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Million dollar website

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:16 am
by Dedman
Not a bad bit of work. I am genuinely impressed. Wish I had thought of it.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/29/news/in ... ney_latest

http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:04 am
by JMEaT
It looks like a giant popup orgy.

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:08 am
by Dedman
Yeah, but it's a $911,800 popup orgy.

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 8:40 am
by roid
i don't believe it.

didn't the dotcom crash teach everyone that untargetted ads only work for porn?
this guy only has all the traffic because the media slashdotted it. what is so amazing about this? i must be missing something, coz i'd rather be reading about a dog riding a surfboard

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:14 am
by Iceman
JMEaT wrote:It looks like a giant popup orgy.
ROTFL! So true ...

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:40 am
by Dedman
roid wrote:i don't believe it.

didn't the dotcom crash teach everyone that untargetted ads only work for porn?
this guy only has all the traffic because the media slashdotted it. what is so amazing about this? i must be missing something, coz i'd rather be reading about a dog riding a surfboard
What is amazing about this is that he has made almost $1,000,000 from this idea.

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:31 am
by Capm
Why can't I ever think of these kinds of ideas? I want to get rich easy!

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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:59 pm
by roid
Dedman wrote:What is amazing about this is that he has made almost $1,000,000 from this idea.
only because the media decided to latch onto it, which was sheer luck. If the media didn't latch onto it i can't see how he would have got anywhere near that much money.
he didn't have a great idea, he had luck.

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:58 am
by HaAGen DaZS
what i dont get is that he's english (or in england) yet charging $$ and not £..

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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:31 am
by Genghis
HaAGen DaZS wrote:what i dont get is that he's english (or in england) yet charging $$ and not £..
He explains that in his FAQ.

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:09 am
by Sting_Ray
Heh, they must have forgot to budget in a good host...

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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:37 am
by Dedman
roid wrote:
Dedman wrote:What is amazing about this is that he has made almost $1,000,000 from this idea.
only because the media decided to latch onto it, which was sheer luck. If the media didn't latch onto it i can't see how he would have got anywhere near that much money.
he didn't have a great idea, he had luck.
What's that old saying? Somtimes it's better to be lucky than good. Either way he made almost a million bucks in about 4 months.