user11495: What is the motivation for the faucet owner?
Just to get a browser visit/IP address/plant some cookies?

user42343: Most of them use Bitcoin Based Advert Company's to monetize them and don't pay out much money so they generate a profit and run multiple faucets.
Bitcoin Based Advert Company's
Also they make use of things like referral codes to other faucets which can quickly get them back the amount of Satoshi they pay out as most people keep browsing through lots of faucets.
There are other things like paid url shorteners used to generate revenue.

user5757: George gave you the idealistic answer.  The cynical answer: the point is to get you to look at ads and produce revenue for the faucet operator, while paying you an amount of Bitcoin that you hopefully won't realize is equivalent to an hourly wage several orders of magnitude below sweatshop.

11495: <p>What is the motivation for the faucet owner?</p>

<p>Just to get a browser visit/IP address/plant some cookies?</p>
 42343: <p>Most of them use Bitcoin Based Advert Company's to monetize them and don't pay out much money so they generate a profit and run multiple faucets.</p>

<p><a href="http://faucetlove.com/advert-companies-f86" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin Based Advert Company's</a></p>

<p>Also they make use of things like referral codes to other faucets which can quickly get them back the amount of Satoshi they pay out as most people keep browsing through lots of faucets.</p>

<p>There are other things like paid url shorteners used to generate revenue.</p>
 5757: <p>George gave you the idealistic answer.  The cynical answer: the point is to get you to look at ads and produce revenue for the faucet operator, while paying you an amount of Bitcoin that you hopefully won't realize is equivalent to an hourly wage several orders of magnitude below sweatshop.</p>
