Recently I have been seeing more and more of the "what is your site worth" groups advertising their services. Just for "grins and giggles" I decided to check out several of these sites to see what they say my websites (plus a friends web page) are worth.

I will be the first to admit that my site is not fancy nor is it viewed heavily. Especially when compared to the very popular web sites. So I thoroughly expected to see results along the lines of "You have to be kidding . . . this site is so worthless . . . dirt sales for more." Needless to say my expectations were not very high.

However, I almost fell out of my chair when I saw some of the allegedly accurate results . . . especially the ones that suggested that my sites have a net worth in the millions. (Oh if only it were true . . . The life I could be leading and the things I could do. But alas I am living on the island of Mindanao not Fantasy Island.)

As you will see in the list below there is a huge variation between the "estimates" of each site. The main problem with the groups ability to estimate a realistic value for a web site or page, is that they do not have access to several critical pieces of information. Such as, the sites operating expenses, system access log files, new visitors, returning visitors, what pages are most viewed, income and sales from the site (if any), number of members (where applicable), actual advertising income, etc. Without that information (and more) it would be impossible to give a truly accurate value of a web site.

However, there were a few sites which required some relevant detailed information to be entered manually. While I did not take the time to look up and enter all the information, those sites did seem to have the potential to give a more realistic value of web sites and pages (assuming one enters accurate information).

However, I am a person that believes a final number means little to nothing if one does not know what methods were used to generate the results. To me it would be nice if all the groups gave a little more detail regarding how they calculate the estimated value of a site. As the saying goes, "Figures don't lie, but liars can figure."

As a result I would not put to much stock in the reported value given by any of these sites. Though it is interesting to see what the various groups come up with as a value.

Below are several of the sites listed in no particular order, some of the results given, and some of my thoughts

But first let me give the actual stats (as of this writing) of the sites I will be using for the test:

My business site.
http://TRoach.Net
average daily hits: 240
average daily revenue: 0.00
average monthly hits: 7,200

My general “this and that” site.
http://TRoach.Org
average daily hits: 650
average daily revenue: 0.00
average monthly hits: 19,500

A sub domain that is not yet active, though is indexed in some search engines.
http://BBS.TRoach.Net
average daily revenue: 0.00
average daily hit: (development and testing only)

And just to see what happens on a generic web page I will also use a friend’s (Jerrys1960) social networking web page.
http://www.friendster.com/jerrys1960
average daily hits: 83
average daily revenue: none
average monthly hits: 2,500

Oh . . . before I start listing the sites I should point out that I do not have any affiliation with any of these groups. Also the sites may have changed for better, or worse, since I posted this information. I will try to re-evaluate the groups, add a few new sites and remove dead sites every few months (or years or whenever I get around to it.) ; -)

Also each site’s page summary information was copied directly from each site.

So with all that said, below are the results I received.

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