Comments on: What’s a Blog Post Worth?

By: hari

hari — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:25:51 +0000

yes, that’s true Darren, i too run a website with adsense and the earning per page varies based on the content and meta tags i used and very interesting topic like free money making in online gains more clicks….

By: Alex Wilson

Alex Wilson — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:01:01 +0000

Hi Daz,

Interesting way of thinking to be honest.

Got me wondering about my blog:

http://www.savingsguide.com.au

and how much my posts would be worth.

Would it be safe to say the value of each post is the amount of profit you make per day divided by the number of pages/impressions of each?

By: gout

gout — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:25:24 +0000

heee….thanks for nice idea posting….theare are many variable….I think tou are right….keep try and optimism

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:21:13 +0000

Ryan-
Don’t feel bad my post are also worth about $.01. Then again I mostly blog for fun, but keep at it and I am sure the revenue will grow in time.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:52:30 +0000

It’s interesting to see the different responses to this figure. I think it is an irrelevant number. To me, I would like to deliver the best content possible and make as much $$ as possible. If you can consistently make $100k per year blogging, does it really matter how many pages you have on your blog? Whatever it takes to get to the number you need to get…just my opinion.

By: Notebooki

Notebooki — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:34:52 +0000

Any method that helps objectify the decision to treat your blogging as a business is good

By: Wayne Tully

Wayne Tully — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:34:26 +0000

I think measuring the value of your blog comes later into your blogging ventures as they seem to be based upon long term traffic and allsorts of other valid factors.

I would just concentrate on your blog and posts and just do your thing as opposed to worrying or even thinking about price per post or other averages.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:25:59 +0000

I think it’s very hard to put a dollar figure on a per page basis. There is a lot that factors into how much money you make with your blog, but I guess $10 per page could be something to shoot for.

Recently I sold a PR4 cell phone blog with 63 posts for $650, so maybe there’s some truth to this.

By: Greenleaf

Greenleaf — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:59:13 +0000

It is really hard to know the actual value of a page.

By: AhTim

AhTim — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:10:17 +0000

This is quite subjective and depends on its factors. But I agreed on the average page worth.

–blog for dream–

By: zackire

zackire — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:15:51 +0000

Hmm.. mine usually falls below the $10 threshold per post. but then again, I blog for fun.. It so happens that I can get extra income out of it

By: hari

hari — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:22:20 +0000

hi, thank you for giving an idea of money that depends upon content but i feel that a site with good content and with money making systems will take some time in online to earn a lot. is it so? please reply me after visiting my site

By: abdul

abdul — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:32:39 +0000

I think $$$$ totally depends upon the page content…

By: Rakesh Bhambani

Rakesh Bhambani — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:17:55 +0000

The income of a page can be calculated simply. It is eCPM x PageViews / 1000 (looking purely at advertising income). So if AdSense or any other advertiser pays you $5 eCPM and your page is viewed 2,000 times, you earn $10. This could be in an hour, month or a year or more.

Want to make more money with your blog, simple… focus on these simple metrics.

a) You need more traffic to your page. A page that is viewed 10 times more than another, all other things remaining the same, will earn 10 times more. Period.

b) Get a higher eCPM. Some of the major drivers are – the content of your page (if it is relevant to advertisers who pay much higher for their Ads e.g. Digital Cameras vs. Excel Tips), placement & appearance of your Ads etc

Whatever means you use to drive (a) or (b) above, ethical or otherwise, whether successfully or not. You could make 5 cents or even less or you could make $100 per month or more. The algorithm will always apply.

I have not read the Wired article myself but IMHO, the question itself is inherently flawed. Earning per page per annum is NOT a useful or meaningful metric. It however makes a very catchy headline for a blog title. ;)

I discovered ProBlogger only recently. I think it’s a great effort and have bookmarked it and will be back to observe and to learn.

- Rakesh

Simplistic Definitions:

eCPM – Cost per Thousand views. The rate somebody pays you to display an Ad 1000 times. Why is it not CPT then? Dunno, the M comes from mille and/or the roman symbol for 1000. Either way somebody trying to sound posh. The ‘e’ is a recent addition to CPM which also considers that some Ads were clicked on.

PageViews – The number of pages viewed by a web visitor. If you have viewed 3 pages so far at PrBlogger, you have contributed 3 PVs to Darren. That’s 1.5 cents if his eCPM is $5.

By: MoonDog

MoonDog — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:38:48 +0000

$10.00 isn’t worth getting out of bed for. I was paid $200.00 for one article I wrote on sportsmanship. It never ceases to amaze me how those interested in your work don’t value your time or see the end result and it’s proportionate worth.

Granted, if you’re just scribbling a few paragraphs, that I could understand as having a nominal worth. But if you’re writing like I am, $200.00 is the going rate and not a penny less.

Somewhat off-topic but worth mentioning is the copyrighting of your articles. I had someone hijack one of my posts, edit it, and then posted it at The Sporting News claiming it to be his work.

Legally copyright your work! I wrote a lengthy post about copyright law as a result and you’d be surprised to learn that your work is protected like any other publication.

If you want to learn more drop me a line and I’ll help you.

By: Thomas Johnson

Thomas Johnson — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:40:18 +0000

My new site is on target for about $3.60 per post in the first year.

Looking at lifetime value of posts would be quite interesting after a few years.

Clark, I like your “try something other than blogging” comment … it’s so true, most people would make more money cleaning toilets than blogging.

But of course blogging is a lot more fun and there’s always that chance that you’ll find some secret formula to generate massive amounts of traffic with little effort.

By: Andy T

Andy T — Sat, 03 May 2008 04:57:38 +0000

I’m very new in blog. My origional idea is make the blog as a place to put up my father’s article contributed in Chinese Newspaper in 1994 [still working on it] and some thought not suitable to put in company web. I did not think of the revenue of the pay per click ads. I put the ads up because most of the blog on web got ads. If I don’t, I look too strange.
Somehow the blog generated some new traffic. I have some new customer ask for job quote. That’s extra bonus for writting the blog.

By: Jace

Jace — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:53:30 +0000

I wish my pages had more value than that, but I don’t think they do…maybe some day!

By: Ryan McLean

Ryan McLean — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:40:14 +0000

I think at the moment my posts are worth about $0.01c per post
No where near $10
My site has only been going a month
I need some help getting it up and going as this is my career of choice
any tips on how to fastrack my success? so I don’t have to wait a whole year before I start making any money?

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:30:01 +0000

‘Any tips?’

Sure, try something other than blogging.