The King of Pointland

BlogShares

Yo, check dis out:

Blogs are to BlogShares what companies are to real stock markets. Like companies Blogs are valued and may be listed on the stock exchange for buying and selling shares in the blog. However, blogs have a single asset of worth in BlogShares: hyperlinks. Hyperlinks to and from other known blogs is what blogs trade upon. Their values are increased by their incoming links and they add value to other blogs by linking to them. Everything else hinges on the network of links between blogs.

This reminds me of an interesting article: "The market in Saddam futures is the latest version of what are sometimes called 'decision markets.' They’ve been around for more than a decade, and in that time their track record in forecasting events has been exceptional."

Observation: quoting from another site and then linking to it is a great way to add content to your blog without having to do much work.