Blogshares?

Oh boy, now I’m listed on Blogshares - would someone please explain to me what the hell they are?

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on September 1, 2003 at 3:46 am, filed under Completely Random Crap. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

2 Comments

  1. Pogue your flag
    Posted September 1, 2003 at 3:46 pm | Permalink

    The premise is your blog is only as valuable as the folks that link to it, and that value is divided equally to the folks to whom you link.

    For example, SuperPopularBlog.com (a $100 value), SemiPopularBlog.com (for $50) and NobodyKnowsImHere.com (for $3) all link to you. The “value” of the Hole is $153 - divided equally between the Kevins and everyone else in the right column.

    Share value is $153 / # shares issued. Share value goes way up when Instapundit links to you. When Instapundit adds more content, and your link falls off the main page, your value goes to crap (so you need permanent links to stay valuable.)

    Since TypePad, BlogCity, Blogger, MoveableType, and such require a link to their site, their “blogvalue” is astronomical - a cumulative value of all their sites.

    If you don’t want to play, ignore it. The worst that can happen is someone add or remove a link to the Hole in order to manipulate the price.

  2. Jim Lynch your flag
    Posted September 2, 2003 at 12:27 am | Permalink

    Yeah, mine is on there too. Weird. My share price is a lot lower though. Well it’s a new blog so maybe I’ll catch up to you eventually.

    I think I need more incoming links to raise it up. Help! Everybody link to me so my price goes up! LOL

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