
Published: Aug 12, 2008 - 05:11 pm
Story Found By: ViperChill 4540 Days ago
Category: SEM

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Wow. Ann is Rich. Half a mill.
Thans for a great post!
I desphunn this. Im not trying to be an ass to Ann, but did anyone even bother to check the validity of the "resources" mentioned at the bottom of the post using anything other than an ego site? I checked a site currently earning 15-20K a month (and has been for over a year now) and these were the results:http://www.smartpagerank.com - $408http://www.dnscoop.com/ - $6496http://www.cubestat.com/ - $18,325Ok, maybe it just doesnt get that industry. So I fed it another site - this one doing 3K per month (and has been for several years): http://www.smartpagerank.com - $336 http://www.dnscoop.com/ - $1272 http://www.cubestat.com/ - $4,493I checked these things against ten other sites I personally know the revenue of and it wasnt close for a single one. All three of these "resources" are about as valuable for determining website value as a magic eight ball is for determining your future.
none of those website predictors are close to accurate or relevant
<h2>@ffnstuff: And yet you sphunn it? </h2>Funny to see people support something all morning and then suddenly not once Rae speaks up.
Almost every one of those tools only exist to feed the ego of the website owner, hence they really tell you NOTHING about your websites worth.Especially when half of them consider toolbar PR, LOL
I ahve to admit I havent tried measruing my sites worth..^^ I guess its because I dont really think that these methods are accurate and also because Im a bit worried of what I will find out
LMAO...I put in a site that does $30 Million a year in sales and its worth:http://www.smartpagerank.com - $1,279http://www.dnscoop.com/ - $2,841,704http://www.cubestat.com/ - $25,756Nice range though.
@ TheMadHat, a website can do $30 million in sales and still not be profitable though.
@ianvisits Thats not the point. The accuracy of the tools is the point. If you have another online tool that can magically produce a P&L statement then let me know.
The article was good without the resources at the bottom, which to me seemed like they were just included to highlight the point - Every tool gives widely different results so dont trust them. Therefore, i dont see why anyone would "desphinn" the article because they didnt like those tools.Sphunn.
To quote the article (bold their emphasis, not mine):"A wealth of online valuation tools attempt to determine a website asset worth based on a variety of factors (besides evaluating any website price these tools might be a good source of overall website info):"the tools were cited as being useful, thus why I took issue.
I like Anns posts in general, but the strategy with these SEJ posts is obvious. Identify SEO topics, research each one of them, repackage the information farmed into scannable posts, and publish them on a schedule. I find many of the posts relatively useful but I wouldnt be shocked if one or two werent reliable, simply because most of the posts are regurgitation of information thats already out there and not fully based on personal experience/experimentation. The bottom line is that for the most part SEJs marketing strategy is working. Many of Anns posts are hitting Sphinns front page and picking up backlinks, simply because most people are looking for "fast food" not dinner at a 5 star joint.
Arent these blog valuation tools just linkbait anyway...?I personally dont buy into concept of estimated blog value for sales purposes. Market prices are controlled by supply and demand, and as we know theres a whole lot of supply in the blogosphere. Admittedly, the supply of authoritative sites is lower, but how many high profile bloggers will ever want sell a domain they have invested years building up. And more importantly... whos going to read it after they leave...?
Blogs not branded to a single individual are sold all the time, and this post wasnt specifically talking about blogs anyway. Valuations are based on profit/loss, traffic, etc and none of these tools are going to get you anywhere. Ann says that at the bottom of the post.Now those stupid "My blog is worth $1billion" buttons are widgetbait, but are essentially just as good (worthless) as the rest of them.
No disrespect to Ann, but this post shouldnt be taken seriously.