| Revision as of 23:44, 24 November 2024 editAugmented Seventh (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users13,208 edits Unsourced biographical, timelinessTags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit← Previous edit | Latest revision as of 17:28, 18 December 2024 edit undoKlbrain (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers86,507 edits Merged content to Maddox (writer)#The Best Page in the Universe, redirecting; unopposed October proposal; merge for context; see Talk:Maddox (writer)#Proposed merge of The Best Page in the Universe into Maddox (writer) (easy-merge)Tag: New redirect | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ⚫ | #REDIRECT ] | ||
| {{Short description|Personal humor website}} | |||
| {{Merge to|Maddox (writer)|discuss=Talk:Maddox (writer)#Proposed merge of The Best Page in the Universe into Maddox (writer)|date=October 2024}} | |||
| {{Multiple issues| | |||
| {{Notability|1=Web|date=May 2023}} | |||
| {{Unreliable sources|date=May 2023}} | |||
| {{Primary sources|date=March 2024}} | |||
| }} | |||
| {{italic title}} | |||
| {{Infobox website | |||
| ⚫ | |||
| | url = | |||
| | commercial = No | |||
| | type = ]<br/>] | |||
| | owner = ] | |||
| | author = Maddox (George Ouzounian) | |||
| | launch_date = 1997 | |||
| | current_status = Active | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''The Best Page in the Universe''''' is a ] ] ] ] created by ], better known as Maddox, of ]. | |||
| {{R from merge}} | |||
| Launched in 1997 without any high expectations, the website was primarily a personal homepage for Maddox to host his writings while working as a ] for a small software company. Over time, the website became popular enough to allow Maddox to leave his day job as a telemarketer and commit to writing full-time.<ref name="faq" /> | |||
| {{R to section}} | |||
| ==History and status== | |||
| ''The Best Page in the Universe'' originated from a text document that Maddox wrote in 1996<ref>"." '']''</ref> named "fifty things that piss me off!". He gave the list to several people on ]'s ] channel #coders, and the positive response led him to create the website.<ref name="faq" /> | |||
| Maddox decided to name his site ''The Best Page in the Universe'' despite his knowledge that at the time ] blocked sites with the phrase "the best" in the title from inclusion in its search engine.<ref name="million">Maddox. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050729091647/http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=100million_stats |date=2005-07-29 }}. ''The Best Page in the Universe''. March 18, 2005</ref> | |||
| On July 15, 2009, ], an ] which hosts ''The Best Page in the Universe'' among other Utah clients, had an ] rank of about 16,000, declining to 77,000 by June 2017 and almost 300,000 by November 2021.<ref></ref> TheBestPageInTheUniverse.net, an alternate domain for Maddox's website, had an Alexa rank of about 33,000 in 2009, 180,000 in 2017 and almost 2.4 million in 2021.<ref></ref> Maddox attributes this change in traffic to his focus on launching the Madcast Media Network, a now defunct platform for internet personalities to launch bite-sized entertainment projects. | |||
| ==Format and content== | |||
| ''The Best Page in the Universe'''s layout was made sparse primarily to reduce bandwidth costs. Maddox also stated that the sparsity protested the many websites that contained "fancy ]" but lacked substantial content.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=faq|title = The Best Page In The Universe: FAQ|website = www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net|access-date = 2016-03-30}}</ref> The page is headed with an image of Maddox's face superimposed over a bust of ]. In the image, Maddox is wearing a ] emblazoned with the ], and an eye patch. Maddox uses this image as a parody of the revolutionary icon. Maddox says that Che Guevara is remembered as "Che the revolutionary", not "Che the ]",<ref name="faq">Maddox. </ref> and claims to be neither ] nor ]. Instead, he often proclaims himself to be a pirate, and typically portrays himself as such in his articles and artwork.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=faq|title=The Best Page In The Universe: FAQ|website=www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net|access-date=2016-03-30}}</ref> | |||
| Maddox has compared reading black text on a white background to "staring at a light bulb".<ref name="faq" /> The site uses large, light-colored text on a black background to, in the stated opinion of Maddox, reduce strain on the eyes.<ref name="faq" /> | |||
| The site contains advertisements only for itself: it sells merchandise, such as stickers and apparel, that bear phrases from its articles.<ref name="faq"/><ref name="store">{{cite web|author=Maddox|url=http://store.theworstpageintheuniverse.com/|title=The Best Store in the Universe}}</ref> Maddox chose not to use advertisements because he thought they could end up censoring him by dropping ads.<ref>Maddox. ''The Best Page in the Universe''. July 9, 2000.</ref> | |||
| Many of Maddox's articles include ] illustrations, with touch-up done in ].<ref name="faq"/> Images include elderly people being fired into the ], hippies being killed, and Maddox's ] drawn larger than basketballs. Maddox maintains a section in which he criticizes hate mail his website has generated. When posting his replies he breaks the e-mail down and ridicules points which use ] ] and also corrects grammatical or orthographical errors. The site contains several "hidden pages", many of which are unfinished works or first drafts of articles that were moved around.<ref>. Maddox Addicts</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist}} | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| {{wikiquote}} | |||
| * {{Official website}} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Best Page In The Universe, The}} | |||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:28, 18 December 2024
Redirect to:
- From a merge: This is a redirect from a page that was merged into another page. This redirect was kept in order to preserve the edit history of this page after its content was merged into the content of the target page. Please do not remove the tag that generates this text (unless the need to recreate content on this page has been demonstrated) or delete this page.
- For redirects with substantive page histories that did not result from page merges use {{R with history}} instead.
- To a section: This is a redirect from a topic that does not have its own page to a section of a page on the subject. For redirects to embedded anchors on a page, use {{R to anchor}} instead.