IZEA Announces the Launch of Their Blog Ranking System- RealRank
Comments (3)By in Blogging, Webmaster on 11th January 2008
On January 9, 2008 IZEARanks.com announced that they are now live to the public in general. They are calling it RealRank and it is designed to measure the traffic and influence status on blogs. RealRank is expected to replace the current ratings systems we use for our blogs today.
No longer do we have to wonder about the PR of a blog, it’s Alexa ranking and any other way that blogs have been rated by in the past. It’s time for a new way of thinking and I think IZEA is on to something with their RealRank system.
Why should blogs be rated the same way other websites and directories are? We are clearly a breed of unique people with websites more up-to-date on information than any static website who deserve a way to be measured based on the influence of our blog compared to others in our niche. We no longer have to submit to being categorized with other websites who don’t have a blog type feel. IZEA has set up a way for websites that are not a blog to be flagged and knocked out of the statistic rankings, which is only fair to each blogger and the potential advertisers who are seeking information about your blog.
However, RealRank will only include your blog if you sign up on the site and install the IZEAToolkit and claim your blog. You have to embed a code on your web pages in order for them to track your statistics. They are figuring your rank with the following formula and pride themselves in sharing this formula with you. It 70% visitors per day, 20% on active inbound links to your blog, and the other 10% is based on the amount of page views you receive each day.
This should be beneficial for those who are looking to advertise on blogs. They give you a tool to be able to compare the statistics of 10 different blogs all at one time, as seen below.
