Contest: Guess the blog that Jeremy is brokering

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Jeremy Wright is brokering the sale of a "big" blog, with an anticipated start bid of $40k, but he won’t say which blog. So, let’s play "Guess that blog"

Here are the hints:

  • it’s a "defining blog"
  • it has only one author
  • it’s in the top 100 blogs by all measures but Technorati
  • therefore, it’s in the top 100 blogs listed by Feedster
  • it likely isn’t a gadget blog
  • it’s quoted in newspapers weekly
  • it has won many awards
  • it has a PageRank of 7
  • it has 150,000 indexed pages on Yahoo/MSN and 60,000 on Google
  • it makes 2,000$/month (somewhat on the low side of average for a top 100)
  • it’s in need of a new design and someone who knows ads
  • it gets 1 million pageviews per month
  • the writer is somewhat intimate with Jeremy to be brokering this deal
  • Jeremy also drops some examples of blogs of the right type like Problogger or Scobelizer, probably dropping them out of possibilities, which Scoble confirms in comments below
  • and that it has the “Potential to anchor a network of blogs or sites”
  • and gives away in comments below that it is not Waxy.org

Now, that’s a lot of hints. Thanks Jeremy! Anyone want to place a guess? I have a couple guesses I’d wager on, but I don’t want to bias the projections of others.

Update: Jeremy is offering up a prize for the right guess on this one. If you are the first to get it right, he’ll give you $100 (USD) or $500 in advertising and a free copy of his book, Blog Marketing. So, now we have a contest to get this going. Post your guesses and see if you can win! It’s a sweet deal!

Update:The contest is now closed, and the winner is John Evans for guessing the Blog Herald! Congrats to Duncan and to John as well. Read more here.

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57 Responses to “Contest: Guess the blog that Jeremy is brokering”

  1. yuga says:

    My best and onyl guess would be BlogHerald. Everybody else is blogging about it except him. It must be Duncan.

  2. I agree with John Evans, it’s BlogHerald. It’s somewhat duplicative/competitive with ProBlogger, and I imagine Duncan has other things that need his attention.

  3. Arun Kumar says:

    Its already been said, but I’ll add it anyway. I also think it is The Blog Herald.

    This is the second time I’ve read someone suggesting its Jalopnik. Why? First of all, its owned by Gawker Media, and second, I highly doubt it would be for sale anytime soon, considering its one of their more popular blogs along with Gawker, Wonkette and Gizmodo.

  4. Rhys says:

    Micro Persuasion?

  5. danae says:

    We Make Money Not Art? Or is that not quoted enough in the mainstream press?

  6. colbert says:

    I’m glad that Duncan Riley now has some extra change to pay for his mortgage

  7. Loren says:

    “Search Engine Journal?”

    No sir, not for only $72K :) LOL

    All hail DuncAN!

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