My blog is worth $3,028, at least according to MyWebsiteWorth.com.

There are a number of sites that will calculate your blog’s apparent worth. While these may be fun, they are usually not accurate at all. They are only able to evaluate a site’s worth based on factors and information that are publicly and easily available.

Some websites offer advanced valuation tools that will ask for additional information such as earnings and possibly expenses. If you don’t mind giving these sites such information, they can give a better estimation of the value of your website that those sites that do not have any actual financial data about a website and have to guess or omit such data in their calculations.

There are also services that will, typically for a fee, have a real person examine your site and determine its probable worth. You would also need to provide them with information on your earnings and expenses too.

Of course, any of these services can only give you an estimated value, which, as noted, can vary widely in accuracy. The real value of your site is what someone else is willing to pay for it, if you were to sell it.

The blogging gurus say that sometimes you should drag out old posts and re-use them. Recycling is in, you know.

But, rather than rewriting old stuff which is still pretty much good, I figured I’d just drag out the links to some of the curiously popular posts on this blog. At least according to Google searches anyway.

“How to Attract Hot Naked Chicks” - Not really about what you think it’s about. I really thought the Hot Naked Chicks apron would have been popular, but I was wrong.

“The Long-Tail Search, or How Not to Be Such a Guy” - This is actually my most popular post. Go figure.

“Creepy Guy Seeks Swimsuit Model” - This is another favorite. It’s about giving your readers what they want.

What these posts all have in common is that they are about marketing and traffic and have pictures of scantily-clad women and guys in their underwear. You can probably guess which is the most popular. (And, if you guessed “scantily-clad women,” you can go to the back of the class because you’re wrong.)

Creepy Guy Staring in the Window

Apparently, my blog is the destination of choice for people looking for photos of creepy guys.

Wonderful.

So, to keep my readers happy, above is an image of a creepy guy staring in the window.

Creepy guy. Shirtless guy. Dirty old man.

Do I need to make creepy guy t-shirts for you people?

Seriously, what is up with that? My top searches appear to be creepy guys and naked women.

That would make an interesting calendar.

I had a post in mind earlier today, but I have subsequently forgotten it. I also have a question to answer for “ask dcr” but I’m not going to do that tonight either. I am trying to finish my eBook! You know, I thought I picked something (again!) that would be quick and easy, but the closer I get to finishing, the more stuff I add that I feel it ought to have. But, I am not going to switch gears as I have done in the past and do something else. I am going to finish this one!

So, today you will have to settle for a photo post.

Wait, isn’t today Wordless Wednesday anyway? I’ll stop writing now…

I’m a bit worried about all of you.

You know that you’ve got a fantastic resource at your fingertips, but none of you are utilizing it at all. I’m pretty sure the last person to use it was Pete, but he hasn’t used it in a while, and now he’s seeing things.

Don’t be like Pete!

You don’t want to start seeing things, because seeing things leads to hearing things, and hearing things leads to unimaginable things–things that are bad for other people, or you.

Like Michelle. The voices told her to eat a triple Whopper with cheese, and she paid for it.

And, you’ll all remember when Speedy landed himself in jail!

All these things could have possibly, maybe, probably not been prevented if they had made use of this fantastic resource I shared with you last summer! Don’t wait for something bad to happen to you!

What is this fantastic resource? Well, I can tell you that, this time around, it is not on starting your own office cleaning business! Oh, no. The astute reader will remember that I started that site last fall, so I couldn’t have shared it with you last summer!

Nor is it my post on 15 Business Ideas for starting your own business from hobbies you love or enjoy! Oh, no, dear reader. That was last October, not last summer!

The fantastic resource of which I speak is the one I unveiled last summer: Ask dcr! Send your questions to: askdcr@dcrblogs.com. Right now, only the spammers are eMailing, and they’re not asking questions! So, they are missing out too!

Don’t be stupid like a spammer! Ask a question! Maybe you’ll get an answer!

Perhaps not quite this cold, though.

But, whether you’re wanting to avoid slipping on ice or just staying out of the cold, a job you can do indoors may be for you! And, that’s why you’ll want to stay tuned to this blog right here in the future to learn about opportunities you may be able to do right from home!

And, yes, I’m scraping for things to say today. Just look at the pretty picture. Ice. Shiny. Pretty. Pretty. Pretty.

But, seriously, stay tuned!

And, look at the picture some more. Pretty. Pretty. Buy my forthcoming eBook. Pretty.

Subliminal advertising? Nah. Buy my forthcoming eBook. I wouldn’t do that to you!

Back in grade school, I remember one time we had brainstorming and problem-solving exercises. I think it was in history class, but who knows.

Anyway, outside of class, I thought up some ideas of my own. I think they were for my newsletter I was doing at the time; I had subscribers numbering perhaps under a dozen, but I wrote for an audience of hundreds. At any rate, today I remembered one of those ethical questions. I don’t know if I ever published it, but here is basically what it was…

On an island, a snake is found whose venom can cure all major diseases. Cancer, heart disease, diabetes–all cured. The venom cannot be synthesized, so the only way to produce it in quantity is to raise these snakes. The problem is that the snakes are man-eating snakes, and cannot survive on any other food source. What would you do?

Bear in mind that I came up with this in grade school. Realistically, a snake that feeds only on humans probably isn’t very likely at all. What would there be that the snake would be unable to get from wild hogs or another large mammal? And, even if it was something specific to humans, surely we could come up with a dietary supplement for the snakes. Maybe feed the snakes pigs and supplement it with whatever is needed from the human body. Maybe there would be volunteers to give blood or bone marrow or whatever it is the snakes need. But, let’s put all that aside, and go back to the grade school mentality…

What we have is a snake. It’s venom is a cure-all, but the snakes can only survive on a diet of live people. Not cadavers, live. So, the only way to keep these snakes alive would be to toss live people into their cages as food. Presumably, these snakes were discovered on a populated island, but where the people were perhaps very primitive and not in contact with the civilized world.

What would you do? Would you let the snakes go extinct, and keep samples of the venom for study, in the hopes that one day it might be synthesized? Or, do you feed the snakes convicted murderers and so forth, even though they’ll have deaths that are far from humane?

And, if you oppose feeding live people to the snakes, what if people in other countries weren’t as unwilling as you? Would you buy the cure-all venom from them if they offered it for sale? How would your decision be affected if you or a loved one were dying from something the venom could cure?

I just obliterated a spam-comment… on a blog post where I was ranting about spam comments!

While it’s true that a lot of spammers probably just use spambots to post their spam links as comments on blogs and other sites, it was mildly amusing anyway.

Let’s see, I should find a way to turn this into a substantive post…

Well, spam comments are a lot like dirt and dust. If you let them gather, and especially if you don’t have something like Akismet to block them, they can really make your blog seem unappealing and unattractive to visitors. It may make them less likely to return to your blog again.

And that’s just like what real dirt and dust can do to a bricks and mortar business. For example, have you ever walked into a local small or medium-sized business and seen a dirty, dusty countertop or display shelf like this?

That’s not very appealing, is it? If you see something like that at a local business, you might want to suggest they look into hiring an office cleaning business. Better yet, perhaps you should offer them your own office cleaning services!

Starting an office cleaning business isn’t hard, and you may already have many of the tools and supplies you’ll need to get started. You may be able to earn a good income, or at least some additional money–and who doesn’t need that these days?–with your own office cleaning business. Watch a video on office cleaning here, or read more at Office Cleaning Income dot Com.

See how I did that? I took a comment about spam and turned it into a product pitch. Bet you didn’t expect that, did you?* Nobody expects the Office Cleaning Inquisition!

And, by the way, when you do start your office cleaning business, don’t forget to ask me about a logo or business cards. I can help you with that too.

*Unless, of course, you read the whole title.

I knew none of you would know what this is.

However, MacBros did come the closest with his guess of a “rubber stamp casing.”

As I mentioned, there was some trickery involved. “It” was actually two things glued together:

They are covers for replacement ink wells for single-line self-inking rubber stamps. They keep the ink pad covered while in storage or transit, to both help keep the ink from drying out and keep everything else getting all inky.

We usually end up with leftovers of these, so it would be nice to figure out something to do with them. Maybe I can make my own USB storage devices or something.

First of all, yes, Teeni, soon the reason for my new sofa and bed will be revealed.

I predict with a reasonable level of confidence that none of you will know what this is.

In part because there is a little bit of trickery involved but, even without it, you probably still wouldn’t know.

Go ahead and guess though.

Answer tomorrow.