There has been a fascinating discussion today in the blogosphere about the value of law professor blogs.  Daniel J. Solove (George Washington) at Concurring Opinion discussed the calculator at Business Opportunities Weblog, which computes the value of blogs based on AOL’s recent purchase of Weblogs, Inc. The valuation is based on the number of links to a blog, not on the amount of traffic the blog generates.  This methodology results in these valuations of some popular law professor blogs:

• Instapundit (Glenn Reynolds (Tennessee)):  $3,826,452.12
• The Volokh Conspiracy (Eugene Volokh (UCLA) et al.):  $1,327,798.08
• ProfessorBainbridge.com (Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA)):  $750,838.20
• Balkinization (Jack Balkin (Yale) et al.):  $285,092.70
• Leiter Reports (Brian Leiter (Texas)):  $260,817.48
• Discourse.net (Michael Froomkin (Miami)):  $173,878.32
• Legal Theory Blog (Larry Solum (Illinois)):  $166,539.30
• PrawfsBlawg (Dan Markel (Florida State) et al.):  $149,603.10
• The Right Coast (Tom Smith (San Diego) et al.):  $146,215.86
• Conglomerate (Gordon Smith (Wisconsin) et al.):  $135,489.60
• Sentencing Law & Policy (Doug Berman (Ohio State):  $88,632.78
• White Collar Crime Prof Blog (Ellen Podgor (Georgia State) & Peter Henning (Wayne State)):  $59,841.24
• Ideoblog (Larry Ribstein (Illinois)):  $55,889.46

Business Opportunities Weblog values TaxProf Blog at $155,813.04.  Please contact me if you would like to acquire this blog — I would be happy to close the deal by year-end!

Here are the values of other tax blogs using this methodology:

• Jack Bog’s Blog (Jack Bogdanski (Lewis & Clark)):  $76,777.44
• Tax Policy Blog (Tax Foundation):   $40,082.34
• Benefits Blog (Janell Greiner):  $34,436.94
• Mauled Again (Jim Maule (Villanova)):  $14,113.50
• Roth & Company (Joe Kristan):  $11,855.34
• Tax Guru (Kerry Kerstetter):  $11,855.34
• Death and Taxes Blog (Joel Schoenmeyer):  $4,516.32
• Start Making Sense (Dan Shaviro (NYU)):  $4,516.32
• Everything Tax Law (Kreig Mitchell):  $1,693.62

I think I speak for the other tax bloggers in saying that we would be happy to give a discount to anyone wanting to acquire the entire tax blogosphere!