Million Dollar Homepage is close to achieving million-dollar goal
{{date|December 30, 2005}}

[[Image:Image-map 002.png|right|250px|thumb|The Million Dollar Homepage, as of 29 December 2005.]]
Alex Tew, a student in [[w:England|England]], has almost reached his target of one million dollars on his website: [[w:Million Dollar Homepage|Million Dollar Homepage]]. He came up with the idea after jotting down ideas before he went to bed on how to become a [[w:millionaire|millionaire]] before he went to [[w:university|university]]. Then he came up with the million-dollar idea: selling [[w:pixels|pixels]] at [[w:USD|USD]] $1 each on a web page. Alex currently believes he can make his goal by the end of [[w:December 31|31st December]], [[w:2005|2005]].

[[w:Advertising|Advertising]] companies especially appreciate the website, as they wish to "make [[w:Internet|Internet]] history" on the Million Dollar Homepage. In fact as of writing, he has already made USD $999,000. The student says advertisers get to keep their ads for a period of five years from purchase and he says he will use the money he has made to guarantee it. Alex has said he has already got numerous job offers from companies aiming to secure his money making talent.

Tew is undergoing a [[w:business management|business management]] course at [[w:Nottingham|Nottingham]] and needed [[w:GBP|GBP]] £7000 a year to complete his studies. He is understandably overwhelmed by the success he has achieved: "It's just nuts. I'm in a state of disbelief. It's like [[w:Monopoly|Monopoly]] money but then I look at my bank account and there's a lot of cash in it." The [[w:British National Union of Students|British National Union of Students]] claim that 90% of students are in [[w:debt|debt]]. However, what only worries him is how he's going to spend his money. He has already spent some of his money on a car for himself, as he thinks of what to do with his new fortune.

His website's method is simple; his website is made up of one page divided into 10,000 boxes, each 100 pixels in size. Companies can buy one or more boxes for USD $100 each and cover it with a logo, which, when clicked on, transports web users to the customers' own site.
The figures add up with the site now carrying over 240 advertisements and has 30,000 hits a day. Even the actor [[w:Jack Black|Jack Black]], star of "''[[w:School of Rock|School of Rock]]''" and "''[[w:Shallow Hal|Shallow Hal]]''", is using the site to advertise his band [[w:Tenacious D|Tenacious D]].

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==External links==
* [http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ The Million Dollar Homepage]

== Sources ==
{{wikipediapar|the Million Dollar Homepage}}
*{{source|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Homepage|title= Million Dollar Homepage|author=Wikipedia|pub=Wikipedia|date= December 30, 2005}}.
*{{source|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3223-1824063,00.html|title= Million dollar boy|author= Steve Boggan|pub=The British Times|date= October 14, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13447836,00.html|title= Web Makes Student Rich|author=|pub= Sky News|date=October 06, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1584468,00.html|title= 	
Pixel sale nets student £144,000 as term starts|author=Sam Jones|pub=The Guardian Unlimited|date=October 4, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/4271694.stm|title= 	
Student's cash-raising net scheme|author=|pub=BBC News|date=22 September 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/08/pixel_student/|title= 	
Student flogs pixels to fund education|author=Tim Richardson|pub=The Register|date= 8th September 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.channel4.com/4money/news_feed.jsp?xid=A19123421126100069A0|title= 	
Student banks 1m on debt-free life|author=|pub=Channel 4 UK|date=Fri 9 Sep 2005}}

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The Million Dollar Homepage, as of 29 December 2005.
Alex Tew, a student in England, has almost reached his target of one million dollars on his website: Million Dollar Homepage. He came up with the idea after jotting down ideas before he went to bed on how to become a millionaire before he went to university. Then he came up with the million-dollar idea: selling pixels at USD $1 each on a web page. Alex currently believes he can make his goal by the end of 31st December, 2005.

Advertising companies especially appreciate the website, as they wish to "make Internet history" on the Million Dollar Homepage. In fact as of writing, he has already made USD $999,000. The student says advertisers get to keep their ads for a period of five years from purchase and he says he will use the money he has made to guarantee it. Alex has said he has already got numerous job offers from companies aiming to secure his money making talent.

Tew is undergoing a business management course at Nottingham and needed GBP £7000 a year to complete his studies. He is understandably overwhelmed by the success he has achieved: "It's just nuts. I'm in a state of disbelief. It's like Monopoly money but then I look at my bank account and there's a lot of cash in it." The British National Union of Students claim that 90% of students are in debt. However, what only worries him is how he's going to spend his money. He has already spent some of his money on a car for himself, as he thinks of what to do with his new fortune.

His website's method is simple; his website is made up of one page divided into 10,000 boxes, each 100 pixels in size. Companies can buy one or more boxes for USD $100 each and cover it with a logo, which, when clicked on, transports web users to the customers' own site.
The figures add up with the site now carrying over 240 advertisements and has 30,000 hits a day. Even the actor Jack Black, star of "School of Rock" and "Shallow Hal", is using the site to advertise his band Tenacious D.
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