'Bill Murphy Jr. net worth'

I Googled myself and found something surprising. Also: 7 other things worth a click.

I've been thinking of buying a website or two, if I could find the right ones.

Nothing crazy expensive, just the kinds of things I could experiment with and build out a bit more. A broker brought me a site recently that tries to optimize for search queries on how much various celebrities are worth.

You know the kind of thing: "Jennifer Lopez net worth," or “Billie Eilish net worth,” or "Patrick Mahomes net worth." The idea is to get the search traffic, optimize the page with ads, and make money.

I'm don’t think I’m going to buy the site. But I decided for the heck of it to see what comes up if I search for: "Bill Murphy Jr. net worth."

The result was amusing, as it showed my photo next to an article I'd written about Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp. The headline reads, Facebook and Twitter turned down this man 7 years ago -- now he's worth $7 billion.

Aw man. I never really liked that picture of me. Also, I'm not really worth $4 billion. (Old joke: I'd be happy with half of that.)

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