The Secret of High Value Blogs
My blog is worth $4,401,153.84.
How much is your blog worth?
"How much is my blog worth?" asks Dane Carlson at www.business-opportunities.biz. He provides a clever little answer to the intriguing question by calculating the value of the back links into the blog. Mr. Carlson also conveniently provides the html code for the above caption. However, I have used it to prove a slightly different point. Taken at face value, Mr. Carlson would seem to be providing authority for the proposition that www.bizop.ca is "worth" $4.4 million, and his assumptions behind the calculation may be checked out at his site. Since www.business-opportunities.biz ranks very highly on certain keywords that are common to www.bizop.ca, then surely the calculation must be highly authorative and persuasive?
Well, it would be if I hadn't cheated with the html code provided by www.business-opportunities.biz. I simply ran his script calculating the value of his own blog, generated the html, and then edited it appropriately. It is very easy to fake authority on the internet, obtain fake backlinks from .gov sites, appear to be highly popular, and other tricks that utilize various aspect of social proof. Every one of these tricks must be analyzed when reviewing a business opportunity's website.
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