January 11th, 2006
1,000 Tags: Here Comes Another “Million Dollar Homepage” Idea
By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
Argghhh….that’s the sound of me screaming as I slap my forehead and wonder why I don’t think of these dumb but smart ideas. But there you have it. Some guy built a site called 1,000Tags.com. You can buy a shared tag for anywhere between $25 to $60 or an exclusive tag for an astounding $285 on the word “gadgets.” (I did not fork over the cash, but maybe that was dumb too, who knows.)
Our Take: Sounds like a money maker but will anyone click?
Mike says:
I think its a great idea for exposure. The price is right and depending on future syndication could be a great buy. I tried it.
January 11th, 2006 at 11:52 am
Chief Gadgeteer says:
Fault me for being trusting, but I really think these guys are conducting an experiment of sorts. Charging for the tags is part of the experiment. If they didn’t, it wouldn’t really be testing the commercialization and advertising potential of tag clouds, would it? Now, when the hundred or so imitators appear, they will definitely be in it for the money. Hmmm… maybe I should take tomorrow off and build my own tag cloud site.
January 11th, 2006 at 11:32 pm
Will O'Hara says:
Hi Alice,
you might want to take a look at our site. I can’t believe the other guys lauched their site a day before ours, anyway, thats the way things go. I think you’ll maybe like our better? It lets you sponsor a tag for 12 months starting at $25 and going up to just $150 for the largest sized tag. The “gadgets” tags is still free at the moment
Thanks,
Will O’Hara
January 13th, 2006 at 4:40 am
4 says:
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October 25th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
Johnny Next says:
Indeed, this idea is brilliant
Gotta get me some of that!
Here is a site I developed, with, what I think a nice idea too. Check it out
http://www.chainedads.com
April 11th, 2007 at 4:00 am
Amy says:
ChainedAds.com is nice, however…
It load a bit too slow (maybe is my connection, though I don’t think so)
In google I see that the page has 175k… that’s a lot.
April 25th, 2007 at 5:12 am