Why Do Most Websites Offer Free Backgrounds?

Because sites such as MySpace are so popular, people are always looking for free backgrounds to put on their profiles. The websites which provide the backgrounds receive many visitors and so they offer companies the chance to advertise on the site for a price so that visitors will see the adverts. Sites often charge more for companies who wish to place their adverts in a really obvious place on the site, such as in the middle of a news section and also on the main page of the site.

Many websites which offer free backgrounds use Google as a way of making money such as Google Adwords or a Google search bar.

There may be some websites which require you to create an account so that you can use the free backgrounds, but hardly any of them will charge anything.

Some sites, such as freeweblayouts.net, allow you to create your own backgrounds for free.