I swear I thought my buddy was smoking donkey logs when he first told me about the Million Dollar Pixel page concept. “You’re joking. Companies will pay money to have their little tiny logo show up on some web page with hundreds of other little tiny logos?”

I have a special hunk of wood that I use to beat myself over the head when I hear things like that. It’s the “Damn- I Could’ve Done That” paddle, and I’ve been using it more and more these days. Still have a permanent scar from the “Obnoxious Baby Toys to Classical Music” scam I was forced to endure when I had kids.

No longer content to simply display the logos of companies, other’s are trying to re-invent the genre by adding… got your paddle ready? Interaction! The top “WishIHadThoughtOfThat” offender is currently www.pixaprize.com. All of the home-grown eye-strain that you’d expect from a Pixel site, but now you can win valuable cash prizes! You just have to find them first by… paddles up!…. clicking on the sponser links. Whack!

Each click takes you to the sponser, (logs a few bucks for the site owner I’m guessing), and gives you a pop-up box with a clue to what you will win and how close you are to winning it. “No winner this time. Better Click Again!” I was so fascinated and determined to figure out the angle on this… that I clicked the site owner into a new 30 Foot Cabin Cruiser.

It’s like playing minesweeper… but for deliscious tasty prize-bombs. I’m afraid to go back because I’m sure I’ll bankrupt the marketing budget for some of these sponsers with all of my clicks. Pixel Page on steroids, no doubt about it. In order to stay ahead of the curve, I’m going to invest a few weeks coding the next leap forward, in my opinion at least. PixelPageofDoom! Each click get’s you closer to the antedote.