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EVERY YEAR OVER 6,000 PEOPLE GET DUIs IN OAKLAND COUNTY --- WHY?!??
A small show of support from a lot of citizens can help the entire community.
Your pixel ad will bring traffic and publicity to your own website
while helping to bring "DUI Insurance" to our community.
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
Frequently Asked Questions
what is a web mural?
why buy a square of a web mural?
why buy a square of MDT's web mural?
why are we using a web mural for a fundraiser?
what do I get with ad purchase?
how much?
what's free?
what is the minimum order?
anything else?
is it difficult to place an ad?
how long before my ad is online?
how much traffic will I receive from this ad?
what is the refund policy?
where do I get more information?
What is a Web Mural?
A Web Mural is a webpage that is sold by the pixel. The sets of pixels show different people's images, with each square being a link to the website/webpage of their choice.
The result is an interesting, colorful, informative piece of functional contemporary art.
The web mural that started them all was created in 2005 by a 21 year-old British man named Alex Tew, who need money for college. It was wildly successful -- he made USD$1,037,000 in just under five months!!! The idea spurred a new method of internet advertising, too.
Alex's page is called MillionDollarHomepage.com
(check out his FAQ's, too, interesting story)
Here is the wiki article
Here is what the original mural looked like:

All of the images are links.
Web murals have been used as fundraisers as well as social/political statements of the time.
Why Buy a Square of a Web Mural?
There are many reasons to buy a square of pixels on a web mural:
* advertise a business/organization with a permalink
* generate interest in and traffic for your business/organization
* show your support NYCabs' vision for better transportation
* display a public statement of some kind
* display your own artistic image and link to their own site/myspace page
* display a statement of love, friendship, or memorial
* participate in something larger than yourself
* a fun way to donate to a worthy cause
* your message and link will be forever encased in a contemporary piece of
art that is publicly displayed
* make a statement that the public is serious about public transportation
Why Buy a Square of MDT'S Web Mural?
1. Reasonably Priced Internet Advertising
- get traffic and publicity for your website from your ad(s)
- multiple five-year ads for a single minimum $100
- search-engine-optimized and listed website
- cool features to keep people coming back to see your ad(s)
- we can help you create "the perfect" ad -- usually no extra charge!
- fast and easy ordering/publishing
- secure payment (PayPal for Credit Cards)
- MDT fully expects to create media and community publicity for the site (and its advertisers)
- MDT advertisers will get rights of first refusal on car-top ads when taxi service begins
2. Show your support for better transportation in Metro Detroit,
specifically Oakland County's Woodward Corridor.
A fleet of 100 uniform cabs... not just clean but fresh... not just sound but tight... drivers who know where they're going and don't rip you off... taxicab stands at all major hotels, malls, and downtown areas... lower prices for customers due to increased volume of market... drivers making good middle class wages so they are happy with their job and don't cuss out the customers... health insurance for the drivers... credit card swipe machines in each vehicle for the customer's convenience...
Why Are We Using a Web Mural for a Fundraiser?
The concept of the original MillionDollarHomepage.com, by Alex Tew of England, seems very appropriate as a fundraiser for a taxicab company:
- Taxicabs are involved with (exposure) a lot of different businesses (sellers) and residents (buyers) in a localized community (market).
- Taxicab companies require huge upfront investment to begin operations.
- The Metro Detroit area sorely needs better public transportation.
Let's see if the community supports the idea through this fundraiser.
What Do I Get With an Ad Purchasee of a Web Mural?
With each ad you get:
a) main image that must fit into the space purchased
b) "rollover" image that can be quite larger, and animated
c) generous text space
d) URL link to the website/webpage of your choice
e) you can modify/edit your ad anytime, even after publishing
f) friendly and knowledgeable customer support
g) fast and easy ordering/publishing
h) secure payment (Paypal for credit cards)
(g) we can help you create "the perfect ad"
How Much?
- Price per pixel is USD $1.00 (one dollar).
- Minimum pixel order, the smallest block that can be reasonably viewed, is a block of 100 pixels ($100).
- Pixel ads are one price for the entire five year term of this contract.
- Free ad space available: Any paid pixel advertiser on the home page is entitled to free pixel advertising on
a number of other MDT grids, such as "The 'W' Mural" and "The Corner Mural."
- Other free grids may be added, with new themes, in accordance with pixel sales on the main page.
- Free ads are reasonably limited to (3) ads on any one page, or a total of 25,000 pixels on any one page.
- Special permission may be granted for larger sizes, subject to MDT's discretion (and your creativity).
- Free ads can be posted on all free murals with the limits reseting, as above, for each page.
- Refunds available only if the ad cannot be published. Once the ad is published there will be no refunds.
- Ads may be removed only in special circumstances, such as a violation of ad terms or defunct ad link.
- VIP OFFER: Advertisers who spend $1,000+ will receive a free large permanent ad on a content page.
What's Free?
WITH ANY PURCHASE ON THE MAIN PAGE (main page minimum $100)
YOU CAN PUT UP MULTIPLE FREE ADS ON OUR OTHER MURALS!
VIP ADVERTISERS (ORDERS $1,000+)
WILL RECEIVE A FREE, LARGE, PERMANENT AD ON A CONTENT PAGE.
Limits:
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Limit of three (3) ads or a total or 25,000 pixels on any one page.
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You can post ads on as many pages as you like.
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Special permission may be granted for larger ads,
according to MDT's discretion and your creativity.
What is the Minimum Order?
Because one single pixel is too small to really see,
the minimum order is 100 pixels.
Anything else?
- Ads are easy, fast, and will bring publicity to your organization
- Listed on major search engines (Google and Yahoo) and minor search engines
- Website has a large discussion forum with many varied topics
- Dream Cruise pictures posted from near Normandy and Woodward chronicle Wed-Sun (the day after) with car owner comment sections
- Video of the Day, Word of the Day, Valerie's Joke Collection
- Discussion Forums and chat room network
- MySpace presence at www.myspace.com/milliondollartaxi
- See an article about the original concept website here: Wiki Article
- Your ads will be displayed for (5) years with a single minimum order of $100 on the home page
- Ordering is FAST and EASY
- Payment is SECURE with PayPal for Credit Cards
- We can help you create "the perfect ad"
- Friendly, knowledgeable customer service
- You can edit your ad any time during the its (5) year term
Is it Difficult to Place An Ad?
No, it's pretty easy and kind of fun! The entire process takes about 5 minutes.
When you are ready to purchase:
1. Click "buy pixels" and log in or create your acct (easy)
2. Select the mural and blocks of your liking
3. Upload your main and rollover images
4. Paste your URL (link) and any ad text you want
5. Pay (secure - PayPal for credit cards)
6. Click to Publish
Pixel ads are published (live on the internet) immediately.
You can use your own logo (any gif, jpg, png) for your pixel ad images.
We are glad to help you create a GREAT ad! Email us!
If you need an image, we can help. See sample images.
How Long Before My Ad is Online?
Your ad will appear on the main web mural instantly. Free ads on the Themed Murals will be approved usually within 24 hours.
How Much Traffic Will I Receive From This Ad?
Of course we can't know that! But be assured that we will do our best to publicize this site.
Generating Traffic Through Publicity,
Web Marketing, Content, and Taxi Service
We will do our best to create traffic for the site through publicity and web marketing.
Search engine optimization methods and submission to major and minor search engines will bring traffic to this site. Visitors will see YOUR ads and links. See the list of search engine submissions.
Publicity for the site will be generated through community involvement, networking, and traditional marketing. We hope to generate national and internet publicity as well.
Content - We will also do our best to continuously bring you cool and interesting features, to keep you (and others) coming back.
We want people to come to our site for its content as well as its links.
Once the taxi company is up and running, this site will be advertised on the cars and displayed on the NYCabs website -- further generating traffic/publicity for MillionDollarTaxi's pixel page.
For $100 per ad, you can have multiple ads for 5 years worth of visibility to the public.
What is the Refund Policy?
Ads and links must not contain anything illegal, obscene, or in violation of copyrights or any other laws.
Refunds available only if the ad cannot be published. Once the ad is published there will be no refunds.
Ads may be removed only in special circumstances, such as a violation of ad terms or defunct ad link.
Where Do I Get More Information?
For more information, please contact us.

It's FAST and EASY!
See our one-page Terms and Conditions here.
See our FAQ or our Vision for better transportation.
See the original MDHP or the Wiki article.

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