Sep09 - Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs - Ranked By Traffic

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Updated on Oct 01, 2009: Welcome back to our rankings of personal finance (pf) blogs for Sep 2009 based on traffic data of Aug 2009. It's our second anniversary of these rankings. Wow! Time flies by so fast :).

It requires a lot of hard and smart work to figure among the best personal finance blogs. Heartiest congratulations to all those who made it to our list of "Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs."

As you may have noticed, there are some discrepancies in Quantcast and Compete's results. This may be due to the fact that many sites have not implemented requisite trackers and plugins (details are here). It makes sense to go through with the implementations to make this game an even playing field.

The following tables show traffic rankings of individual and group personal finance blogs respectively based on monthly traffic data (Aug 2009) from corresponding sources.

TABLE's LEGEND
» FIRE RANK: Overall Traffic Rank of a site
» BLOG: Name of the blog being ranked
» CHANGE: Change in FIRE RANK of a blog wrt previous month's position
» SITEMETER: Traffic rank based on Sitemeter's data
» QUANTCAST: Traffic rank based on Quantcast's data
» COMPETE: Traffic rank based on Compete's data
» SCORE: Average Traffic rank (Sitemeter, Quantcast, Compete)
» PAGE RANK: Google's page rank for the blog

Rankings	Methodology	Raw Traffic Data	Master List	Notes
INDIVIDUAL PF BLOGS - RANKED

Last updated on Tue Sep 29 2009 08:57 PM EDT

FIRE RANK	BLOG	CHANGE	SITEMETER	QUANTCAST	COMPETE	SCORE	PAGE RANK
1	MoneySavingMom	-	1	1	1	1.0	5
2	DealSeekingMom	2		3	2	2.5	5
3	GetRichSlowly	1		2	4	3.0	5
4	TheSimpleDollar	1	2	4	6	4.0	6
5	CouponCravings	1		8	3	5.5	5
6	MyMoneyBlog	1		6	5	5.5	3
7	CommonSenseWithMoney	2	3	7	7	5.7	4
8	BankDeals	3		5	11	8.0	4
9	FiveCentNickel	1		9	8	8.5	3
10	MoneyBlueBook	2		12	9	10.5	5
11	FreeMoneyFinance	4		10	14	12.0	5
12	TheDigeratiLife	1		13	12	12.5	2
13	CashMoneyLife	3		11	15	13.0	3
14	ChristianPF	3		14	13	13.5	3
15	MomAdvice	1		19	10	14.5	2
16	Moolanomy	2		15	18	16.5	3
17	FrugalDad	7		18	16	17.0	3
18	EngineerADebtFreeLife	3		17	17	17.0	2
19	TheDoughRoller	1		16	19	17.5	3
20	BargainBabe	15	9		28	18.5	3
21	KeepingKingdomFirst	1	8	28	22	19.3	5
22	DebtKid	3		20	20	20.0	4
23	BeingFrugal	6	5	36	25	22.0	3
24	BudgetsAre$exy	16	7		39	23.0	3
25	LazyManAndMoney	3		21	27	24.0	3
26	SavingToInvest	3		23	26	24.5	4
27	TheSun'sFinancialDiary	1		26	24	25.0	3
28	AskMrCreditCard	9	6	45		25.5	4
29	MyTwoDollars	5	10	34	33	25.7	2
30	BeingFrugalIsFabulous	1	13	37	29	26.3	3
31	ManVsDebt	8	16	29	41	28.7	5
32	BibleMoneyMatters	1		35	23	29.0	3
32	GenerationXFinance	5		22	36	29.0	3
32	MyDollarPlan	2		27	31	29.0	3
33	GatherLittleByLittle	3	11	43	35	29.7	3
34	TheFinanceBuff	7	12	33	45	30.0	3
35	MoneyMatter&MoreMusings	7		24	40	32.0	3
35	NotMadeOfMoney	13		32	32	32.0	3
36	MoneySmartLife	5		31	37	34.0	2
37	NoCreditNeeded	3	15	40	48	34.3	3
38	ExperimentsInFinance	23	4		66	35.0	3
39	PTMoney	5		30	42	36.0	3
40	MoneyUnder30	3		41	34	37.5	5
41	MoneyNing	4		38		38.0	4
42	CleverDude	22	14	56	44	38.0	3
43	ThriftyFloridaMama	28	21		56	38.5	3
44	DividendGrowthInvestor	2		25	53	39.0	3
45	IWillTeachYouToBeRich	7		58	21	39.5	3
45	PoorerThanYou	10	18		61	39.5	3
46	GoodFinancialCents	22		50	30	40.0	4
47	PunnyMoney	15	17	60	46	41.0	2
48	MyOpenWallet	1	19	48	63	43.3	3
49	BloggingAwayDebt	5		44	43	43.5	3
50	FreeFromBroke	5	22	52	57	43.7	3
50	PaidTwice	-	20	49	62	43.7	3
51	TheFrugalDuchess	7	23		65	44.0	4
52	FrugalLawStudent	11	37		54	45.5	3
53	ThePiggyBanker	1		42	52	47.0	4
54	StopBuyingCrap	7		46	50	48.0	4
55	DontMessWithTaxes	5	26	55	64	48.3	5
56	MoneyMusings	1		59	38	48.5	0
57	MillionDollarJourney	17		39	59	49.0	3
58	FIREFinance	9	29	65	55	49.7	3
59	TheHappyRock	8	24	57	69	50.0	2
60	TheWisdomJournal	5			51	51.0	3
61	MightyBargainHunter	12		54	49	51.5	3
62	MyPersonalFinanceJourney	8	33		73	53.0	3
63	FrugalUpstate	4	25		82	53.5	4
64	MrsMicah	8		47	60	53.5	3
65	ItsJustMoney	4	27		80	53.5	0
66	LittlePeopleWealth	-	30	61	71	54.0	4
67	Fine-TunedFinances	9	31		78	54.5	2
68	TightFistedMiser	6	36		75	55.5	0
69	2millionBlog	9		66	47	56.5	3
70	NoDebtPlan	17	28		86	57.0	0
71	AlmostFrugal	21			58	58.0	3
72	Studenomics	18		53	72	62.5	4
73	BloggingBanks	8	34	69	87	63.3	0
74	Pecuniarities	3	35	67	89	63.7	2
75	MoneyAndSuch	12	50	82		66.0	0
76	MoneyEnergy	6			67	67.0	0
77	LearnFinancialPlanning	23			68	68.0	4
78	HowISaveMoney	7		62	76	69.0	2
79	ZenPersonalFinance	New	45	74	91	70.0	5
80	MillionaireMommyNextDoor	9			70	70.0	4
81	Neville'sFinancialBlog	7		63	77	70.0	3
82	SenseToSave	3	52		90	71.0	2
83	Caveman'sFinJourney	3	42	75	104	73.7	2
84	MyWealthBuilder	New			74	74.0	3
85	TheWanderingTaxPro	New	41		108	74.5	5
86	DinksFinance	5		64	88	76.0	4
87	RichCreditDebtLoan	1	58	68	102	76.0	0
88	TheBaglady	New	47		106	76.5	0
89	FrugalHomemakerPlus	New		77		77.0	4
90	OneFrugalGirl	New	43	73	115	77.0	2
91	Mapgirl’sFiscalChallenge	8	38	70	124	77.3	5
92	UltimateMoneyBlog	10	40		117	78.5	0
93	DebtHater	New		79		79.0	3
94	Becoming&StayingDebtFree	New	55	81	101	79.0	0
94	GettingFinancesDone	New	49		109	79.0	0
94	LiveLearnInvest	6			79	79.0	0
95	MasterYourCard	New			81	81.0	3
96	MyFinancialJourney	1	32		133	82.5	0
97	My1stMillionAt33	2			83	83.0	3
98	TravelGuideForYourFinance	New			84	84.0	1
99	AroundTheSun	15			85	85.0	5
100	MakeLoveNotDebt	New		78	93	85.5	3

GROUP PF BLOGS - RANKED

Last updated on Wed Sep 30 2009 10:03 PM EDT

FIRE RANK	BLOG	CHANGE	SITEMETER	QUANTCAST	COMPETE	SCORE	PAGE RANK
1	WiseBread	-	1	1	1	1.0	4
2	BluePrintForFinancialPros	New		3	2	2.5	3
3	ConsumerismCommentary	1		4	3	3.5	5
4	FourPillars	3		2	5	3.5	3
5	DebtFree	1	4			4.0	4
6	AllFinancialMaters	3		5	4	4.5	5
7	AmericanBankingNews	New	2		8	5.0	0
8	Queercents	2	3	6	7	5.3	3
9	CreditBloggers	4		7	6	6.5	6
10	TheDiv-Net	2	5	9	11	8.3	0
11	AmericanConsumerNews	2			9	9.0	3
12	SmartMoneyDaily	2		8	10	9.0	0

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