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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/
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It looks like a giant popup orgy.
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Yeah, but it's a $911,800 popup orgy.
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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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JMEaT wrote:It looks like a giant popup orgy.
ROTFL! So true ...
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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.
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Why can't I ever think of these kinds of ideas? I want to get rich easy!
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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.
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what i dont get is that he's english (or in england) yet charging $$ and not £..
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HaAGen DaZS wrote:what i dont get is that he's english (or in england) yet charging $$ and not £..
He explains that in his FAQ.
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Heh, they must have forgot to budget in a good host...
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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.
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