A few weeks ago, I was invited to preview the new Izea Ranks system, which I happily did. As of today, Izea Rank is available to all bloggers, not just those working with PayPerPost / Izea, and bloggers can now view their real rank and the ranks of other blogs in the system.

RealRank is the first site ranking service that focuses exclusively on measuring the traffic and influence of individual blogs throughout the blogosphere. RealRank aims to replace historically unreliable influence indicators such as Google PageRank, Alexa and Comscore by providing more accurate statistical data collected directly from the source.

Some bloggers, myself included, wonder how accurate the numbers are just set, since some of the metrics being shown seem off a bit. I’m sure there will be system tweaks in the weeks to come, and I’m confident that this new Izea product will serve to provide accurate states for bloggers.