I just launched A day On The Block (The link is in my signature, too.)

80% of the homepage is one huge billboard. It's the only reason the site exists. This billboard is auctioned off every day for a year. It's basically a supply-and-demand experiment. So it might be a good advert opportunity for some people around here because I'm sure it will be cheap at first.

Here's what you guys will really like, though. I'll be posting all the stats on how much each board goes for and how many hits it gets along with everything else in the data section. This is why I'm doing it. If I'm lucky I'll make some money, but either way me and anyone else who's interested will hopefully be able to learn something about the nature of fads/marketing/meme's and online advertising in general.

I don't know exactly what I would be able to tell you from looking at this data in 6 months or a year, but I'll bet some people around here could make some brilliant deductions. So It's kind of about an open-door market research test rolled into a nice advert opportunity for people like me (small indy sites) and if I play my cards right, maybe I'll be able to buy a new computer before my wife graduates, instead of having to wait a year.

Oh, and I'm not too sure about anyone's politics around here, but 25% of every auction will be donated to The Electronic Frontier Foundation.

The first auction ends tonight at 7pm US CST. Soon (like a few hours) after that the data page will go up and be updated daily.

Yeah!? Or Nay!? Let me know.

Great idea, want to sell the script ?

I've heard of something like this before, try the million dollar home page.

Originally Posted by dwj119

I've heard of something like this before, try the million dollar home page.

...or 1000 Paintings.

But what I never got to see (or anyone else) is the data behind how these things happen online, which is why I'm publishing all the data (Hits, auction pricing, money donated to EFF, etc.) on the Data page for everyone to look at. It'll have info about the first auction, and initial traffic tomorrow, then it will be updated daily.

I'm interested in the process and economic growth curve vs. hits among other things. Which is why it's an auction (constantly changing value, so that it can change with traffic trends.) Anyway, I figured people around this forum, among others would be interested to see these statistics as it unfolds. or just come back in a year once it's done and do some broad analysis.

Originally Posted by dogisland

Great idea, want to sell the script ?

No thanks. *flattered*