what's the catch here ? why would any one pay 100$ for 10x10 area on that homepage ? was it already having a massive traffic or something ?
The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
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Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#52What I don't understand about the idea was why would anyone visit a page full of ads? Did the owner sign deals with the major browser vendors at the time? I really, why would anyone want to visit a page with nothing more than 1,000,000 pixels of ads?
Because of the novelty of some unknown person selling pixels for a dollar each and making a million dollars. I think this was covered on the Today show and other media outlets IIRC.
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seeing as we're talking of just 8 years ago, I don't think Stallmann was still young.
Remember this is Internet time (not to be confused with Swatch Internet time ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time) ) which is a whole different beast to normal time. I clearly remember both my dot-com coach and my advisory board telling me over champagne brunch that Internet time was at least 5 times normal time. This would make it 40 years ago, and not 8.
What's a dot-com coach?
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
This was 2005, so its not that long ago, we already had facebook for example ;) Still the idea was pretty novel and worked, many tried to copy the approach and failed. Even Alex Tew, the guy behind the site, came back later with a Photobook and some other pixel based business idea (pixelotto) but couldnt replicate the success.
Facebook was a very different site back then. People still used MySpace. iPhone was still not introduced for 2 years. Apples computers were named iBook and PowerBook and run on PPC for one more year.
Facebook was still an Ivy-league only site, right?
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#55What I don't understand about the idea was why would anyone visit a page full of ads? Did the owner sign deals with the major browser vendors at the time? I really, why would anyone want to visit a page with nothing more than 1,000,000 pixels of ads?
for scammy SEO. it was linked everywhere so it was good ranking. most ads are the usual cheap casino rolex click here kind of thing.
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#56At least one of the ads still works. The place I worked at back then jumped on it early (maybe only 9 or 10 other ads at that point). They paid more for a few pixels than I earned that month!
My ad still works. Although I always have trouble finding it since it was just a 10x10.
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
This was 2005, so its not that long ago, we already had facebook for example ;) Still the idea was pretty novel and worked, many tried to copy the approach and failed. Even Alex Tew, the guy behind the site, came back later with a Photobook and some other pixel based business idea (pixelotto) but couldnt replicate the success.
Facebook was a very different site back then. People still used MySpace. iPhone was still not introduced for 2 years. Apples computers were named iBook and PowerBook and run on PPC for one more year.
Sure, 8 years is a long time in IT but still. The same year we got the Xbox360 (which is still around) and buzzwords like Web 2.0 and Ajax were all over the place. Doesnt seem too distant in my memory atleast.
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Remember this is Internet time (not to be confused with Swatch Internet time ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time) ) which is a whole different beast to normal time. I clearly remember both my dot-com coach and my advisory board telling me over champagne brunch that Internet time was at least 5 times normal time. This would make it 40 years ago, and not 8.
Stallman isn't a dog, or a computer, or a protocol, he's a human being, and 52 years of age does not equate to being "still a young man."
(slow clap)
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seeing as we're talking of just 8 years ago, I don't think Stallmann was still young.
Remember this is Internet time (not to be confused with Swatch Internet time ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time) ) which is a whole different beast to normal time. I clearly remember both my dot-com coach and my advisory board telling me over champagne brunch that Internet time was at least 5 times normal time. This would make it 40 years ago, and not 8.
what are you talking about. Since when time goes at a different speed on the internet? Your champagne brunch was BS.
Re: The Million Dollar Homepage (2005)
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Facebook was a very different site back then. People still used MySpace. iPhone was still not introduced for 2 years. Apples computers were named iBook and PowerBook and run on PPC for one more year.
Facebook was still an Ivy-league only site, right?
No, it was .edu email address only, though.
source: GT freshman in 2005 :)