There are now a number of sites that aim to give a value to your blog. These can be worth a visit to get an idea about what to charge for text links if you aim to use these for monetization of your blog. They can also give you a picture that will lend your blog some credibility by indicating to your visitors that an independent site has assessed your effort and put a monetary value on it. For example the one link says my blog is worth 105,800!!!

105,800
How much money is your blog worth?

Honestly, this is really an exercise in ego stroking but it is still rather fun and it is also an indication of improvement even if the value that is given is quite probably far less than they say. These are two sites I discovered but there are probably many more. If you really want people to be impressed visit

http://www.myblogvalue.com

You need to fill out a survey for this. I suggest the first time, you fill it out as honestly as you can so that you can see how it works. You’ll still get the ego stroke at a fairly high level and then (if you don’t mind lying), do it again to get a more impressive sticker for your blog that says that you are worth far more. It’s a silly game after all and you yourself should not be too impressed and start banking the money!

This was my first and honest result, I didn’t go back for a second run as I’m not so easily impressed but I don’t mind displaying the result and I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was happy to see I didn’t bomb out!

For a more realistic result visit the following url, type in your url at the top and click CHECK

http://www.dnscoop.com/

A page will pop up that analyses your backlinks, alexa rank. page rank etc and offer more conservative estimates about what your blog is worth. This site does the work for you using an algorithm so you can’t fudge the result and big note your blog. Your best option for comparative analyses here is to enter several urls to sites that you know. Perhaps you have a blog or two that has barely any content, compare their result to the blog you are working to promote, then put in Pro Blogger or a similar very popular blog and compare their results with yours. Then you have a benchmark so you know how far you have come and much further you have to go.

 

My Site is worth
$1,524

How much is
your site worth?

If you feel that your blog needs a jazzy sticky image to show it’s worth something – go for it. Your knowledgeable customers won’t be impressed but less experienced bloggers and readers will have more respect if you can show them that you know what you are doing enough to create a sticker showing a high value.For myself, as I build more links and continue to promote, I will return to keep checking progress for my own research, to make sure I’m still progressing upwards in the value stakes.

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