Billion Hit Man !!!

Yazz · 17-02-2006, 03:42 PM

This guy called AJ is trying to get a billion page views on his site for a thousand pound bet! worth a click... im not sure if he can do it though, there are only 6 billion people on the planet!

I found him on Yahoo News:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/200602.../prweb341973_1

He says on the interview with Yahoo:
"ThePixelWebsite.com grew from nothing to 200,000 hits in the first week of being online, over a game of snooker, I just happened to be boasting about it to my friends, which later turned into a debate on how websites work and how to promote them... one of them challenged me, and I love a good challenge, they bet me and said they would gladly give me £ 1000 if I could make a site that gets One Billion Hits! There was one major clause, I cannot spend a penny in marketing the website, just me, my laptop and nothing else. We all know I could simply put a refresh tag in and leave my laptop on for a month. so I told him I would get 1 billion unique hits just to prove it can be done."

The site is:
http://www.onebillionpageviews.com

What do you think? i think he can do it but it's gonna take ages !!!

Langeveldt · 17-02-2006, 03:46 PM

Good luck to the 'oke, it's not you is it?

33/3from3.3 · 17-02-2006, 03:51 PM

good luck to him

age_master · 17-02-2006, 05:03 PM

250k hits so far, i doubt he can do it, but you never know

simmy · 18-02-2006, 02:52 AM

Can't see him doing it. Some major sites won't knock that up this year.

marc71178 · 18-02-2006, 02:55 AM

And they're not unique hits either.

I just added 2 to the count...

simmy · 18-02-2006, 02:59 AM

Oh well then he could do it fairly easily. Only needs people to sit there and hit refresh several times.

Adamc · 18-02-2006, 03:06 AM

I refreshed it several times and it the counter only went up occasionally, presumably because of someone else registering a hit, so it seems to be genuine. If it is I don't see how there's even a remote chance of the page registering a billion unique hits any time soon. I guess there's no time limit specified in the bet so he can't really lose.

simmy · 18-02-2006, 03:07 AM

He could die...

Adamc · 18-02-2006, 03:11 AM

I suppose, but his estate could still claim a posthumous win. By which time £1,000 will probably be worth virtually nothing.

simmy · 18-02-2006, 03:12 AM

true...

Won't it cost him a lot of money in "bandwidth" anyway?

GotSpin · 18-02-2006, 03:21 AM

His hosting is being paid for by a sponser. Good luck to the guy but i highly doubt he can make it. Maybe if major sites link him he has a chance to get a few million

Seems to be genuine as well, only unique hits

alternative · 18-02-2006, 03:23 AM

good luck to that guy, think he needs a fair bit of it..

simmy · 18-02-2006, 04:43 AM

I cant see it happening. One billion unique hits just is near impossible. I doubt eBay get that amount.

Thats pretty much half the civilised world!

BlackCap_Fan · 18-02-2006, 12:54 PM

I can't see him doing it.

He currently has 260,000 (roughly) views. That means he needs to get 999,740,000 more, or multiply his current views by 3846.

And this is an American billion. Would be pretty sad if it was an English billion

. Either way, I think he's doomed.

17-02-2006, 03:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
Yazz Cricket Spectator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1	Billion Hit Man !!! This guy called AJ is trying to get a billion page views on his site for a thousand pound bet! worth a click... im not sure if he can do it though, there are only 6 billion people on the planet! I found him on Yahoo News: http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/200602.../prweb341973_1 He says on the interview with Yahoo: "ThePixelWebsite.com grew from nothing to 200,000 hits in the first week of being online, over a game of snooker, I just happened to be boasting about it to my friends, which later turned into a debate on how websites work and how to promote them... one of them challenged me, and I love a good challenge, they bet me and said they would gladly give me £ 1000 if I could make a site that gets One Billion Hits! There was one major clause, I cannot spend a penny in marketing the website, just me, my laptop and nothing else. We all know I could simply put a refresh tag in and leave my laptop on for a month. so I told him I would get 1 billion unique hits just to prove it can be done." The site is: http://www.onebillionpageviews.com What do you think? i think he can do it but it's gonna take ages !!!

17-02-2006, 05:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
age_master Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 15,777	250k hits so far, i doubt he can do it, but you never know __________________ Member of CW Green Kerry O'Keefe - Worlds funniest Commentator

18-02-2006, 02:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
marc71178 Eyes not spreadsheets Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: England Posts: 56,346	And they're not unique hits either. I just added 2 to the count... __________________ marc71178 - President and founding member of AAAS - we don't only appreciate when he does well, but also when he's not quite so good! Anyone want to join the Society? Beware the evils of Kit-Kats - they're immoral apparently.

18-02-2006, 12:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
BlackCap_Fan State Vice-Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Auckland,N.Z Posts: 1,392	I can't see him doing it. He currently has 260,000 (roughly) views. That means he needs to get 999,740,000 more, or multiply his current views by 3846. And this is an American billion. Would be pretty sad if it was an English billion . Either way, I think he's doomed. __________________ Batsman for Cricketweb Blue Stats: --------M-----I----N.O---Runs---Average---50's--100's--HS OD: -62---56----15-----1342----32.73-----10------0-------99 (seriously) FC: --40---77-----8------2067----29.96-----12------2-----120 RIP Fardin 1990-2006

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18-02-2006, 02:52 AM	#5 (permalink)
simmy International Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, England Posts: 3,039	Can't see him doing it. Some major sites won't knock that up this year.

18-02-2006, 02:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
simmy International Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, England Posts: 3,039	Oh well then he could do it fairly easily. Only needs people to sit there and hit refresh several times.

18-02-2006, 03:06 AM	#8 (permalink)
Adamc Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: in the wind, so to speak Posts: 9,129	I refreshed it several times and it the counter only went up occasionally, presumably because of someone else registering a hit, so it seems to be genuine. If it is I don't see how there's even a remote chance of the page registering a billion unique hits any time soon. I guess there's no time limit specified in the bet so he can't really lose.

18-02-2006, 03:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
simmy International Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, England Posts: 3,039	He could die...

18-02-2006, 03:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
Adamc Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: in the wind, so to speak Posts: 9,129	I suppose, but his estate could still claim a posthumous win. By which time £1,000 will probably be worth virtually nothing.

18-02-2006, 03:12 AM	#11 (permalink)
simmy International Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, England Posts: 3,039	true... Won't it cost him a lot of money in "bandwidth" anyway?

18-02-2006, 03:23 AM	#13 (permalink)
alternative Cricket Web Content Updater Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 11,077	good luck to that guy, think he needs a fair bit of it..

18-02-2006, 04:43 AM	#14 (permalink)
simmy International Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, England Posts: 3,039	I cant see it happening. One billion unique hits just is near impossible. I doubt eBay get that amount. Thats pretty much half the civilised world!

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