Comments on: Doing the numbers on the AOL-WeblogsInc deal http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/ Turning Data into Knowledge Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Laine http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-24737 Michael Laine Wed, 21 Nov 2007 06:19:10 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-24737 hi, very interesting. I know this info is pretty dated, but is there any chance you would re-wrok the number, to reflect today's reality? for example, how many of those sites above still exist? what are their revised traffic numbers? gains/losses, since this transaction? and what would that do to new valuations. I have calculated the value of my blog to be about $15k, but that was in "2005" value terms. Any chance for an update? Thanks for your effort on this. i find it very entertaining. Take care. mjl hi, very interesting. I know this info is pretty dated, but is there any chance you would re-wrok the number, to reflect today’s reality? for example, how many of those sites above still exist? what are their revised traffic numbers? gains/losses, since this transaction? and what would that do to new valuations. I have calculated the value of my blog to be about $15k, but that was in “2005” value terms. Any chance for an update?

Thanks for your effort on this. i find it very entertaining.

Take care. mjl

]]> By: Of Interest http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-24571 Of Interest Thu, 10 May 2007 06:49:35 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-24571 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Chris Anderson started thinking about the long tail.All this data got me more interested in data, and particularly metrics both hard and soft as well as how one could possibly weight them. None of this prepared me for the success of a simple entry: Doing the number on the AOL Weblogs Inc. deal. To this day, this entry is still the most popular entry on the site, now having single-handedly clocked over 8 million page views. The concept was simple: if links were the new currency of web 2.0, then how much were they worth? Someone developed a<!--%kramer-post%--> Chris Anderson started thinking about the long tail.All this data got me more interested in data, and particularly metrics both hard and soft as well as how one could possibly weight them. None of this prepared me for the success of a simple entry: Doing the number on the AOL Weblogs Inc. deal. To this day, this entry is still the most popular entry on the site, now having single-handedly clocked over 8 million page views. The concept was simple: if links were the new currency of web 2.0, then how much were they worth? Someone developed a

]]> By: devcasting &#187; Devcasting #3 - Give Me 20 Cents http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-31 devcasting &#187; Devcasting #3 - Give Me 20 Cents Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:36:59 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-31 [...] Jason Calacanis leaving AOL/Netscape and joining Sequoia Capital (Jason Calacanis was a founder of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network which was acquired by AOL) [...] […] Jason Calacanis leaving AOL/Netscape and joining Sequoia Capital (Jason Calacanis was a founder of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network which was acquired by AOL) […]

]]> By: TechSpot » How Much Is Your Blog Worth Of? http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-27 TechSpot » How Much Is Your Blog Worth Of? Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:43:34 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-27 [...] “Many in the blogosphere say that traffic is not a good measure of what blogs are but that conversation, as represented by links and indexes like Technorati, represent a more accurate view of the value of a blog. As a result, I decided to look at how may sites were linking to sites in the WeblogInc empire.” (via ti.net) [...] […] &#8220;Many in the blogosphere say that traffic is not a good measure of what blogs are but that conversation, as represented by links and indexes like Technorati, represent a more accurate view of the value of a blog. As a result, I decided to look at how may sites were linking to sites in the WeblogInc empire.&#8221; (via ti.net) […]

]]> By: esofthub http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-26 esofthub Wed, 18 Oct 2006 13:06:35 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-26 Go to pingoat. The values are much lower than technorati. This text link business is so subjective. How much money is the site making? That should be the relevant question. Go to pingoat. The values are much lower than technorati. This text link business is so subjective. How much money is the site making? That should be the relevant question.

]]> By: Michael Hosting http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Michael Hosting Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:51:12 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-17 Blogging E3 - more then 500$ for a single link? I think that dividing overall sum by number of links is a wrong measure. May be you need some quadratic dependency and not a linear one. I mean using: cost_of_i_links = constant * i^2 instead of: cost_of_i_links = constant * i Then you will get about 25$ for a single link that is much more reasonable. Blogging E3 — more then 500$ for a single link? I think that dividing overall sum by number of links is a wrong measure. May be you need some quadratic dependency and not a linear one. I mean using:
cost_of_i_links = constant * i^2
instead of:
cost_of_i_links = constant * i
Then you will get about 25$ for a single link that is much more reasonable.

]]> By: The Big Picture http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-24590 The Big Picture Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-24590 <!--%kramer-pre%--> I know we've mentioned this before, but Dane Calrson's fun little applet that uses Technorati's API to calculate linkage and display a blog's new worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs deal. This makes it pretty clear that -- Surprise! -- AOL likely overpaid for their acquisition. <!--%kramer-post%--> I know we’ve mentioned this before, but Dane Calrson’s fun little applet that uses Technorati’s API to calculate linkage and display a blog’s new worth using the same link to dollar ratio as the AOL-Weblogs deal. This makes it pretty clear that — Surprise! — AOL likely overpaid for their acquisition.

]]> By: Quanto vale il tuo blog? http://www.tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-24591 Quanto vale il tuo blog? Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://tnl.net/blog/2005/10/06/doing-the-numbers-on-the-aol-weblogsinc-deal/#comment-24591 <!--%kramer-pre%-->Questa funzione è stata creata da Dane Carlson autore di Business Opportunities e il valore è calcolato tenendo conto del numero dei link al blog negli ultimi 6 mesi. Per saperne di più controllare anche qui. <!--%kramer-post%--> Questa funzione è stata creata da Dane Carlson autore di Business Opportunities e il valore è calcolato tenendo conto del numero dei link al blog negli ultimi 6 mesi. Per saperne di più controllare anche qui.

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