE ONE WITH WRITTEN APPROVAL BY ME. The following text must accompany this and all other information(with written approval) published from my website: “Acknowledgement to Kobus Botha Weather Satellite Photos” plus a live link to "www.weatherphotos.co.za."
Special requests will also be considered.
There will be a “blacklist” on the guestbook – people warned without reaction.
You must accept that, at times, there will be no update of photos. This might happen during power failures, problems at Eumetsat, computer and software problems, damage to my equipment eg. during severe weather, etc. Problems will be attended to immediately, if possible.