The power of creativity - make money without ads.

Posted on July 18th, 2006.

easy money, bag of money If you are thinking that online money is all about advertising, you are a little bit wrong. Normally, webmasters try to earn money by putting ads on their websites such as Google AdSense, Chitika e-MiniMalls, Amazon, etc. If you are a creative thinker and can think out of the box, you actually can earn more without putting a single ad on your website. To give you a brief idea, you can visit these websites:

The Million Dollar Homepage
500words
50pageswebsite

Simply put, visitors come to those sites and buy a spot (or more from the sites). This so-called internet phenomenon was created by an ordinary 21 year-old college student. Alex Tew started his Million Dollar Homepage on Friday 26th August 2005. By selling 1,000,000 pixels for $1 each he aimed to make a million dollars to pay for his university fees. And his idea was a great success. Since then, many similar sites grow like mushrooms after rain. But the fact is, copycats will never beat the original one. Some of the unsuccessful sites are:

Million Pixel Page - Free links
The Million Pixel Homepage

Learning from the success of Million Dollar Homepage and the failure of the copycats, a few sites took the concept one stage further and they have come with words-selling. Instead of pixels, words are more search engine friendly. Sites such as 500Words sold words which could be made to stand out by applying different colors and sizes. At first I think that it is a brilliant idea. But after a few weeks, I am sick with the clones. They come with 500topblogs, Top500WomenLinks etc. Most of the sites are using the Linksizzler script, which you can buy at Linksizzler.com for $897.00. Why can’t they all come with new ideas? Didn’t they know that copycats are hard to succeed?

Not long after 500words, I’ve came across another improved concept. Thank God that creative people still exist in this world. Inspired by MillionDollarHomepage and 500Words, 50pageswebsite is made. According to the owner, there are some flaws in the previous concept. When the visitors to the site (MillionDolarHomepage and 500words) become lesser, your link value will be diminished. As a matter of fact, search engines do not like a page with too many links.

This website will list 500 websites with their title, description and URL in 50 different pages. That means there will be 10 websites listed per page. So if you purchase a link on the front page (page 1 results) it will cost you $50 per link. However if you proceed to page two it will cost you $49 per link. It goes on like that until you reach page 50 which will cost you $1 per link. (Both first and last pages are sold out). The description on every link makes the link more human and search engine friendly. It will give you an idea what you can expect to see if you click that link.

As a conclusion, to be a successful person, you must be a creator. If you don’t have the great ability to be a creator, then become an innovator. Think about the successful concepts around you and try to find out what the concepts lacks of.

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