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?