Which Happened First?

Launch of The Million Dollar Homepage

Launch of The Million Dollar Homepage
Image: Alex Tew · Public domain · source

The Million Dollar Homepage is a website conceived in 2005 by Alex Tew, a student from Wiltshire, England, to raise money for his university education. The home page consists of a million pixels arranged in a 1000 × 1000 pixel grid; the image-based links on it were sold for $1 per pixel in 10 × 10 blocks.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Launch of baike.comJune 19, 2005
  2. Launch of Google MapsFebruary 8, 2005
  3. Launch of Google VideosJanuary 25, 2005
  4. Launch of Jamendo2005
  5. Launch of SputnikmusicJanuary 2005
  6. Launch of The Million Dollar Homepage (this page)August 26, 2005

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