Ever heard of the purchase of Overture by Yahoo!? Or the purchase of Google’s stake by Yahoo! involving billions of dollars? I don’t really know if Google is really owned by Yahoo! because I don’t really care about that. Google is currently holding the crown in Alexa ranking but perhaps Yahoo! has nothing to worry about because they might getting something good from it. This post is not about those two giants. Those are just introduction on how valuable a website (or a blog too) can be. There are people including a friend of mine who build and maintained websites and blogs so that they can sell them later.

A website or blog values is based on its popularity, daily visits and pageviews, search index, and backlinks. There might me some other things being considered such as the looks, contents, or anything else what ever you like. Statistics can be gathered individually by referring to website statistics services such as Alexa, Quantcast, or Compete. However, to get a suitable market price for a blog or website, some services are available to check the values by just a click.

Cubestat Data

Cubestat.com can check the value of your domain name by analysing the traffic ranking from Alexa, Compete, and Quantcast and other data from search engines such as Google PageRank, number of indexed pages, and backlinks. Displayed results are only estimates but they should give a rough view on how much a website is worth. Not just that, Cubestat.com will also display the estimated daily pageview and daily ads revenue the domain should have. Telling you the truth here, what I’m getting for this domain are not even close to the estimated values. This means that there are still a lot I need to do to get as close as what I should have based on my domain ranking. Websiteoutlook.com can also give similar analysis as Cubestat.com but recently they cannot scan Blogger domain.

There is also a blog value calculator provided by Business-opportunity.biz but it is mostly based on Technorati. Technorati is a blog directory and community therefore the tool from Business-opportunity.biz cannot be used to measure website value. The image below shows data gathered by Cubestat.com for a popular website.

Cubestat Data