[iamelgringo]

Hmmm... so, AOL paid $850 M for 3.5 million visits a month. That means that they're paying about $250 a user.

At the same valuation per user, that values Facebook at a paltry $ 7 billion.

Another thought... if users are worth $250 a piece, maybe my blog that has 100 readers a month might actually be worth $25,000! Anyone wanna buy it? :)

[xirium]

This type of valuation has been mentioned before ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=121206 ).

Yahoo purchased GeoCities for US$1100 per user. Microsoft purchased a stake of Facebook for US$300 per user. So, AOL buying Bebo for US$250 per user is a relative bargain.

Regarding your blog, its only worth US$25000 if you can sell it. Otherwise it is worth nothing.

[aston]

>> Microsoft purchased a stake of Facebook for US$300 per user and an exclusive advertising deal.

fix'd.

[ojbyrne]

That's US visitors. They're based in the UK and that's where they've been most successful. Techcrunch says 22 million uniques.

[aneesh]

Want to pay me $249 to read your blog? :)

On a more serious note, the average facebook user spends more time on facebook (and views more pages, ads, etc) than the average reader spends on your blog.