How Much is My Blog Worth Now?

November 16, 2005 by Dane | 28 Comments
In Administrivia, Blogs

Boy, what a difference a month, a million extra visitors and over ten thousand new links make:

On October 10th, when I launched the How Much is Your Blog Worth service my weblog was worth* $125,327.88. Today, it’s over $5 million!

How much is my blog worth after a month

Not to toot my own horn, but I’d call my little viral marketing experiment a success.

We all know that these aren’t real numbers, but they do indicate a level of popularity in the blogosphere.

Comments

Chris on November 16th, 2005 at 2:39 pm

So now what this makes me really wonder is, I wonder what the curve looks like for the increase in the total “blog market cap” over time?

Seems like you could potentially come away with a rather stark visual representation of the Jumping Jesus phenomenon.
Chris on November 16th, 2005 at 3:20 pm

Dane, not to take the toot out of your horn, but I’d be interested to see whether it’s you that’s popular, or your service. While you’ve launched a successful viral marketing campaign, I also visite your site because of it and added you to my RSS to read on an ongoing basis.

It would be interesting to know what % of folks are sticking around for your other posts versus just plugging their website in to your service and being done with it. Did you see a jump in RSS subscriptions etc., as well?
Brad on November 16th, 2005 at 4:40 pm

I agree. Is this really your blog or just the “How much is my blog worth” site?
Dane on November 16th, 2005 at 5:33 pm

Of course its totally the “How much is your blog worth,” but that’s the point. Build something cool, release it and watch the magic.
Dustin Diaz on November 16th, 2005 at 10:14 pm

I generally just watch the technorati traffic links go up. I’m caving in on a hundred grand in just a few more days…. successful experiements will do that to you.
Reeves Little on November 17th, 2005 at 3:00 pm

Chris has an interesting point about the RSS feeds being an indicator of worth. If you are looking at the value of the blog purely as an advertising vehicle then readership is very important because it means eyeballs… but there are no ads in most RSS feeds. The measure of worth calculated by this service is really a measure of influence. The power of a Robert Scoble or David Pogue to shift opinion is hard to gauge.
A Little Blog on November 17th, 2005 at 3:01 pm

GoogleBlogTag is sooooo last micro-minute

How much is your blog worth?
G on November 18th, 2005 at 10:01 am

Nice job, I am sure that this little tool has increased your value dramatically. I linked it to my site in a post, and so will others to show off their value… sort of a snow ball effect, nice job.
plastic peeps on November 19th, 2005 at 11:23 pm

Can someone tell me where I can cash out? This reminds me of when I was a kid and Beckett magazine told me how much money all my baseball cards were worth, but I could never get half the Beckett value from anyone.
brem on November 22nd, 2005 at 9:35 am

Do you mean nobody would pay that much for your blog?

How sad, eh? :-)

brem
chrish on November 22nd, 2005 at 6:06 pm

Why doesn’t it work with all sites? Some of my fave sites strike a zero. For instance problogger.net which has over 6000 technorati links says $0
Easton Ellsworth on November 23rd, 2005 at 10:28 am

Great job! Now let’s try to figue out the worth of all the blog NETWORKS out there …
Business Blog Wire on November 23rd, 2005 at 4:43 pm

How Much is Your Blog Network Worth?

We’ve seen the emergence of a neat little tool that tracks the "worth" of a blog. But what about the worth of a whole blog network?Check out this neat little API by Dane Carlson. Just type in your blog’s URL and see how much it…
Small Business Branding - Marketing Strategies and Ideas for Savvy Solopreneurs on November 24th, 2005 at 12:28 pm

The Power of a Clever Viral Marketing Tactic to Build Your Brand

Viral marketing has been around for a while, and with the advent of the Internet it’s become a key marketing strategy for large and small businesses alike. Wikipedia has this to say about it: Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing te…
Admin on December 17th, 2005 at 6:37 am

We would be honored if we could be added to this blogger. We are from the World Business for sale is the leading independent businesses for sale listing service
http://www.worldbusinessforsale.com/
Ed Minchau on December 26th, 2005 at 10:30 pm

As of December 27th, your blog is worth $6,435,191.46 - and mine remains mired at $50000. Of course, for 50 grand, I would definitely sell out. In a nanosecond.
Business for sale on December 29th, 2005 at 8:04 am

What about the worth of a whole blog network?
richard on January 10th, 2006 at 5:01 pm

ha ha ha
push-back on February 3rd, 2006 at 6:04 pm

BLOGSPAMMER ID: worldbusinessforsale.com

Just another scam-looking website hawking garbage at the expense of innocent third parties. Today’s blogspammer is worldbusinessforsale.com. Buyer beware - they apparently ask for money up-front. Not much point in providing the proxy registration, but…
pagerank-prediction.com on February 21st, 2006 at 8:59 am

Very funny!
We are from;
http://www.pagerank-prediction.com/
Ohad's Internet News on September 17th, 2006 at 10:58 pm

How Much Is My Blog Worth?…

Dana Carlson of Business Opportunities Weblog has written a very cool widget named How Much Is My Blog Worth? which calculates the value of a blog by it’s links according to Technorati. I tried it for……
Web Marketeer on March 6th, 2007 at 3:13 am

Hey what are the parameters on which the evaluation is done???????????????
Ashes 2 Brands
Ike on March 13th, 2007 at 5:08 pm

Bad news r
Holly on September 17th, 2007 at 7:54 am

It really is cute but the prices set are rather debatable and subjective. After all, WHERE could one cash in on that?

Of course it has done a good job of marketing your site so I’m giving you kudos for that! Smart move Dane!

The Abundance Place
vali on November 11th, 2007 at 6:37 pm

hi guys,can you tell me how much worth my site?
thank you
jitendra on April 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am

Hello !!!

This is a great website and i just found out the value of my blog.

Thanks a lot pal.

jitendra
jitendra on May 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 am

Hello !!

Your site is just great.I loved the value of my blog.
Jason Calacanis on July 29th, 2008 at 8:02 am

calacanis.com is under investigation of adsense fraud