iWannaBeFamous! launched in 1999 and was quickly picked up by newspapers, magazines, radio stations, and websites around the world. Here is the coverage from those early years. Some of the original links now point to archived copies.
- B105 FM – B105 FM in Australia talked about us in their “Word on the Net” section of their website.
- Netscape NetCenter – Netscape NetCenter thinks we’re “What’s New” on the net!
- San Diego Union-Tribune -The SanDiego Union-Tribune has written a nice article about our site titled 15minutes of fame in reach with mouse click where they ask, “In thiscelebrity-obsessed world of crazed fans and relentless paparazzi, why wouldanyone want to be famous?” UTNEReader – We’ve been featured in Utne Reader magazine in the June, 2000issue. If you’re really interested in becoming famous, then you’ve got to pickup this issue. It’s got a bunch of great articles about fame.
- Isto Gente -We’re now HUGE in Brazil thanks to
- Isto Gente,who wrote a great article about us!
- WFRL Radio – Clintinterviewed Bill Hartzer (the founder of IWannaBeFamous!) on the Click withClint show, live!
- NetTalkLive! -We’ve now been featured on national television! We’re one of Georgia’s Hotsites!
- Worst of the Web! -4WorstOfWeb has declared that we’re one of the worst web pages on the net!Editor’s Pick of the Month!
- Website of the Week! – According to the San Francisco Chronicle, we’re websiteof the week for the week of 1/10/2000!
- SydneyMorning Herald (Sydney, Australia) reviewed our website. They thinkwe’re pretty cool!
- 1999 Golden Web Award – We won the “Golden Web award” from the International Association ofWeb Masters and Designers!
- Go2net.com– Go2Net.com, the search engine, awarded us the “useless site” award!
- Vistar– We also won the “Weird Sightings Pick of the Day” award!
- Weird Wild Web– IGN wrote a cool article about us!
- Loquesea– Miliano Zapata also wrote an article about our website! In Spanish!
- Iceland – Yes, the country Iceland! Islandia Internet has also featured us lately.About.com- About.com featured us for a week and labeled us “Worst of the Web!”(Is that good?)
- Web Soup -Web Soup has also featured us.