Since I’ve been told my “Popular Belgian Blogs” series (Jan-Feb 2005) was very much appreciated, I’ve just spent some time coming up with a new version. The main reason being: thanks to Dane Carlson’s Blog Value Estimator it is now so easy to put a value on a blog.
Some prior remarks:
- Where do the $ numbers come from?
“Data from Technorati and inspired by research from Tristan Louis. Photo CC by Cmiper” (on How Much Is Your Blog Worth?)
In short: WeblogsInc got sold to AOL for something between $25 MIO and $40 MIO. When Tristan Louis calculated the # of links to WeblogsInc blogs in Technorati, he could thus come up with a $value/link.
- Only data from Technorati => only links between blogs have value. If I’m not mistaken, only ‘recent’ links count, which are the ones in the last 6 months.
- Where did I get a list of blog URLs to check? I used my own Belgian Top 30 v4, the attendee list of the Brussels Bloggers Dinner Bart and I organized, the blogs on blogium.be, links from blogrolls, and blogs I know. Even if it’s a pet topic of mine to keep an eye on the Belgian Blogosphere, the list is by no means complete. For additions, check the feedback possibility under the list!
- I’ve listed 60 Belgian blogs that had a value > $0. I actually checked around 100 blogs.
- I only checked 15 FR blogs, and most of them had a value = $0. So any new suggestions there are welcome!
- Any system that lists my own blog in the top 10 must be REALLY accurate
- $270,979 dopplerradio.net
- $251,784 veerle.duoh.com
- $120,811 lvb.net
- $99,359 : zattevrienden.be
- $94,842 : jahsonic.com
- $91,455 : mathibus.com
- $83,551 : dominiek.be
- $73,390 : blog.forret.com
- $70,567 : standaard.typepad.com
- $65,486 : coolios.net
- $62,663 : kapingamarangi.be
- $60,405 : pdw.blogspot.com
- $51,937 : gent.blogt.be
- $51,937 : culture-buzz.com
- $49,679 : domilog.be
- $47,985 : sempermagis.be
- $44,598 : pietel.be
- $42,905 : eug.be
- $38,953 : onepointzero.com
- $38,388 : blog.coolz0r.com
- $33,872 : druppels.be
- $28,791 : 7seconden.be
- $27,662 : polskaya.be
- $23,710 : wereldkeuken.be
- $22,017 : smetty.be
- $19,758 : users.skynet.be/chipsandcookies
- $19,194 : pascal.vanhecke.info
- $19,194 : baeyens.net
- $18,629 : blogs.cocoondev.org/stevenn
- $18,065 : www.middernacht.be/udn/
- $16,936 : katrien.blogspot.com
- $16,371 : zonderzever.blogspot.com
- $15,807 : promethee.blogspot.com
- $15,242 : kerygma.blogt.be
- $12,984 : clopin.be
- $11,855 : percept.be
- $11,290 : edublogs.be
- $11,290 : brussel.blogt.be
- $10,161 : dwangbuis.blogspot.com
- $9,597 : lichtpunt.carreconfiture.be
- $9,597 : cotontige.canalblog.com
- $8,468 : hoegin.blogspot.com
- $7,903 : babynox.blogspot.com
- $7,903 : netlash.com
- $7,903 : lena.blogt.be
- $7,339 : inflandersfields.blogspot.com
- $6,774 : mechelen.blogt.be
- $6,209 : podcasting.be
- $6,209 : blog.pakal.org
- $6,209 : brice.org
- $5,645 : 2ourallies.typepad.com
- $5,645 : turnhoutblogt.be
- $5,080 : conversationblog.com
- $3,951 : rikboey.be
- $3,951: gelebanaan.blogspot.com
- $2,822 : blog.reys.be
- $2,258 : denjames.blogspot.com
- $2,258 : atog.be
- $1,129 : www.zoekmachine.optimalisatie.jwi.be
- $564 : bartek.blogsome.com
So who wants to help in updating this list?
- I would like to keep the list manageable. Should I limit this to a top 30 or 40, or only list blogs that have a valuation > $10,000? Your feedback is welcome!
- If you have - or know of - a Belgian blog (EN/NL/FR) that has a valuation with the above system that is > $0, please let me know by adding it to the comments below. Or send me an email at blog @ forret.com.
- The only criteria are ‘Belgian’ (written by a Belgian, or in Belgium) and ‘blog’ (must have RSS/Atom, archives, … - e.g. humoliegt.be looks like a blog, but it is - deliberately - not one). Podcasts, videoblogs, photoblogs, … are welcome.
- I was thinking of also putting the names of the people responsible for each blog, the author(s), next to the URL, so you get an idea of who is active where. But this top-of-the-pops list might score high in Google for those names, and I’m not sure every author would like that (cf Jakob Nielsen #9: “Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss”). Maybe only those authors who put their name on their blog? What do you think?
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Peter, why not use the Technorati api to automate the process… has been done before, see:
http://www.technorati.com/developers/blog/2005/08/36.html
http://blog.bitflux.ch/archive/2005/08/01/swiss-top-100-blogs.html
And for maintaining the list: put them in a Bloglines account (for easy maintance and publishing) and use the Bloglines API to read from the list?
Blogium blijkt ook wel wat waard te zijn :
Your blog, http://www.blogium.be, is worth $18,629.82
Moet deze ook opgenomen worden ?
Uhmmmm….great…I’m rated for 15.800 USD…Now, it’s time to find a very wealthy donator….Thanks for the funny post. Cheers mate…
Euh? Ben ik zo rijk?!? Volgens mij houdt mijn bank dan heel wat geld achter …
Hi Peter, i’m rated at 21.452 $ …
Goh, 3,951 dollar, da’s niet slecht voor een blogje dat amper bezoekers trekt.
Bugger. I moved to France recently after having lived for 28 years in Belgium (where I actually started my blog) as a Dutchman, so I do not qualify any longer for a spot in the top 50 (as per my blog ‘value’ of 10,726.26)
Whatever, I am glad I found your blog and shall add it to my blogroll.
mijn blog is om en bij de 14000$ waard
Hey, http://maarten.typepad.com/blogologie blijkt toch ook een dikke 32.000 dollar waard te zijn
Bijna goed voor een top-20 plaats, hehe/
Hier nog enkele Belgische blogs die ontbreken :
$34,436.94. http://kruimels.blogspot.com/
$23,146.14. http://maarten.typepad.com/brusselsblog/
$22,581.60. http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_ernstig/
$18,629.82 http://www.blogium.be/
$13,548.96 http://weblog.dederdebelg.be/
$11,290.80 http://brussel.blogt.be/
$10,726.26. http://benbk.blogspot.com/
$8,468.10 http://standaard.typepad.com/en_nu_even_elders/
$7,903.56 http://standaard.typepad.com/kreten_en_gefluister/
$6,774.48 http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m8716245/
$5,645.40 http://www.antwerpenblogt.be/blog
$5,645.40 http://vhfc.blogspot.com/
$5,080.86 http://skender.blogspot.com/
$4,516.32 http://www.hendrikdeckers.com/hd/
$3,951.78 http://hermanboel.blogspot.com/
$3,387.24 http://tomennadine.blogspot.com/
$2,822.70. http://lvb.net/citaten.php
Mijn website is zowat $130k waard
My blog should be in that list mine is worth 25.000 dollars and I’m blogging from Koksijde.
My old blog would have been quite well placed in this ranking. My actual one is at $23k.
Born in Sint-Truiden and blogging from the UK, Brighton.
My blog is about 2000 euros worth. It’s not that much, but their is still the possibility to grow. I hope I get into this top 60 once.
Your blog, asfaltkonijn.blogspot.com, is worth $24,275.22
Maar nu zijn we pas overgestapt naar asfaltkonijn.be en is het dus wachten op de Google-indexering en tot iedereen z’n links aangepast heeft ..
$15,807.12 die van mij…
$14,678.04
Yeah! I’m rich:
Your blog, http://www.ferket.com/jvlt, is worth $7,339.02
Tiens, de mijne ontbreekt ook…
Hoewel ik nochtans geen “ollander” ben:
netsensei.nl = $9,597.18
netsensei.be = $1,129.08
An updated list - with data from september 2006 - can be found at http://bvlg.blogspot.com/2006/09/belblogs-blog-value-estimator.html. Blogs listed in the top 100 need a valuation starting from around $20.000, according to the blog value estimator.
Hi Peter,
Suprisingly enough my tiny little blog scored $3,387.24.
Go figure…
I blog from Leuven but only in English.
I guess to keep this list up you should limit it to blogs which score higher than a specified amount, like 20.000 or something.
Anyways this is an interesting topic and the value tool fun. I love the look of it