The Volokh Conspiracy
[Eugene Volokh, August 14, 2008 at 12:23pm] Trackbacks
How Much Is Your Blog Worth?

We're worth $1,176,501.36, we're told by a blog worth calculator. But to whom?

Snark:
A gun manufacturer's PR department?
8.14.2008 1:49pm
K1avg (mail) (www):
That's more than Instapundit ($1,131,338.16). Nicely done.
8.14.2008 1:50pm
Duffy Pratt (mail):
Mine is worth $0.00 On the bright side, I may be looking forward to infinite returns.
8.14.2008 1:55pm
Paul Milligan (mail):
I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for your blog today

Sincerely,

Wimpy
8.14.2008 2:13pm
Oren:
I'll give you $5 for it, and you can all keep your positions!
8.14.2008 2:25pm
Anon21:
Good God, I should bloody well hope the insightful legal analysis of the Volokh Conspiracy is worth more than the link farming and tawdry, predictable partisan blather of that hack Glenn Reynolds.
8.14.2008 2:35pm
lonetown (mail):
Mine came in at 0 too. So at least we know its accurate!
8.14.2008 2:35pm
volokh groupie:
You guys should go on strike until the UN gives you some of that internet money.
8.14.2008 2:38pm
Chaymus (mail):
It would make more sense in an advertising negotiation. Stating your blog is worth that much would allow you to get higher returns for adds. On their end they can state that your higher traffic should already provide more returns. The figure I would like to see is how much money is lost in productivity of your readers...
8.14.2008 2:45pm
Michael Drake (mail) (www):
Mine is worth $564.54. But I'm only ten posts in. Which means it's a hot stock -- so get in while you can! I'll only be accepting links for a limited time...
8.14.2008 2:47pm
LM (mail):
Eugene,

How much would you sell it for?
8.14.2008 2:51pm
A.S.:

Eugene,

How much would you sell it for?


Do we even know if it is Eugene's to sell? I remember something about it being based on a partnership model...

Moreover, assuming that you wanted to purchase The VC as an ongoing enterprise, you can't just ask Eugene. The value of The VC is based on the readership of its posts, I presume. And, of course, while Eugene is the author of many of the posts, I'd bet that other Conspirators write the majority of the posts. So you'd have to make some sort of employment arrangement with Eugene and the other Conspriators to keep them posting, and obviously Eugene couldn't make the others agree to terms that they felt were unfair. How much would Orin, Jonathan, Todd, Ilya, et al require you to pay for them to continue posting?
8.14.2008 3:40pm
BGates:
The value of The VC is based on the readership of its posts, I presume.
Which means we should all get a cut of that internet money!
8.14.2008 3:53pm
Mark Butler (mail):
All you law professors ought to be able to find your hypothetical willing buyer. If you can't, then just what are you good for?
8.14.2008 3:59pm
Ted S. (mail) (www):
Amazingly, my blog is worth over $2,200. Considering how few comments I get, I find this stunning.

(Actually, I wish I could get more comments without shamelessly promoting it.)
8.14.2008 4:31pm
pjohnson (mail):
You'd better sell soon; the market's declining. As of now, your blog's only worth $1,164,081.48, down $12.4K or so.
8.14.2008 5:13pm
neurodoc:
There was only tulip bubble, right? Could there be a second Internet bubble in the making?

If we could see how that number is arrived at, we might know what it is based on, if anything more than number of hits. And perhaps we could see ways to drive up the value higher. For example, would the value of the blog rise or fall with the addition or subtraction of any particular conspirators? If some conspirators add more value than others, could the more valuable ones jump to another blog and increase its value, getting for themselves something like what Howard Stern got when he went over to XM (or was it Sirius)?
8.14.2008 5:23pm
KWC (mail):
Apparently, "busness-opportunities.biz," the "blog" that offers the calculator, values itself at: $2,818,748.22
8.14.2008 5:40pm
Realist Liberal:
Because you guys are worth so much I don't think I should have to give Prof. Kerr that beer that I feel like I owe him. As a matter of fact, I think he should buy me a beer.

For what it's worth, this blog is worth every penny. The level of legal analysis would command top dollar at any firm (assuming of course there was a client that actually needed it).
8.14.2008 7:25pm
wuzzagrunt (mail):
How can a blog be worth any sale price beyond the software and format? How much traffic would VC generate without the insightful legal analysis of the Conspirators, and the truly awful law professor puns? How much value do certain regular posters add to the mix?

I'm sure someone has attempted the "link farming and tawdry, predictable partisan blather" of the Instapundit model, and not achieved the same success.
8.14.2008 7:47pm
lawrefugee:
That would be in "Hypothetical Internet Dollars." Probably paid out by the underwear gnomes.

Just ask Eric Cartman.

(1) Underwear + (2) ??????? = (3) PROFIT!!!!
8.14.2008 7:50pm
Kazinski:
Of course monetizing the value would soon send it to zero. I can see the business plan:

Every post will need to close with a link to a sponsoring law firm that specializes, or claims to, in that practice.

There needs to be at least three posts weekly on asbetosis, shareholder lawsuits, divorce, and bankruptcy.

At least on post weekly should be suitable for linking to a sponsoring Jury Consultant, Expert Witness bureau, and Bail Bondsman.

The Sunday Lyrics post better have a tie-in with the RIAA.


And what's with all this crap about Heller? Who's going to make any serious money off of that?
8.14.2008 8:42pm
r.friedman (mail):
Would have been worth more without the Mamma Mia post.
8.15.2008 9:07am
Brian G (mail) (www):
As you already know, your blog is worth what someone will pay to buy it. Not a penny more. And, unless you ramp up the ad revenues significantly, it really isn't worth that much money.

Of course, the value of this site to people like me can't be measured in dollars.
8.15.2008 5:31pm
Brian G (mail) (www):
Oh, and BGates...nice "Canada on Strike" reference.
8.15.2008 5:31pm

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