Could RealRank be a selling point?
If you notice on my sidebar, I’ve installed the RealRank system on this blog. Izea, the company behind RealRank, says that this ranking system is more accurate and helpful to advertisers than a system such as PageRank or Alexa. Although this may be true, the only problem that I’ve noticed is that RealRank is an opt-in ranking system, meaning that the #1 blog according to Izea is not actually the #1 blog on the internet.
However, there are already thousands of blogs using the ranking system, so I’m led to believe that having a blog in the top 100 could aid in selling ads on a website. Why would an advertiser care what Izea thinks about my blog, though?
Advertisers like 3rd party proof of your traffic.
Although most of us will try to give honest stats to a prospective advertiser, there are some people who would exaggerate their stats in hopes of making more profit. When an advertiser sees that an unbiased ranking system is being used, it may help them be more confident in the worth of ads on a site. RealRank has an optional feature (which I am using) that records the average daily hits and unique visitors for a site. These stats are especially valuable to advertisers who would like to know how many people are going to see their ad.
I’m giving RealRank a try. If you have a blog, I think you should check it out as well and let me know how it works for you. What do you think about RealRank? Does it have any hope of becoming a standard ranking system?
Note: At the time I published this post, ZeroandUp has not yet been assigned a RealRank. RealRanks are only assigned once every 24 hours.
mistipurple Said:
RealRank does not allow me to slack. It tracks my traffic like a hawk, and keeps me in line.
March 19th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
mistipurple Said:
Your spam guard is really vigilant. One of my trick to get past the bin is to post comments twice. It will somewhat activate the first comment (that was blocked) and this second one to appear. Of course by then, it would look like I’m stalking you.
March 19th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Douglas Slingerland Said:
IZEA, eh? You know how I feel about IZEA after what they’ve done to me! I’ll keep an open mind about this, though. Let’s see what your realrank turns out to be. I’ll try installing this a little later in the week, thanks for bringing it to my attention!
March 19th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
BunnyM Said:
Hi Alan, I’ve replied your email. Hope you got it. Thanks!
March 20th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Alan Said:
BunnyM, I looked in my email box and I couldn’t find it. I’ve sent you another email; if this doesn’t work I’ll drop by your blog again later tonight
March 20th, 2008 at 9:01 am
BunnyM Said:
Alan, I’ve replied your email, but if you don’t get it, my email would be the one you sent it to
March 20th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Charla Said:
I have RealRank, and it seems to be more responsive to my traffic flow than Alexa which lags behind.
March 20th, 2008 at 9:24 am
mistipurple Said:
my two earlier comments ended up in your bin again, lol! have a good day anyway!
March 20th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Agent 001 Said:
Well if you are taking of that Izea rank then it does not matter to me.Though I do see if you got good traffic(Alexa rank) ,feed count and comments.
March 22nd, 2008 at 7:39 am
I’m Alpha Testing SocialSpark - Zero and Up Said:
[...] is not used as a segmentation for opportunities; segmentation will be based mainly upon the RealRank [...]
March 26th, 2008 at 10:53 pm