I started a blog in December, and my website received a page rank 4 after 1 month. Fresh content, custom logo. Around 500 uniques a month without much advertising. I'm back in school, last semester of senior year and I think I should just let the blog go. I also got a few websites to finish programming (around 5 projects/products). Should I go ahead and sell?
I think you should hold on to it until you finish school and promote it heavily then. Thats just what I would do.
Well, yeah thats the thing. I'm "blown out" almost. I'd say around 30 posts on the site already. I'm also trying to get a new laptop and start my freelance business like I want. Not really into writing any more. If you get the picture.
Agreed with Pixel T. Keep it going until school is finished, promote it heavily, then sell it. Or you could sell it for some quick cash and get a jump start on the other projects. If they possibly will have the same effect as this blog, is it worth it?
I don't think I have a head for it atm, last semester is the most important to me education wise and if I defocus on the website now, it'll lose visitors for inactivity. One thing I learned in 2008 is not to let a blog die out too fast and stop posting for a long time. I also learned that good seo can get a PR4 blog in 1 month without any blackhat methods. I think I can get a good price for it.
I guess it depends on the price you get for it and if you value your education more. but me I would build up the blog a little more then sell or create something new with it or use it for cross promotions
Either sell it now, Or let it sit. If its got quality links it wont drop much juice, if it does at all. i let my site sit for a year and it didn't move. You may be burnt out now, but one day you'll feel like messin with it.
Well try sell it and see what kind of price you can get for it and then decide what your best option is.
You should be holding on it to it because it would give you big money when the right time comes. What is the url?
From what i can understand you made a site it has gotten a PR4 after the update and is getting some traffic. I would reccomend that you sell it. If you dont have time for the site anymore and cant be botherd with it then why keep it? If the traffic is coming from forums and other blogs then sell it, because it most likly will dry up in a few weeks.But If the traffic is coming from Search engines then its most likely to keep coming so dont bother selling it. maybe post a new blog post each weekend and just how much traffic is coming be June!
What topic is the blog on? It makes a lot of difference to what it's worth. I can usually pick up a PR for about $100, you need to have some kind of added extra. Blog reader usually drop off after blogs change hands.
PR4 after a month is very nice.. this is good job, I think you should keep it and try to sell some links
I would sell if the content isn't timeless. If you think the content is worthless a year down the line, then I would try and sell it. If however you get a lot of Search traffic at the moment, then I would maybe try a little optimization for the keywords that are currently driving traffic to your site. Overall stop the writing, and if you have content that will last, leave it for a bit and optimize a little. You have the advantage that you have a good site to link to your other projects to give them a good head-start. The advantages of having an established website are supremely high, and if you don't have one already, keep this one.
Well the most important points are income and traffic, if both of them are good, and you think that it will make you profit by selling the site, then go ahead
It is better to let it go than just let it dwindle and die. If you think you are about to do the former, then you might as well go ahead and sell it. It sounds like you have it to a point where it could bring a decent amount.
It actually depends. If you are really into the subject, then you will defiantly come back later to finish the blog. Its its something you really could care less about, then sell it now. I had a problem when I sold a site that I loved and spend a lot of time on that now I regret my decision. So Im starting to build a similar website. Also, I would suggest you just let it sit there until you finish with school. Even if your blog drops a PR or so, if you could get 4 in a month then I'm sure you can get all of the "juice" back in no time. Good luck
500 uniques per month = less than 20 per day I assume minimal or non-existent revenue... So you probably wont get more than $200 for the website. It probably makes more sense to keep promoting it and attempt to start making some revenue.