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More Than 1,000 Have Seen It
Pixel on You-Cant-Resist.com Hypnotizes Audience!

Berlin (Germany), May 16, 2006

You-cant-resist.com: That's exactly what happens when you visit this site. Is this the beginning of a new Internet millionaire hype?

The pixel has been online for only five days and has already attracted more than 1,000 visitors. Almost all of them click it. The click generates a page view of a secret web page. The owner of the pixel sets where the click forwards to.

The pixel is auctioned on eBay from 1 Euro (= $1.27). For seven days, the winner of the auction can configure where a click on the pixel forwards to. That does not sound a lot, but bringing thousands of visitors to your website for a few bucks I would at least call a "pretty effective commercial".

Many businesses have already picked up on the idea and have placed their bids. The first auction will close on Friday May 19, and the winner can be sure quite literally to be in the focus of interest.

Images

Screenshot of the pixel homepage, TIFF image, 828 x 665

Screenshot of the eBay auction page, TIFF image, 957 x 753

Portrait of "pixel inventor" Peter Debik, TIFF image, 348 x 482

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