heres a website

[gabe]

dont visit it because if you don't he might get his finger taken off.

http://www.savemyfinger.com/

[bearcats05]

he didnt say how he was going to lose his figure did he?

[ProZachNation]

He said probably by a surgeon or in a hospital

[Lukie]

Anyone else find it kind of funny how there is a google search box at the top of the page?

Or how he is already discussing plans for using the left column for advertising space?

I'm an internet marketer myself so I'll let you guys in on a few things before this gets out of hand.

Putting a google search box on your web page (especially one of this size and with no real point to it) is only to make profit through a share of profit in google's adwords program. My guess is Google Adsense is what is going to be appearing in that left column. To those unfamiliar, it's just another part of Google's advertising, where Adwords ads are placed on independant websites.

Trust me when I say this (I have no proof, but just believe me), there is no bet with "Mr. X" about cutting off his finger. It's just a ploy to get a very substantial amount of visitors to his site to use the google search box and any future advertising on his site. It's really pretty clever too...

[UG]

he didnt say how he was going to lose his figure did he?

He has to bite it off.

[Muxy]

Anyone else find it kind of funny how there is a google search box at the top of the page?

Or how he is already discussing plans for using the left column for advertising space?

I'm an internet marketer myself so I'll let you guys in on a few things before this gets out of hand.

Putting a google search box on your web page (especially one of this size and with no real point to it) is only to make profit through a share of profit in google's adwords program. My guess is Google Adsense is what is going to be appearing in that left column. To those unfamiliar, it's just another part of Google's advertising, where Adwords ads are placed on independant websites.

Trust me when I say this (I have no proof, but just believe me), there is no bet with "Mr. X" about cutting off his finger. It's just a ploy to get a very substantial amount of visitors to his site to use the google search box and any future advertising on his site. It's really pretty clever too...

He also uses referell links to PokerRoom.

[strangebird]

I call bullshit

[bearcats05]

yeah i thought it was weird that he had a page talking about advertising.
also if he loses and has to lose a finger couldnt he just refuse? i can imagine the rich guy could take him to court and have a judge force him to lose his finger lol.

[journey075]

on a slightly tangent note, would any of you give up an index finger for 1M?

[strangebird]

nope

[gabe]

yup

[ProZachNation]

What ones the index finger again? the one next to the pinky? if so yeah.

[Xianti]

What ones the index finger again? the one next to the pinky? if so yeah.

The one you point with.

[ProZachNation]

The one next to the thumb??!?! hmm now thats worth thinking about.

ANyone wana do the math on what will get you laid more

Ferrari + missing finger OR 1994 Gran Marquis(SP?) and a intact hand

[Sykedupp]

Both are terribly -EV


-Chris

[DoGGz]

Marketing genius I say. Every hit is worth about 1 penny.

[bearcats05]

Marketing genius I say. Every hit is worth about 1 penny.

how do you know its worth a penny per hit? damn if he got to 2,000,000 that would be a lot of money

[Muxy]

I would cut off my index finger for 100k

Someone ship it my way.

[worldbeater03]

I agree on calling bullshit here.
But on a side note, a buddy of mine did have his middle finger shot off when he was 12 in a dove hunting accident. His dad was handing him the gun and it went off, You really only notice it if he makes a joke about it. He put on a golf glove one time and made some comment about it just didn't quite fit right, so everyone turned to look and see the middle finger slot empty, funny as hell. I am kinda attached to my fingers, but 1m is tempting.

[ttanaka]

Yeah, I read about this thing - a clever web marketing plan in my opinion. Mr. X is just him I believe.

[Lukie]

Anyone else find it kind of funny how there is a google search box at the top of the page?

Or how he is already discussing plans for using the left column for advertising space?

I'm an internet marketer myself so I'll let you guys in on a few things before this gets out of hand.

Putting a google search box on your web page (especially one of this size and with no real point to it) is only to make profit through a share of profit in google's adwords program. My guess is Google Adsense is what is going to be appearing in that left column. To those unfamiliar, it's just another part of Google's advertising, where Adwords ads are placed on independant websites.

Trust me when I say this (I have no proof, but just believe me), there is no bet with "Mr. X" about cutting off his finger. It's just a ploy to get a very substantial amount of visitors to his site to use the google search box and any future advertising on his site. It's really pretty clever too...

He also uses referell links to PokerRoom.

ahh yes, didn't even realize this when I scanned it over. The poker sites have VERY lucrative affiliate programs...

[Lukie]

Marketing genius I say. Every hit is worth about 1 penny.

10x that, at the very least.

[bearcats05]

Marketing genius I say. Every hit is worth about 1 penny.

10x that, at the very least.

where do you guys come up with this? wouldnt people have to use the google search bar or click on the adds for him to make money? (if there are adds i dont remember)

[Lukie]

Marketing genius I say. Every hit is worth about 1 penny.

10x that, at the very least.

where do you guys come up with this? wouldnt people have to use the google search bar or click on the adds for him to make money? (if there are adds i dont remember)

Basically visitors would have to use the google search bar AND google advertising for him to make money off that, but there's a lot of potential. Ads would have to be clicked on. I think his real money maker though is the pokerroom.com affiliate link. I've never looked at this exact one, but poker site affiliate programs are, at least every time I've ever looked at one, very lucrative. The thing about poker traffic is it's very expensive to buy (ie. on google or other search engines), but it generally has a very good payoff, which is why sites which get free poker traffic like savemyfinger, flopturnriver, etc., generally do very well.

[badandy519]

I lost part of my left index finger in an accident 9 years ago when I was 18. I have pretty much no feeling in it and don't use it for much ie: tying my shoes or opening a bag of chips or anything. It's not as bad as some would think, you get used to it pretty quick. Since i lost part of it for nothing, I'd sure as hell give the rest up for 1 million!!!

[a500lbgorilla]

But I need some crucial fingers to drop two in the pink and one in the stink.