Blog value madness (again)
Today has been a completely hopeless day, full of problems and worries on several levels. Worries are usually the most effective way to kill my inspiration, and since most worries are related to the currently bad economical situation (caused by not being able to work for a long time because of health problems), losing my inspiration is a worst case scenario. I really want to spend my energy on doing good things, but that has been hard to do today.
With that in mind, it feels like an amazing irony to run the "What is your blog worth?" test today and find out that my blow is said to be worth more than 13,6 million dollars. Or according to another estimate 1,9 million dollars. Even the lowest value estimate that I could find feels like a bad joke.
On a day like this, it is tempting to sell my site and use the money on killing all worries, and then build something new from scratch. I know that it would take a lot of hard work and a long time to build a site that could match this site - if it would be possible at all. I also know that selling the site would hurt my reputation and my personal trademark a whole lot since I am so closely connected to this domain name. But any day ruined by worries make me feel that it could be worth taking a chance, since I could probably not do very much good with this site anyway until I can put all worries to rest and focus on my work…
The best possible scenario would of course to get rid of all the worries without selling the site, and that is my #1 priority right now. The plan is to launch a new company and run this site as a full-time job starting next year, as described earlier. But I will only be able to do that if I can afford it, and that possibility feels pretty distant on a day like this. Especially now that I will remove all text link ads from the site because of the "sponsored links" debate. That is why I will keep on writing about the possibility to advertise on this site - atleast until I have found advertisers that can keep the site running. It shouldn't be very hard, the interest has been huge during all the time this site has been online. But today, all advertisement slots are empty - and that just adds to the worries.
In this very moment I am open to all solutions, even selling the site if I would get the right offer from the right person or company. I hope that you all can have some patience with me while I'm standing on this balance line. I've been here before, and being an all-optimistic person I know that it usually turns to the better soon. Until then, don't get too mad if I post confused or emotional rants here, I'll clean those out in the forthcoming reboot as well. That's a promise.
Comments
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Comment from Ruud van der Lem
Time: December 14, 2007, 13:38
Hej Andreas,
I like your designs, thinking of using one of them for http://www.scanparks.se
Off course, I will mention your name…
Best, Ruud
Comment from Tag Directory
Time: December 16, 2007, 21:36
Andreas,
After reading your post I have two questions:
1. If you allow me, what was the health problem that kept you away from working?
2. In your opinion, knowing the up-mentioned estimations [and, perhaps, others, too] how much* your blog worth**?
*price range
**the sum that, obviously, you could get
Starting a new business and building it from the ground could be a great idea, but it shouldn't born by worries and confusion.
Blessings,
Zoltan Sebestyen
RespiroMedia.com
Comment from Khushal
Time: December 16, 2007, 22:47
I hope you get rid off your problems, well there are a few ways to earn money from blogs as well, not making it a link farm link John chow but going the way Adesblog.com guy is going~~ Best of luck!
Comment from Rafael Minuesa
Time: December 20, 2007, 0:28
Hi Andreas,
It hurts me so to read this post of yours.
I'm pretty much in the same financial position as you are, but it just doesn't make any sense that someone as talented as you are can be going through such a hardship.
What kind of illness are you suffering from?
4 years ago I could hardly move my arms and legs because of a spinal cord injury. Doctors said that most likely I would end up on a wheelchair. I met this doctor that injected me ozone in the spine discs and even though it took me more than two years of rehabilitation, today I'm almost 100% functional.
Ozone is available in many countries of Europe for that and other "incurable" illness.
Sent me an e-mail or google it up if you want more info.
Anyway, all the best to you Andreas,
P.S.
Your designs are excellent. Right now I'm working with one of them to build my own CV. I'll send you the link as soon it is finished.
Comment from Alberto
Time: December 12, 2007, 12:24
I hope you will find a good way to earn from your site anyway, though it is really a pity you have to delete the sponsored text links. A good way could be to build and ad-server, or to publish links with the rel="nofollow" tag, but that way they would obviously pay less.
Another way to earn from your site would be to publish commercial themes and templates for privates or institutions, but the major problem could be to find the customers.