Guys, this is great stuff, thanks so much for the info!
So ... another round of questions based on your input:
1. What if the faucet dispensed alcoins, not BTC? Would that make it more interesting/enticing? And if so, which altcoins would you suggest?
2. How would you get to 1000 views daily to make the ad networks happy? What's the best and safest method in you mind?
BTW, I'm now leaning toward a "private club" faucet where registration is required and manually approved, to fend off bots. That would keep only the serious claimers, no?
if you plan to run a faucet using altcoin you can use faucetpay
the faucet script is supported with bitcoin and 7 altcoin
i also have bitcoin faucet :
https://cryptodirectories.com/faucetbut i also plan to add altcoin faucet in the future
when i start it i didnt even spend bitcoin I just make my direct faucet list and use a-ads with the earning i start my own faucet
you just need to limit the claim of user so that it will not be drain fast by a few user while you are waiting to get paid from referral and ads
im using the wordpress faucet script and it very easy to set up
they also have stand-alone faucet script but i never try it before so i cant give my opinion