HOW TO: Make the net work for you
Sometimes it seems that the net is all take and no give, especially when it comes to your 
hard-earned cash. You pay good money for your computer, for net access, for domains you own and places to host them. If you play an online game regularly or have a busy blog, you might pay for that too.
To make matters worse, others make money from your browsing habits and e-mail conversations which are used to generate adverts you might find interesting.
Sometimes the websites you use are bought for huge sums of money that are never shared with the community which made that site ripe for acquisition in the first place. BBC NEWS | Technology | How to make the net work for you