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The LATEST RANKINGS are available HERE.
Updated on Feb 26, 2009: Welcome back to our rankings of personal finance (pf) blogs for February 2009 based on traffic data of January 2009. The following tables show traffic rankings of individual and group personal finance blogs respectively based on monthly traffic data (Jan 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
» 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 Sun Feb 15 2009 10:47 AM EST
| FIRE RANK | BLOG | CHANGE | SITEMETER | QUANTCAST | COMPETE | SCORE | PAGE RANK |
| 1 | GetRichSlowly | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 5 |
| 2 | MoneySavingMom | ↑1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 3 | TheSimpleDollar | ↓1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.7 | 6 |
| 4 | FiveCentNickel | ↑4 | 4 | 6 | 5.0 | 5 | |
| 5 | BluePrintForFinancialPros | - | 6 | 4 | 5.0 | 2 | |
| 6 | FreeMoneyFinance | ↑5 | 7 | 9 | 8.0 | 6 | |
| 6 | MyMoneyBlog | - | 11 | 5 | 8.0 | 6 | |
| 7 | BankDeals | ↓3 | 5 | 11 | 8.0 | 3 | |
| 8 | MoneyBlueBook | ↑4 | 8 | 10 | 9.0 | 5 | |
| 9 | CouponCravings | ↑3 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 9.3 | 4 |
| 10 | MomAdvice | ↓3 | 12 | 7 | 9.5 | 4 | |
| 11 | CommonSenseWithMoney | ↓2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11.0 | 5 |
| 12 | CashMoneyLife | ↑5 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 11.3 | 3 |
| 13 | TheDigeratiLife | ↑10 | 10 | 13 | 11.5 | 2 | |
| 14 | MoneySmartLife | ↑2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 12.7 | 2 |
| 15 | SavingToInvest | ↑18 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 16.3 | 6 |
| 16 | BeingFrugal | ↓1 | 9 | 24 | 18 | 17.0 | 3 |
| 17 | FrugalDad | ↓4 | 8 | 30 | 17 | 18.3 | 3 |
| 18 | MyDollarPlan | ↑1 | 18 | 19 | 18.5 | 3 | |
| 19 | TheSun'sFinancialDiary | ↑22 | 17 | 21 | 19.0 | 3 | |
| 20 | GenerationXFinance | ↑1 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 20.0 | 3 |
| 21 | NoCreditNeeded | ↓7 | 14 | 23 | 26 | 21.0 | 5 |
| 22 | MyTwoDollars | ↑10 | 12 | 32 | 22 | 22.0 | 4 |
| 23 | ChristianPF | ↓5 | 20 | 24 | 22.0 | 3 | |
| 24 | BibleMoneyMatters | ↑3 | 10 | 35 | 25 | 23.3 | 5 |
| 25 | PTMoney | ↑17 | 22 | 22 | 32 | 25.3 | 4 |
| 26 | LazyManAndMoney | ↓4 | 16 | 27 | 35 | 26.0 | 3 |
| 27 | TheDoughRoller | ↑3 | 28 | 27 | 27.5 | 3 | |
| 28 | MoneyNing | ↓2 | 19 | 31 | 37 | 29.0 | 4 |
| 29 | AskMrCreditCard | ↑3 | 17 | 42 | 29.5 | 4 | |
| 30 | DebtKid | ↑34 | 40 | 20 | 30.0 | 4 | |
| 31 | IWillTeachYouToBeRich | ↓11 | 48 | 12 | 30.0 | 3 | |
| 32 | NotMadeOfMoney | ↓22 | 21 | 36 | 34 | 30.3 | 3 |
| 33 | MoneyCrashers | ↑19 | 21 | 40 | 30.5 | 3 | |
| 34 | PaidTwice | ↓6 | 20 | 39 | 38 | 32.3 | 3 |
| 35 | GatherLittleByLittle | ↑6 | 18 | 50 | 30 | 32.7 | 3 |
| 36 | MoneyMatter&MoreMusings | ↓11 | 25 | 45 | 35.0 | 3 | |
| 37 | MoneyUnder30 | ↑51 | 41 | 33 | 37.0 | 5 | |
| 38 | FrugalUpstate | ↓9 | 29 | 46 | 36 | 37.0 | 4 |
| 39 | ThriftyFloridaMama | ↑15 | 31 | 26 | 55 | 37.3 | 3 |
| 40 | DividendGrowthInvestor | - | 34 | 41 | 37.5 | 2 | |
| 41 | TheFinanceBuff | ↑6 | 28 | 29 | 59 | 38.7 | 4 |
| 42 | FreeFromBroke | ↑6 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 39.0 | 2 |
| 43 | BloggingAwayDebt | ↓7 | 37 | 43 | 40.0 | 3 | |
| 44 | DontMessWithTaxes | ↓6 | 30 | 44 | 49 | 41.0 | 5 |
| 45 | MoneyMusings | ↑21 | 52 | 31 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| 46 | SingleGuyMoney | ↑5 | 42 | 42.0 | 4 | ||
| 47 | MillionDollarJourney | ↑5 | 33 | 52 | 42.5 | 3 | |
| 48 | LearnFinancialPlanning | New | 44 | 44.0 | 3 | ||
| 49 | MyOpenWallet | ↑7 | 26 | 43 | 64 | 44.3 | 3 |
| 50 | MrsMicah | ↓7 | 45 | 46 | 45.5 | 2 | |
| 51 | BeingFrugalIsFabulous | ↓20 | 27 | 60 | 56 | 47.7 | 0 |
| 52 | CleverDude | ↓6 | 24 | 70 | 50 | 48.0 | 3 |
| 53 | FrugalLawStudent | ↓3 | 23 | 68 | 54 | 48.3 | 3 |
| 54 | StopBuyingCrap | ↑8 | 49 | 48 | 48.5 | 5 | |
| 55 | FIREFinance | ↑15 | 40 | 58 | 51 | 49.7 | 4 |
| 56 | SenseToSave | ↓12 | 37 | 53 | 60 | 50.0 | 2 |
| 57 | PunnyMoney | ↑3 | 33 | 64 | 57 | 51.3 | 2 |
| 58 | TheFrugalDuchess | ↓24 | 35 | 71 | 53.0 | 5 | |
| 59 | TheHappyRock | ↓6 | 41 | 57 | 62 | 53.3 | 4 |
| 60 | MyPersonalFinanceJourney | ↑11 | 36 | 69 | 58 | 54.3 | 3 |
| 61 | ExperimentsInFinance | ↓24 | 15 | 85 | 67 | 55.7 | 3 |
| 61 | NoDebtPlan | ↑7 | 43 | 59 | 65 | 55.7 | 3 |
| 62 | MightyBargainHunter | ↓17 | 71 | 42 | 56.5 | 3 | |
| 63 | KeepingKingdomFirst | ↓28 | 25 | 110 | 39 | 58.0 | 4 |
| 64 | GiveMeBackMyFiveBucks | ↓25 | 34 | 47 | 96 | 59.0 | 3 |
| 65 | HowISaveMoney | ↓8 | 55 | 66 | 60.5 | 2 | |
| 66 | TightFistedMiser | ↑12 | 46 | 73 | 68 | 62.3 | 2 |
| 67 | WellHeeled | ↓4 | 63 | 63.0 | 5 | ||
| 68 | PoorerThanYou | ↑1 | 47 | 79 | 63 | 63.0 | 2 |
| 69 | ItsJustMoney | ↓28 | 38 | 54 | 99 | 63.7 | 3 |
| 70 | GoodFinancialCents | New | 49 | 81 | 65.0 | 3 | |
| 71 | Neville'sFinancialBlog | ↓12 | 56 | 75 | 65.5 | 3 | |
| 72 | EngineerADebtFreeLife | ↓7 | 62 | 70 | 66.0 | 3 | |
| 73 | TheBaglady | ↓6 | 52 | 82 | 67.0 | 2 | |
| 74 | YetAnotherBlogAboutMoney | ↑15 | 68 | 68.0 | 4 | ||
| 75 | AlmostFrugal | ↓14 | 87 | 53 | 70.0 | 4 | |
| 76 | Moolanomy | ↓52 | 117 | 23 | 70.0 | 3 | |
| 77 | 2millionBlog | ↓5 | 72 | 69 | 70.5 | 3 | |
| 78 | LittlePeopleWealth | ↑15 | 67 | 77 | 72.0 | 3 | |
| 79 | MillionaireMommyNextDoor | New | 73 | 73.0 | 4 | ||
| 80 | DinksFinance | ↑11 | 61 | 89 | 75.0 | 6 | |
| 81 | TheFinanceJourney | New | 56 | 66 | 103 | 75.0 | 0 |
| 82 | MyInvestingBlog | ↑4 | 80 | 72 | 76.0 | 2 | |
| 83 | BluntMoney | New | 76 | 78 | 77.0 | 3 | |
| 83 | TheFinancialBlogger | ↓2 | 78 | 76 | 77.0 | 3 | |
| 84 | BankBonuses | ↓1 | 57 | 90 | 84 | 77.0 | 0 |
| 85 | MyFinancialJourney | ↓6 | 45 | 93 | 94 | 77.3 | 2 |
| 86 | BudgetsAre$exy | ↓28 | 39 | 118 | 79 | 78.7 | 0 |
| 87 | EnglishMajorMoney | ↓3 | 59 | 99 | 79.0 | 2 | |
| 88 | TiredButHappy | ↓13 | 61 | 98 | 79.5 | 2 | |
| 89 | TheWanderingTaxPro | ↓34 | 44 | 104 | 91 | 79.7 | 5 |
| 90 | ZenPersonalFinance | ↓14 | 51 | 81 | 108 | 80.0 | 5 |
| 91 | ThePiggyBanker | New | 77 | 83 | 80.0 | 4 | |
| 92 | My1stMillionAt33 | ↓18 | 80 | 80.0 | 3 | ||
| 93 | GettingFinancesDone | New | 48 | 65 | 128 | 80.3 | 0 |
| 94 | MakeLoveNotDebt | New | 74 | 88 | 81.0 | 5 | |
| 95 | Mapgirl’sFiscalChallenge | ↓8 | 54 | 88 | 111 | 84.3 | 2 |
| 96 | AroundTheSun | New | 85 | 85.0 | 4 | ||
| 96 | DebtFreeRevolution | ↑3 | 83 | 87 | 85.0 | 4 | |
| 97 | MyRetirementBlog | New | 84 | 86 | 85.0 | 0 | |
| 98 | OneFrugalGirl | ↓18 | 58 | 91 | 107 | 85.3 | 3 |
| 99 | FrugalHomemakerPlus | New | 86 | 86.0 | 4 | ||
| 100 | RealmOfProsperity | ↓4 | 77 | 95 | 86.0 | 2 | |
| GROUP PF BLOGS - RANKED |
Last updated on Wed Feb 25 2009 03:00 PM EST
| FIRE RANK | BLOG | CHANGE | SITEMETER | QUANTCAST | COMPETE | SCORE | PAGE RANK |
| 1 | WiseBread | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 |
| 2 | PersonalFinanceAdvice | - | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | ||
| 3 | ConsumerismCommentary | - | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 6 | |
| 4 | AllFinancialMaters | - | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 5 | |
| 5 | FourPillars | ↑1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4.3 | 2 |
| 6 | Queercents | ↓1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 7 | SoundMoneyTips | - | 8 | 4 | 6.0 | 4 | |
| 8 | DebtFree | New | 4 | 9 | 6.5 | 3 | |
| 9 | AmericanConsumerNews | ↑1 | 10 | 5 | 7.5 | 3 | |
| 10 | SmartMoneyDaily | ↓1 | 7 | 8 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| 11 | TheDiv-Net | - | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8.7 | 3 |
| 12 | CreditBloggers | ↓4 | 12 | 9 | 10.5 | 4 | |