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Reminds me of that 1000x1000 ad site from the 90's where you could buy an ad based on how many pixels you purchased. Allow someone to pay to set the chat room t

Reminds me of that 1000x1000 ad site from the 90's where you could buy an ad based on how many pixels you purchased. Allow someone to pay to set the chat room topic, the colour scheme, etc. Maybe some Rich instagram kids will throw some cash at it for bragging rights.

lathiat 8y ago
The page is still up :-) http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage
- PUSH_AX 8y ago
  The ads also still get traffic, A while back I wrote a script to list all the domains that had expired and bought one at random for shits and giggles. GA reported about 100 uniques per month.
  - newman8r 8y ago
    that's a pretty interesting idea. I did something similar a while back to grab expired image hosting websites that still had a ton of images linked to them. expired domains are a continual source of fun.
  - michaelmcmillan 8y ago
    Hilarious! I just scraped all the domains and did nslookups on all of them to see which where expired. Then I registered the one with the largest area (milliondollarconnect.com occupied 1000 pixels) at x1, y1 = 710, 750 (the ad that looks like a glassy oval). Will report back on traffic.
- test1235 8y ago
  wow ... I just spotted ling's cars! Besides 'The Times', I've not spotted anything which I recognise on there. And I'm kinda surprised there aren't more porn adverts, to be honest.
  - LeonM 8y ago
    Thanks to your comment, I discovered Ling's website, it is a work of art! I love it! [0]https://www.lingscars.com/ https://www.lingscars.com/ [1]https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ling-s-cars-has-one-of-the-best-websites-on-the-internet-a7492386.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/li...
    - ronlobo 8y ago
      Epic :D
      - noir_lord 8y ago
        View Source ;).
- robmiller 8y ago
  Advertisers are now getting more value being viewed on my 4K display scaled for the website. A dollar for four pixels!
  - Wowfunhappy 8y ago
    They're getting more pixels but those pixels are smaller!
    - robmiller 8y ago
      The plight of promising an object but not a dimension! :)
kristianc 8y ago
The founder of that, Alex Tew, is still around and doing things. Last I saw, he was running the 'Calm' app.
- pknerd 8y ago
  Did not know Calm was built by him. Thanks for the info.
  - dalore 8y ago
    Him and the guy who created Moshi Monsters and firebox.com. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/moshi-monsters-founder-i-was-mr-stress-now-im-mr-calm/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/moshi-monste...
aaaaaaaaaaab 8y ago
Same here. Fortunately I've searched for "pixel" before making a redundant comment :^)
johnisgood 8y ago
Something like that is still up, albeit with a cryptocurrency: http://iota.show http://iota.show I know, it is not exactly identical to what you are saying, but this is what came to mind, and the idea is very similar, if not the same.
- worldsayshi 8y ago
  Made my mobile Chrome app freeze and crash.
  - johnisgood 8y ago
    I am sorry about that! I wouldn't have known it would do that, I do not use my mobile to browse the Internet because it does freeze more often than not, and when it does not, it is slow. :/ It should work from your PC though.
    - anyzen 8y ago
      Off topic, but maybe you should try Firefox for Android? I have it on mobile (with uMatrix admittedly) and it hasn't crashed on me for ages...
      - johnisgood 8y ago
        It is OK, my phone is really old and not suitable for surfing the Internet. Thanks though!
DanHulton 8y ago
I actually made something kinda similar: http://www.ipaidthemost.com/ http://www.ipaidthemost.com/ Every once in a while someone stumbles onto it and drops another dollar in, but I haven't remembered to even bring it up in over a year. I feel like it's just novel enough that if I ever got around to promoting it, it might get to a vaguely reasonable amount of money.

lathiat 8y ago

The page is still up :-) http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Million_Dollar_Homepage

PUSH_AX 8y ago
The ads also still get traffic, A while back I wrote a script to list all the domains that had expired and bought one at random for shits and giggles. GA reported about 100 uniques per month.
- newman8r 8y ago
  that's a pretty interesting idea. I did something similar a while back to grab expired image hosting websites that still had a ton of images linked to them. expired domains are a continual source of fun.
- michaelmcmillan 8y ago
  Hilarious! I just scraped all the domains and did nslookups on all of them to see which where expired. Then I registered the one with the largest area (milliondollarconnect.com occupied 1000 pixels) at x1, y1 = 710, 750 (the ad that looks like a glassy oval). Will report back on traffic.
test1235 8y ago
wow ... I just spotted ling's cars! Besides 'The Times', I've not spotted anything which I recognise on there. And I'm kinda surprised there aren't more porn adverts, to be honest.
- LeonM 8y ago
  Thanks to your comment, I discovered Ling's website, it is a work of art! I love it! [0]https://www.lingscars.com/ https://www.lingscars.com/ [1]https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ling-s-cars-has-one-of-the-best-websites-on-the-internet-a7492386.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/li...
  - ronlobo 8y ago
    Epic :D
    - noir_lord 8y ago
      View Source ;).
robmiller 8y ago
Advertisers are now getting more value being viewed on my 4K display scaled for the website. A dollar for four pixels!
- Wowfunhappy 8y ago
  They're getting more pixels but those pixels are smaller!
  - robmiller 8y ago
    The plight of promising an object but not a dimension! :)

kristianc 8y ago

The founder of that, Alex Tew, is still around and doing things. Last I saw, he was running the 'Calm' app.

pknerd 8y ago
Did not know Calm was built by him. Thanks for the info.
- dalore 8y ago
  Him and the guy who created Moshi Monsters and firebox.com. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/moshi-monsters-founder-i-was-mr-stress-now-im-mr-calm/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/mind/moshi-monste...

aaaaaaaaaaab 8y ago

Same here. Fortunately I've searched for "pixel" before making a redundant comment :^)

johnisgood 8y ago

Something like that is still up, albeit with a cryptocurrency: http://iota.show http://iota.show I know, it is not exactly identical to what you are saying, but this is what came to mind, and the idea is very similar, if not the same.

worldsayshi 8y ago
Made my mobile Chrome app freeze and crash.
- johnisgood 8y ago
  I am sorry about that! I wouldn't have known it would do that, I do not use my mobile to browse the Internet because it does freeze more often than not, and when it does not, it is slow. :/ It should work from your PC though.
  - anyzen 8y ago
    Off topic, but maybe you should try Firefox for Android? I have it on mobile (with uMatrix admittedly) and it hasn't crashed on me for ages...
    - johnisgood 8y ago
      It is OK, my phone is really old and not suitable for surfing the Internet. Thanks though!

DanHulton 8y ago

I actually made something kinda similar: http://www.ipaidthemost.com/ http://www.ipaidthemost.com/ Every once in a while someone stumbles onto it and drops another dollar in, but I haven't remembered to even bring it up in over a year. I feel like it's just novel enough that if I ever got around to promoting it, it might get to a vaguely reasonable amount of money.