Link bait: My blog is worth $37k. How much is your blog worth?

Ah, link bait. So bright and shiny on a friday morning.

For those of you who are unaware of the term, link bait is content that is created expressly for the purpose of creating inbound links to your blog. Usually this is done by flaming a “famous” blogger, or creating a post that is highly contentious in nature. But there is also the technique of creating a widget, especially one that people will add to their sidebar (a permanent link). Every blog that uses this widget will become an endorsement for your blog.

Which can be really good for you if you are creating a site about monetizing blogs.

Rampant cynicism aside, this is a pretty neat widget. I’m glad it was made even if the motivation was so that the author can make a quick buck.


My blog is worth $37,259.64.
How much is your blog worth?

 Inspired by Tristan Louis’s research into the value of each link to Weblogs Inc, I’ve created this little applet using Technorati’s API which computes and displays your blog’s worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal.
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12 Comments

  1. clumsy half-ninja
    Posted August 21, 2006 at | Permalink

    My blog is worth $0.00.How much is your blog worth?

  2. A.J. Valliant
    Posted August 23, 2006 at | Permalink

    “How much is my blog worth?”

    If you factor in the amount my employers paid me while I was working on it, quite a bit.

  3. A.J. Valliant
    Posted August 23, 2006 at | Permalink

    Actually I just did the math; turns out it’s still a depressingly small amount.

  4. Sohbet
    Posted August 30, 2006 at | Permalink

    Technorati’s API which computes and displays your blog’s worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal.?why

  5. engtech
    Posted August 30, 2006 at | Permalink

    Technorati’s API which computes and displays your blog’s worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal.?why

    This is some widget someone else created and that is the ratio they are using.

  6. earner
    Posted October 28, 2006 at | Permalink

    Mine was $3,387.24
    Thanks for the great link!!

  7. Sohbet
    Posted November 18, 2006 at | Permalink

    If you factor in the amount my employers paid me while I was working on it, quite a bit.

  8. engtech
    Posted November 18, 2006 at | Permalink

    It’s funny how many people say that :)

  9. JohnFrangerson
    Posted February 01, 2007 at | Permalink

    Nice Post.

    That was well said. Always appreciate your indepth views. Keep up the great work!

    John

  10. forum
    Posted February 26, 2007 at | Permalink

    Technorati’s API which computes and displays your blog’s worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs Inc deal.?why

  11. msn
    Posted February 27, 2007 at | Permalink

    Thanks all

  12. Arnab Consultant Ind
    Posted May 15, 2007 at | Permalink

    How does it equate link with dollars and that too when it refers to AOL.

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