Creating Powerful Friends: Samurai’s Alexa Ranking Challenge
The Yakezie Challenge
There’s a fun hypothesis saying that you are the average of the closest five people around you. I believe this to be true, do you? What’s interesting about the blogosphere community is that anybody with enough intention can start a website. Some are interesting, some are not, but regardless we can all compete with the ProBloggers and the Huffington Posts of the web in our own niche way!
Alexa is a dynamic website ranking and information company owned by Amazon, which has over 40 million users world wide. The tool bar is free, and easy to download. The Yakezie Alexa Ranking Challenge is straight forward. If you’re outside of the top 200,000, get in the top 200,000 within 6 months. I can’t even name 100 sites, let alone 199,999 sites. Can you? If you’re already in the top 200,000, get in the top 100,000. And if you’re already in the top 100,000, get in the top 50,000.
There are some who poo poo the Alexa ranking system, and I recognize their two main arguments: 1) The system only tracks visitors who have the Alexa Toolbar installed, and 2) There are cases where some websites with bazillions of users have a worse ranking than sites with less users. We don’t know why, because we don’t fully know what goes into the calculations. It may be because readers don’t visit and just read off their RSS. That said, the Alexa ranking system continues to grow, and is the best system we got. At least 40 million webmasters around the world think so, and there has to be something to it if Google, Facebook, Yahoo and YouTube are ranked #1, #2, #3, and #4, respectively.
Since starting this site, I’ve been rejected as a guest poster, didn’t even get responded to, let alone make it as one of the 7 finalists for one site’s staff writer tryouts, denied admission to a personal finance blog network, and even got my first carnival submission rejected. But through all the rejections, I took comfort in my friend, Alexa, who is always by my side motivating me to keep going. I’m sure many of you have been rejected as well. Here’s your chance to create our own network of powerful friends by joining in on the challenge!
BENEFITS OF BEING IN THE TOP 200,000
* You’re on page 1 of Wise Bread’s Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs ranking. I’ve heard some publishers in the Top 100 don’t even bother to associate with others outside page 1. Oh, the snobbery! But seriously, if you’re on page one, opportunities start coming to you, because this list has become the default ranking in the community, and the default ranking in the community uses Alexa. Remember the 80/20 rule. There are 440+ on the list now and I’m sure it’ll just continue to grow. The bigger the list grows, the harder it will be to reach the Top 100.
* Motivation. Unless you’ve got an established blog already, writing gets very lonely and discouraging sometimes when not many people come to visit. You might say you are writing for yourself and don’t care, but if that’s the case, why make your writing public? Witnessing progress is fun!
* If you love books, you’ll get approached by authors and publicists looking to send you tons of free books to review and giveaway. You may even get a catalog of a publisher’s entire library of books from which you can choose from. In fact, you will have opportunities to sample many free products if you so choose. You know how movie stars get all those goodie bags of stuff to sample at the Oscars even though they’re already rich and don’t need more free stuff? It’s kinda like that, a virtuous cycle of people who provide mutual benefits. If you someday wish to write a book, you now have direct access to the very people who reject hundreds of authors everyday!
* Advertisers will flock to you, and ask you to pimp things you’ve never heard of. Some of them, could be gems, but many will be junk traps. The Top 100,000 ranked sites on Alexa (top 0.25%) earn 72% of all revenue, hence you can potentially earn a good amount of lunch money from your site over time. I have been very disinterested in advertising over the past the past six months, but I’ve recently had an “a-ha” moment which I will share with you this weekend.
Update: All advertising proceeds after operating costs will be donated to charity.
* Other big sites who never bother responding to you, suddenly take notice and give you the time of day. Those comments you leave asking for feedback or help actually get addressed. Cut them some slack though, because I’m sure they get inundated. You can also join plenty of “exclusive” networks if you wish.
* If you want to earn a partial living as a staff writer, you have a much higher chance of getting accepted. Furthermore guest posting and having others guest post on your site will be easier.
* You cultivate a competitive edge, get inspired and appreciate those who are way up the rankings. I used to think watching golf on TV was extremely boring. After I began hacking it up on my own, I now find watching golf extremely fascinating! Same thing with a website. You truly start to appreciate the marketing geniuses of some bloggers out there, and therefore strive to better yourself.
* Girls or guys, depending on your sex and preference, will love you when you say you have a “top” website at the bars. For a brief moment, you can escape your mundane day job and pretend you are someone really important. You could try saying, “Hi there good looking, I am the the CEO & Editor of X, America’s #1 personal finance site” for example, and you’ll immediately be whisked away into la la land.
TIPS ON BREACHING ALEXA TOP 200,000 (Please share more if you have any!)
* Badge & Toolbar. Download and install the Alexa toolbar and put the badge on your site. The Alexa toolbar is fascinating because it shows you so much detail about other sites you visit. The badge will naturally peak interest as well. The ranking is dynamic, and motivating.
* Content. Nothing else really matters, and that includes doing all that SEO stuff. I had no idea what a site-map was, or what SEO (Search Engine Optimization) even stood for the first 4 months. If you write something you feel strongly about, you’ll do great. Try and write with a thesis. Whether you are right or wrong is besides the point. What’s more important is to get readers thinking about the topic at hand. Write what you know, too, because if you try to fake it, people can tell.
* Content Length. Did you know that the average person spends just 7 seconds on a resume? The point is that people have short attention spans, and if you write in huge paragraphs, with no breaks in the post for categories, you’ll likely lose readers. After the 1,300th word, people’s eyes start glazing over, unless it’s superbly written. This post violates this rule with 1,650 words, so I need to practice!
* Personality. Realize that you can’t please everybody all the time. If you write with no thesis, no conclusion, no personal spin, then what’s really the point? The great thing about the internet is that the market place is so huge, if our friends in America aren’t stopping by, maybe our friends from Australia will!
* Frequency. If you can post 2-4 times a week, that’s good enough! You can try posting everyday, but you increase your chances of burn out, and you’re not getting maximum exposure for the articles you’ve written. Notice how comments fade from your post after a new one comes, even though the older article is only a day or two old. Instead, use the days off to visit other sites, comment, build relationships and let your articles percolate.
* Branding. Get an image that one can easily recognize as you. Go to Gravatar.com, and use that image in many things you do. There are a lot of Davids, Johns, and Jims in the community. Instead, sign off as a variation of your site, or your site itself because nobody has a monopoly on your common name, and you may confuse others.
* Read & Comment. Actually read an entire post and get the concept. If the post is too boring, skip it, but if it’s interesting enough, share your thoughts. Comments inspire writers, because it shows that someone is listening. There will be reciprocity.
* Twitter. Twitter is probably the best micro-blogging tool out there, which I don’t do enough because it’s off during the day. I’m amazed how some have thousands of followers, and can also follow hundreds of people as well. Make sure you have a widget that will allow others to retweet your content easily.
* Guest Post. I’ve only done only one guest post, and that was with Wise Bread six months ago. I would have done another, but my second guest post got rejected because it was deemed too controversial. Surprise! Since then, I haven’t guest post for another site and have diverted all my attention here. The rejected article hasn’t been published here just in case you’re wondering, but it will. If you can write quality content on bigger blogs, while producing quality content on your own site, that’s probably the best way to go.
Update: The rejected article is now up: “How To Get Your Super Motivated Boyfriend (SMB) To Marry You”
* Promote Others. If you’re scraping the bottom of the barrel in the rankings, be selfless and promote others relentlessly. Even if you are doing OK for yourself, promote others freely. That includes re-tweeting and highlighting other articles on your own site. The higher ranked sites will be appreciative and eventually return the favor.
* Don’t Think About Making Money. Because it will likely take a year or so if you’re lucky to earn over $1,000/month from your blog, the money you receive may demotivate you. As soon as you start writing for money, you start losing your soul and it’s not as fun. Write what you want to write, and the money will come.
CONCLUSION
If you just focus on two things, focus on content and promoting others. We’ve taken the initiative to start something on our own, so we might as well give it our best shot. Like all ventures, it’s not easy maintaining the intensity and team effort goes a long way. If we’re all in the top 200,000 by summer, we’ll be quite an influential bunch! Just think about all the things we can do.
Once you break your particular Alexa benchmark, you can officially call yourself a Yakezie (pronounced yah-KAY-zee, and not to be confused with Yakuza). Fail to achieve your goal in six months and you don’t have to chop off your pinky! Who’s in?
TO JOIN THE YAKEZIE ALEXA RANKING CHALLENGE
1) Install the Alexa toolbar if not already and comment what your current Alexa ranking is, so we can keep track.
2) Write consistently 2-4 times a week.
3) Install the Yakezie badge.
4) Announce on your blog that you have joined the challenge.
5) Selflessly promote others.
6) Stay committed! Quitters are not desired in this challenge.
* Feel free to contact my trusty Shinpan contact@saveeveryway.com to join the Yakezie Google Groups if you wish.
We’ll revisit this post right after the 4th of July and see how far we’ve come!
One Month Update: Progress Through Adversity
Keiju,
Sam @ Financial Samurai – “Slicing Through Money’s Mysteries”
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@anastasia
Hi Anastasia – Sure welcome to join! Just install the Alexa Tool bar, let us know your current Alexa rank and away you go! Thanks for stopping by!
@Kyle C.
You bet Kyle. Welcome aboard! Let us know what your Alexa rank is, and if you get a chance to let Daniel-san know at Sweating The Big Stuff.
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Are you still taking joiners? :) I’m in!
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admin Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Hi WH! Yes, welcome aboard. Just realized I never responded here. Please check out the bottom of the post for the latest. Looking forward to your success!
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my rank is a mind blowing 19,613,543 :-)))
I wondered if those who joined the challenge would/could/want help eachother in improving their ranks?:-)))
anastasia´s last blog ..Trolley Psychology in the Supermakret
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@WellHeeled
Sure, welcome aboard! Read the post, support each other, state here what your current rank is, let Daniel-San at Sweating the Big Stuff know you’re joining, and let folks know!
@anastasia
Nice, nothing but upside! If you selflessly promote others, you will be rewarded eventually, I guarantee it.
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well, that’ s an interesting one – I kinda think – what’s the value in me promoting someone if so few people will hear it? like – I would love to interview people, to put their stories onto my blog, help others – but – who would be interested? and why?!
Anastasia´s last blog ..The Week is Nearly Over!
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admin Reply:
February 1st, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Anastasia – The idea is that even if you are small, and you consciously promote others by link backs (let them know if you don’t have a trackback), tweeting, or whatever, they will eventually take notice and help you out.
If you don’t change your thought process, i’m not sure you will be able to succeed.
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You know, I got excited about this and downloaded the toolbar – but not sure if I actually proclaimed my participation.
I’m in!
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Sam! I just wanted to say thanks….since I joined your challenge not quite two weeks ago, I’ve gone from 1,728,000 to 922,985. It’s a long way from 200k, but it is certainly screaming along the right track and I couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you!
Tracy´s last blog ..Are You Happy? What’s Your Impact? Take The Test!
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admin Reply:
February 3rd, 2010 at 10:27 pm
Tracy – Great job! That’s a huge increase in just a couple weeks! Now that’s motivating! Well done!
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I think I’m dead last in Alexa ranking…4,778,995. I just started blogging AND getting control of our finances so I’m hoping to break into the under 4 million ranks by July!
Thanks for the post…I had never even heard of Alexa before.
sahmCFO´s last blog ..Should we Consolidate our Debt?
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admin Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
SahmCFO – Sounds good mate. Just install the toolbar, and the badge, and i’m sure you will break 1 million in 6 months!
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JoeTaxpayer Reply:
March 31st, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Already below 250K. You are 6th in most improved.
At present I am least improved. There’s time.
JoeTaxpayer´s last blog ..A Living Large Roundup
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Sounds good, my friend. Count me in. My Alexa ranking is currently 568,058, so I guess I’ll be shooting to get it under 200,000 (tough, but doable; I was at 700,000+ when I first starting checking my Alexa ranking a few month ago, so if I can keep up the pace, I should clear 200,000 easily). Anyway, good luck to you, my friend, along with everyone else who is participating; I’ll do what I can to promote the heck out of all of you :D
Roger´s last blog ..What the Heck is a Sin Tax?
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Count me in:
The start was: 433,000
Last week was: 425,121
This week is: 419, 763
But you know, the toolbar doesn’t work for Chrome.
Money Funk´s last blog ..Menu Plan Monday
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admin Reply:
February 5th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Ah, hmmm… that’s too bad the toolbar doesn’t work for Chrome. You may not be able to progress as quick unfortunately. But, that’s just a thesis. You can stick with Chrome, or have another browser like Firefox or IE as well with the toolbar installed. Let Daniel-San at Sweating The Big Stuff know so he can add you to the list.
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I’m excited about this challenge for my site and I’ll be working hard to help others with it too.
2/7/2010: 551,369
Elle´s last blog ..Tax Q&A: Can I Get My Tax Credit Now if I Buy My House in 2010?
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@Elle
Sounds great Elle! You have always been so helpful, and I’m sure you’ll do great. I would love to help you out too.
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Is this for personal finance blogs only? I just started my blog a few days ago and found out about this. Can I join? I got my first Alexa ranking today: 10,558,931. I’m starting fresh and building as I go. No twitter followers, no readers, no nothing. I think it would be great to see how I do in comparison.
diyworkouts´s last blog ..How Darrick Beat the Odds (and His Genes)
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I also wanted to say that if you want to exchange guest posts, I’m all for it! :)
Mrs. Money´s last blog ..How Does Redbox Make Money?
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Wow FS, you just passed Frugal Dad in the Alexa rankings (his blog is the one that got me hooking reading pf blogs in the first place).
You’ve come very far in such a short time! Very impressive!
I wonder if you’re going to create your own “WiseBread Top pf bloggers” equivalent with this challenge? Your rank of members will continue to swell :)
Just for the record, I’m having a blast with this!
Thanks for creating it!
Money Reasons´s last blog ..Stop Waiting For Magical Moments To Happen
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@Mrs. Money
Thanks for the offer Mrs. Money! I’ve been very gun shy every since my “How To Get Your Super Motivated Boyfriend To Marry You” post got rejected 4 months ago. I spent a good many hours typing it up and editing it believe it or not, and I think I’ve been scarred for life! lol. Will revisit in 6 months!
@Money Reasons
Whoo hoo! Can’t believe I moved up one spot in the WB rankings :) Dang, that took a looooong time. Gonna be brutal getting to 50,000, but that’s the whole point of the challenge, so we can all support each other.
I might create a list, but Daniel-san is doing a good job. Maybe a different iteration! I have no programing skills though unfortunately.
Glad you’re having a blast! Me too.
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how can I help? I only have 50 RSS subscribers and 260 twitter followers so may be there is something else I can do to promote others?
Anastasia´s last blog ..344 Tips to Help You Save from All Over the Internet
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Oh, I just wanted to mention: me and PTMoney have set up an international personal finance carnival that will first go-live on the 1st of March – so if any of international bloggers want to submit their post – please do so!
I would in particular encourage non-US PT bloggers as they seem to be in the minority:-)
http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_9365.html
Anastasia´s last blog ..344 Tips to Help You Save from All Over the Internet
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Okay, I want in on this — put me down for the aiming-to-break-200,000 group!
RainyDaySaver´s last blog ..Things I’d Like to See Invented
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admin Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Welcome aboard, and looking forward to your initiatives! You’re always one of the latest people up on Twitter from the east coast, so thanks for keeping me entertained when everybody else is sleeping!
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I got one for you, my site went from 8,500,000 to 52,000 and one month average is just under 40,000. Crazy really cause all I do is write as much as I can and talk to as many people as I can, which for some reason Alexa likes!
I would love to know how accurate it is though
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admin Reply:
February 17th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
TheInfoPreneur – Sounds good man. Did you just work a lot of nights to pump out all those articles in 3 months? I just post about 3-4 times a week, so 2/5 as much as your volume. I’m surprised you aren’t making much money. Maybe it’s the genre you are in?
In Personal Finance, it seems once you crack 200,000, and better yet 100,000… the business offers start really coming in. I don’t see any reason why someone can’t make $1,000/month being in the top 100,000.. and this is coming from someone who isn’t writing for money. It just comes, and is a side perk if you will.
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Okay, I’m in at 239k. I guess a fair goal is <100k, rather than 200k, since that's pretty close. My primary motivation is getting onto the first page of wisebread. (Incidentally, I'm all in favor of starting a different list. Preferably using metrics where I WILL be on page 1, hehe.)
Unfortunately, my OS is old, so I'm stuck with the FF2.0, so no toolbar for me. I did install the alexa widget though. I get conflicting opinions on whether that actually works or not. In principle, it should give alexa the possibility of some tracking. OTOH maybe alexa only counts toolbar users.
Early Retirement Extreme´s last blog ..Promotion versus production
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@ Early Retirement Extreme
Hi ERE – What about just upgrading to a new OS? Without the toolbar, any place you visit gets little to no credit. Let us know if can upgrade your OS because the toolbar is a prereq!
As for breaching 100K, not sure if that’s a good idea for you and your frugal lifestyle! How are you going to deal with being approached by many wanting to give you money hand over fist?
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@ admin
I like money. Just because I get it, there’s no need to spend, right? ;-)
I installed the SearchStatus addon on firefox which queries alexa for each site’s rank, so I’m thinking it should have the same effect as the toolbar; it shows alexa that the site was just visited.
Early Retirement Extreme´s last blog ..Your budget is like a leaking ship
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admin Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
Indeed. Although, I would argue that if you like money, you wouldn’t have retired so early! :)
Sounds good. Look forward in your involvement in the challenge and seeing you around our respective member’s sites.
admin´s last blog ..Samurai’s Alexa Ranking Challenge Update: Progress Through Adversity
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Samurai I’d love to participate too, I’ll let Daniel know, congrats on your success as well. My alexa has been doing even better over the last few months probably because all of my peeps are now rocking the Alexa Toolbar as well. I’m currently at:
129,609 and I’m going to set the ambitious goal of 50,000 in the next year. Yeah that’s right I’m going for it.
I’ll promote the best I can, and anyone reading be sure to submit your posts to my weekly round-up at http://www.fiscalgeek.com/roundup for some additional linkage love for you all.
Paul @ FiscalGeek´s last blog ..TurboTax Review: I try out the Home & Business Edition
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admin Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Sounds good Paul! I know you are a busy guy, but if you can provide some updates on your GE pick in The Samurai Fund soon, that would be great. Your pick has done well, and is at risk of being replaced due to inactivity by the analysts, you! lol.
Good system regarding your round up.
admin´s last blog ..The Government Is Sexist And Nobody Seems To Care
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I love this idea. I’ve been hammering on my Alexa rank full force for about a month, so I’d love to get in with you guys if there’s room. I need the extra challenge. With your permission, I’ll ping Daniel-san.
PT´s last blog ..Credit Card Companies Playing by New Rules
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admin Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Sounds good PT. Good to see you stop by! Looking forward to seeing you around, as well as supporting the community.
You are one of the elder statesmen, so to the extend you can help highlight, visit, support others lower in the list, that will be great. I’m sure they will reciprocate!
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PT Reply:
February 26th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
I’ll set them all up in my alexa bookmark and just open all at once. I’ll try and comment more often as well.
PT´s last blog ..Question of the Week: How do You Budget?
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I would love to participate in this if it’s not too late! My Alexa hovers around 130,000. I’ll make sure to get a challenge member included in each of my Friday Links posts!
Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog´s last blog ..Spending Money Wisely
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admin Reply:
February 25th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Another Canadian! Sounds good! Welcome aboard, and looking forward to your involvement in the community!
Good job beating Russia! Sorry to any Russians reading this.
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I would love to participate as well. I’m actually a marriage blogger, but I write a lot on the topic of personal finance and I know a lot of you guys. Brad from Enemy of Debt sent me!
My Alexa on Engaged Marriage is right around 125,000 after six months of existence.
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Dustin | Engaged Marriage Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I’d like to join but noticed I didn’t get a response. Was I forgotten or rejected? :)
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admin Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Hi Dustin, sorry, forgot to reply. There’s been a lot of interest! I checked out your site, and it looks like it’s a lot about marriage, christianity, and sexuality? The Yakezie Oda is a group of personal finance bloggers.
Are you interested in the PF space? If you are, and write about PF, and are willing to be a fellow team player, you are more than welcome to join! Please follow the instructions at the bottom of the post.
Let us know your thoughts. Rgds, Sam
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Dustin | Engaged Marriage Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Hey Sam, I wanted to follow up. To answer your question, I am a marriage blogger, although I write a lot about personal finance as well. I’ve been following the comments and noticed that you suggested participants have 51% or more of their blog devoted to PF. I don’t have that big of a portion devoted to PF topics, so I should probably not participate.
Kudos to you for this fantastic idea! It’s becoming very popular. Even though I’mnot a participant, I’ve actually had a few people ask me about the Yakezie Challenge (presumably after seeing this comment?) since I had a guest post on Problogger on Saturday. And, yes, that was super cool! :)
Dustin | Engaged Marriage´s last blog ..What’s the Secret to a Happy Marriage?
Count me in y’all. Starting Alexa = 64,807
Matt Jabs´s last blog ..How Much Money is Your Life Energy Worth?
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admin Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 8:39 am
Sounds good Matt! Looking forward to your support of the community! There is a badge for you to put up.
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In case anyone is interested. I have created some Yakezie Badges. They link back to this page but can be found on my Yakezie Badge Page.
LeanLifeCoach´s last blog ..Combat the Closing Techniques – The Power Of Suggestions
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Ahh shoot son, sign me up for this. As of today, my current ranking is… 244,498. I have the toolbar installed.
Ninja´s last blog ..Do I have to change the name of my blog?
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admin Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 8:40 am
Sounds good Ninja. Good to hear from you. I think I may have literally commented 5-8 times on your site and never heard back from you, so I gave up visiting! lol. Go for that new job opportunity that will allow you to make more money in the long run, and congrats on your engagement!
Hope to see you around.
Best, Sam
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I’d love to join. Found out about this on twitter. My rank is currently 395,122.
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I’m totally down to help all you wonderful PF homies. I’ll be visiting daily! :)
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I’m amazed that the rankings from some website that I’ve never heard of until today are so important to the success of a blogging site. There are so man things wrong with valuing statistics that come from a toolbar, I don’t know where to begin.
Not everyone uses the same browser throughout the day. What about iPhone browsing? What about browsing at work when you can’t install toolbars? Or how about the idea that a lot of people have never heard of the site, period? Many people refuse to install toolbars out of principle (me being one of them).
I’m really amazed that these statistics are so highly valued.
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Cynthia Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 8:34 am
Are you saying joining a group of like-minded bloggers who want to improve their Alexa rankings by supporting each other and meeting new folks is a bad thing? Guess you won’t be joining the group! :)
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admin Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 8:48 am
It’s the beauty of living in a free world Leslie, you are free to do whatever you want. As I write in the post, I’ve been rejected by so many things, I started this open community to accept all folks and help everyone succeed.
There’s no perfect system, but we’re confronting each wall one at a time. This is only challenge #1. The statistic is valued b/c it is the default website ranking of the world. There’s already challenge #2 in the works.
I’m assuming that there are those who see this challenge and don’t join, which is fine by us. We just want folks who want to join an open community of folks where we can learn from each other, and support each other’s efforts.
Frankly, we just want to have a lot of fun, and make sure my fellow Yakezies flourish in whatever they want to do.
Good for you to stand up for what you believe in! We believe in community.
Best, Sam
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leslie Reply:
March 2nd, 2010 at 7:09 am
Cynthia, the only thing I criticized above was the value put on Alexa rankings by Wisebread.
I love the pf community!
leslie´s last blog ..Starting the Journey to Financial & Physical Health
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I’ll join! What the hey! :) My ranking is 2,606,694! I’ve got the badge up on the site and the toolbar installed. Hopefully, this will motivate me to get started on link roundups, which I’ve been meaning to start for weeks! Woot, woot! :)
Red´s last blog ..Purses: The reality and the dream
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admin Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 8:41 am
Hey there! Welcome aboard. I remember stopping by your site several times in the best. I’m sure you’ll have a lot of fun getting to know the community. There are som really cool folks like Jeff at Deliver Away Debt, Greg-san, Daniel-san, Canadians, an Englishman and many many more!
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I am going to announce on my blog my participation in this fine group.
I have tried to install the Yankezie badge w/no luck. I will try again shortly.
Thanks,
Neal
neal@wealthpilgrim´s last blog ..How To Know If You Are Saving Enough For Retirement
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admin Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Sounds great. I’ve had some issues as well for some reason, but many others have not. I can e-mail you the code that I have on my site with no writing, although the one saying Yakezie looks cooler. Be in touch tonight. Best, Sam
admin´s last blog ..The Curse Of Making Too Much Money And Not Pursuing Your Dreams
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I’d love to be in!! This is a great idea and a good accountability to stay motivated. The badge is on the site, the toolbar is installed, I’ll let Daniel-san know!
I’m currently at 317,186 in the Alexa ranking and I’m ready to move up!! Let’s do this!!
Jason @ Redeeming Riches´s last blog ..10 Money-Saving Tips to Stash $10,000 – Tip #5
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admin Reply:
March 1st, 2010 at 1:58 pm
Sounds good Jason! Welcome aboard, and looking forward to seeing you helping out the community and interacting with all of us! Best, Sam
admin´s last blog ..Marketing Or Manipulation?
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Great idea! Improving my Alexa ranking is one of my goals. I’ve got a long way to go to get to the front page of Wise Bread, but I’m up for the challenge. Tool bar and badge are installed. Current ranking: 591,862
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This is a pretty cool idea. I could always use the motivation. Sign me up. Sign me up for the distribution list as well. (or tell me where I can go to do so)
1,445,837
Beating Broke´s last blog ..Whoops. Forgetting to Pay Bills = Bad!
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Count me in.
Current ranking: 3,250,230.
Goal: I’ll be happy with cracking the 1,000,000 mark as a first step.
One of my biggest frustrations of blogging in the PF world has always been ‘the rich get richer’ aspect of it, where many of the top bloggers do a great job of promoting other bloggers, but they’re only promoting.the other top bloggers. This idea and way of organizing is awesome and seems like a great way for the ‘rest of us’ to get some much-needed buzz.
Money Beagle´s last blog ..Should You Use Coupons On A Date Night?
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FFB Reply:
March 4th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Not that I’m a top blogger, but my experience is this – as my site grows I’m working more and unfortunately that means I have less time to visit newer sites. My attention gets divided by the sites I’m already familiar with.
I agree this group help us all get familiar and get exposed to people and sites we weren’t already familiar with!
FFB´s last blog ..The Leader Who Had No Title – Book Giveaway
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admin Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Good thoughts FFB and I think you are spot on. The more traffic one’s site gets, the less time you have to visit others since we only have so much time.
At any rate, we’re having a lot of fun, and it’s good to get to know everyone.
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Just joined :), My current ranking is: 282,182 in the world and 147,033 in the United States and my intro post is here: http://frugalzeitgeist.com/easy-peasy-yakezie/
Looking forward to participating….
Thanks :)
Forest´s last blog ..Get Over The Fear Of Cooking At Home…
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Hi, I would like to join! My site is very new and I am fairly certain that I don’t even have an Alexa ranking….yet!
This is a great idea! I love being able to see how other sites just like mine are increasing their rank-very inspirational!
MyFinancialObjectives´s last blog ..Yakezie Challenge Carnival
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Wow!
This is a great idea, Sam!
I would like to join too.
Starting out at 1,360,252.
Mike´s last blog ..Automation: Why You Don’t Have to Feel Bad About Spending Ever Again
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Yes, Sam,
I want to enter, I am doing it. Thanks for the initiative.
All the best,
Boris
Boris´s last blog ..Two halves don’t make a whole…
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Oohhhhh, where have I been the last month!! Count me in! I installed the Alexa toolbar, my rank today is 511,855. I’ve grabbed the Yakezie badge and will announce on my blog tomorrow that I’ve joined the challenge! I see that a lot of you have had some excellent results already! Would love to be on the email list. Thanks!
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admin Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Welcome aboard Mrs. Accountability! Looking forward to seeing you around our community more often and helping each other out. Shoot Greg-san an e-mail from Muda and he’ll invite you to the Google groups.
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Mrs. Accountability Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
Thanks, I’ll do that! Would love to chat with y’all!
Mrs. Accountability´s last blog ..Display Widgets WP Plug-In Review
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Mrs. Accountability Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Uh… I just went over to http://eliminatethemuda.com/ and I don’t see any contact form or email address to get in contact. Can you help me with that? Thanks!
Mrs. Accountability´s last blog ..Display Widgets WP Plug-In Review
I never grabbed the badge or announced I was participating, but did read this and worked it.
I went from 297K when you first wrote this to 197K in just about a month!
Next goal make the front page which now requires a ranking of 170s!
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admin Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Howdy Kelly – Good to see you come visit. It would be great if you grabbed the badge and announced your participation. You’re quite a busy blogger! Best, Sam
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If it’s not too late, I would like to enter! I think this is a great idea and initiative. Let me know if it’s all good b/c I put that bad ass badge on my site!
My Alexa toolbar states that I’m hovering around the 2,000,000 zone…yeah…that’s swell :)
The Rat´s last blog ..BIN Revisited: From Tantrum to Tantalization
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admin Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:42 am
Welcome to the Yakezie Challenge! I see your badge, and your round ups, and everything. We’d be happy to have you on board. Shoot Greg-san from Eliminate The Muda your e-mail address and he’ll be in touch.
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Now I wonder if I made a mistake. This challenge is open for blogs that not are exclusively focused on financial subjects? Please let me know.
All the best,
Boris
Boris´s last blog ..Two halves don’t make a whole…
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admin Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:44 am
I would say everyone in the challenge at its core is a PF blogger. At least the majority of the content (majority can be 51%) is related to PF.
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Boris Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
OK, Sam,
I am leaving the challenge.
However, I got some good inspiration and ideas and I promise to reach the goal putside of the group. By the way, I liked your page. Your blog will stay in my blogroll.
Best regards,
Boris
Boris´s last blog ..Your mission, should you decide to accept it…
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Hi, I would like to join the challenge and kindly include me in the list, thanks.
Benjie @ Zordane´s last blog ..Knowing Your Debt Even Closer
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Benjie @ Zordane Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 8:25 am
My current rank is 1,056,819.
Benjie @ Zordane´s last blog ..Knowing Your Debt Even Closer
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admin Reply:
March 6th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Hey Benjie, good to hear from you. Looking forward to seeing you around more often and supporting the cause!
admin´s last blog ..The Curse Of Making Too Much Money And Not Pursuing Your Dreams
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Mrs. Accountability Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Hi Benjie, say could I make a suggestion? On your blog post titled All for One – One for All, you might want to consider putting Yakezie Challenge in your title, too. I went over to your site to check you out and I thought that might be what that post was about, but wasn’t sure.
Mrs. Accountability´s last blog ..Display Widgets WP Plug-In Review
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Benjie @ Zordane Reply:
March 11th, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll update it right away.
Benjie @ Zordane´s last blog ..Taking A Break Without Headaches
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Hey there, room for 1 more? I installed the badge. This thing seems to be working out great for participants; nice work in starting. My latest is: 118,915. Reaching for that 100K!
Darwin’s Finance´s last blog ..Check Out These Interesting Financial Products and Deals
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admin Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Hey Darwin, sure welcome aboard! I think your goal should be more to reach 50K or 75K by July 4th no? Look forward to seeing you around more often! We use the #yakezie hash for Yakezie related tweets.
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I hope its not too late! I’ve been contemplating rather I wanted to do this as a new blog with a shamefully high Alexa rating. But I think the collaboration alone would be worth the benefit.
Current Alexa Ranking: 877,434
Lakita (PFJourney)´s last blog ..Manners & Money Series
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Mrs. Accountability Reply:
March 7th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Hi Lakita, I’m glad to see you have joined in! I know you will be shooting up there in no time!! Rainy Day Saver went from 1,305,476 http://www.rainydaysaver.net/2010/03/yakezie-alexa-challenge-im-all-in.html to 600,109 in about a month it looks like.
Mrs. Accountability´s last blog ..Display Widgets WP Plug-In Review
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Lakita (PFJourney) Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Thanks Mrs. A! Im looking forward to it!
Lakita (PFJourney)´s last blog ..Manners & Money: Tipping
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admin Reply:
March 8th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Hi Lakita – We actually have many entrants who started with an Alexa ranking in the multi-millions, so not to worry! Welcome.
I like your suggestion about an excel spreadsheet. Can you explain more here, to keep all ideas centralized to this thread?
thnx!
admin´s last blog ..The Curse Of Making Too Much Money And Not Pursuing Your Dreams
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I’ll work on it some more tomorrow, but what I am thinking is a collaboration document with the following:
- Top 100K accepting guest posts list their blog, contact information and guest posting criteria
- Potential guest posters mark and select a blog
(For this to work we would need to institute rules like only mark one or two at a time and submit your pitch/post within 72 hrs)
- Receiving blog accepts & publishes post (hopefully within 2 weeks) or post is rejected with explanation. And cycle continues
Lakita (PFJourney)´s last blog ..5 Lessons from My Encounter with a Financial Advisor
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admin Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Hi Kita-san, sounds like a great idea. Pls suggest it in our Yakezie Google Groups forum and set it up! Ping Greg-san from Eliminate The Muda on the link pls.
Yes, everybody gets a cool name who join! Glad you are on board. I can feel your enthusiasm exuding through your writing!
admin´s last blog ..The Mental To Physical Connection For A Healthier Lifestyle
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Oh, and now that I’m part of the challenge…do I get a cool name like “Kita-san”…or is that reserved for the guys :)
I have a black belt….seriously…
http://www.greyeagle.com/news/archives/2003_october/images/06-03_karate.jpg
Lakita (PFJourney)´s last blog ..Manners & Money: Tipping
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admin Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Oh wow, SWEET! How long did that take you to get? What a great pic of your karate success!
admin´s last blog ..The Curse Of Making Too Much Money And Not Pursuing Your Dreams
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Lakita (PFJourney) Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
At that time I was training consistently for 5 years before I reached 1st degree black belt. Around 10-15 hours a week and I started competing in at least 2 regional tournaments a month
Lakita (PFJourney)´s last blog ..Along the Journey Weekly Roundup #6: Celebrating Women’s Heritage Month
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I am in! Count me as part of the “better late than never” crowd. My Alexa ranking is 1,297,451 thanks to a recent plug from ProBlogger. I am at 920,685 in the United States with 26 sites linking in according to the toolbar.
I would love to join your effort to make the Wise Bread page one list, or any part of the Wise Bread list for that matter.
Eric´s last blog ..How I Make Money Online: Successes and Failures (Part 1)
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admin Reply:
March 9th, 2010 at 11:05 am
Hi Eric, sounds good. We encourage members to proudly display the badge. Shoot contact@eliminatethemuda.com, who is my trusty challenger for more details.
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Hey Phil from PT Money told me about this project, sounds like you’re raising a samurai army :) Sign me up !
Ben´s last blog ..QuickBooks Accounting Software = Small Business Relief!
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I’m in! This is an outstanding idea and if everyone does their part everyone will benefit.
I’m starting the challenge with an Alexa rank of 1,615,590 so I have a long way to go…but that just means I have lots of room to grow!
I already added the badge and posted about it on my blog and I’ll regularly include special roundup posts to promote other bloggers who are participating in the challenge.
Who has the most updated list of participants?
Mike @ Saving Money Today´s last blog ..Taking the Yakezie Challenge
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admin Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Sounds good mike. Contact contact@eliminatethemuda.com for the Google groups. Look forward to see you around.
The latest update is at Planting Dollar’s site.
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Count me in too! I started blogging two months ago and I think I fall into the “pretty clueless” category. But I love the community and want to chip in any way I can…and hopefully move up from my current ranking #3,983,562 (gah!) I’ve got my toolbar installed. Going to get the badge now and will post my announcement this week.
Sam – thanks for putting this together!
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Mrs. Frugal Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Ok, I posted my article. Having trouble posting the badge to my sidebar, but hopefully I’lll get that sorted out soon. In the meantime I”ve got a permanent place for the article on my home page.
Where can I get a complete list of the participants? I’d like to create a Yakezie blogroll and also highlight a couple participants each week.
Thanks!
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admin Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Excellent Mrs. Frugal! The traveling list is currently at PlantingDollars.com.
Contact Greg at contact@eliminatethemuda.com for access to Google Groups.
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I can’t believe I have missed this all this time…just read about it on Free From Broke’s site. If I can still join please count me in. I just installed the badge and will write up the article for tomorrow. My current alexa rank is 205,339 but I would love to break 100,000.
Looking forward to networking with everyone :)
Mrs. Not Made of Money´s last blog ..20 Tips to Cut Down On Electricity in Your Home And Save Some Money
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admin Reply:
March 12th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Hi Mrs NMOM! Welcome aboard! I think you’ll have a lot of fun meet the folks. There is a real collaborative atmosphere amongst the Yakezie Challengers. I’ve seen you around, and it’s great to be able to see you around some more!
Best, Sam
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I guess I’m not the “Biggest Loser”, but maybe a runner-up or honorable mention as my rank is 6,981,250. I like to feel that I’m making everyone else look good by bringing up the bottom of the bell curve.
Guess I’ve just been too busy making money. It’s getting kind of boring, so I hope I crack 5 million this year. Don’t want to be too optimistic…
Single Mom Rich Mom´s last blog ..Yakezie – Lowest ranking, highest earning and savings?
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admin Reply:
March 14th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Sounds good Single Mom. Nothing but upside! I’m sure if you follow the guidelines of the challenge at the end of the post, you’ll get to below 2 million by July! Cheers, Sam
admin´s last blog ..The Curse Of Making Too Much Money And Not Pursuing Your Dreams
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Hey FS, if it is not too late count me in. Daniel has inspired me….
thanks,
Dr Dean´s last blog ..Homemade Yogurt: Saving Money, and Being Healthy,The Millionaire Nurse Way
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admin Reply:
March 14th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Sure Dean. Glad Daniel-san has inspired you. Pls follow the instructions from the bottom of the post to join!
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Hello,
I have joined the challenge. I will anounce it on my blog soon.
However, my blog maintenance person is no longer with me, and I have no idea how to put the Alexa badge on my blog.
Can anybody out there help??
I use WordPress Thesis for my blog.
Thanks
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admin Reply:
March 14th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Hi David, just go to http://eliminatethemuda.com/yakezie/, copy and past the txt into a “TEXT WIDGET”, then drag that widget to wherever you’d like on your site. Cheers, Sam
admin´s last blog ..Samurai’s Alexa Ranking Challenge Update: Progress Through Adversity
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hey FS,
I feel discouraged when i see my blog with an alexa ranking of 9.000.000 just as i created it 3weeks ago. But now with this challenge, i think reaching 52k before July is a possibility. Thanks for your initiative,I will be on board now. Hope it works best for all.
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I’d love to be part of this group! My current ranking is 4,228,342…ummm, is that really bad?
Budgeting in the Fun Stuff´s last blog ..Charity Work – Does it Count?
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Budgeting in the Fun Stuff Reply:
April 5th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Okay, now that I’ve had my own domain for about two weeks, I have a ranking of 1,514,672.
Budgeting in the Fun Stuff´s last blog ..How Would You Proceed?
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Budgeting in the Fun Stuff Reply:
April 11th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Woot, I’m below 1 million as of today (966,708)! Woot!
Budgeting in the Fun Stuff´s last blog ..Yakezie Alexa Ranking Update – 966,708
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I’m a little late to the game here! I kept seeing the Yakezie Challenge button around and finally decided I needed to look into what this is!
Do you know if anyone else had difficulty loading Alexa on firefox? I get this error:
Firefox could not install the file at
https://s3.amazonaws.com/com.alexa.toolbar/autoupdate/alxf/alxf-1.52.xpi
because: Unexpected installation error
Review the Error Console log for more details.
-203
And I’m not sure where to go from there. If you can offer any guidance, it would be most appreciated. *sigh* This seems to happen to me every time I try to “tweek” something regarding my blog!
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Okay! So I just downloaded the toolbar using internet explorer. I don’t understand why it works with that but not firefox? We regularly use firefox at our home; my husband insists on it. :) Does that affect how Alexa works?
Please excuse my techie-n00biness.
Apparently, my Alexa rating is 638,505. All of these marketing possibilities are fascinating. I totally live for the interaction with my readers and I love to read others’ financial journeys as well. I truly believe we can learn from each other and help shape for the better how our society relates about our financial habits, strides and tribulations!
Great idea to create this community. If you (or anyone else reading?) can help me understand how Alexa works vis-a-vis regularly blogging via Firefox vs. Internet Explorer, I would surely appreciate it. (Better yet, why can’t I load the toolbar on Firefox?!) My comment just before this one quoted the error message I received…
Going to look for this button now… :)
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FFB Reply:
March 19th, 2010 at 6:22 am
I use the Alexa toolbar on firefox without problem.
FFB´s last blog ..Tax Help For Your Tax Questions
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admin Reply:
March 19th, 2010 at 10:43 am
Hmm, I use Firefox too, and it works. I’m a techie dooMass myself, so perhaps just try, try again? Perhaps you need to update your current version of FF?
admin´s last blog ..Punctuality Breeds Credibility – Stop Being Late!
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Jolyn@Budgets are the New Black Reply:
March 19th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Thanks for the replies, guys. I’m not at all surprised it’s just me. ;)
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I just launched a new personal finance website and I’d love to join. Just installed the badge. Current ranking – 19,179,419
Derek Clark´s last blog ..How My Emergency Fund Saved My Honeymoon From Total Disaster
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My current rank is 703,333. A little too high…
Thanks for the challenge!
Zach @College for 10k´s last blog ..The Definition of Personal Finance for the College Student
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Alright, finally I’ve ‘officially’ joined the challenge (in that the badge is now up on my site. . . announcement to follow). Right now my Alexa rank is 1,0006,376. If you think that’s high, consider that on February 28 it was around the 9 million (+) mark. Getting to a rank of 200,000 may seem like a ridiculous goal, but I find ridiculous goals motivating ;)
Thanks to all those who have helped me already with advice, examples, guest post exchanges, links etc. And Sam, thank you for organizing this–as I’ve mentioned before, I like the spirit of community and camaraderie fostered by such a challenge.
Good luck to all.
Simple in France´s last blog ..Travel without looking like a tourist
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admin Reply:
March 24th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Hi Simple In France, welcome to the challenge! Thanks for participating in so many discussions here and around The Yakezie so far.
200K is definitely within reach for you!
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This is a neat idea, and I’d like to join. My website is only 1 month old, so I have a sad, sad Alexa ranking of only 6,926,707. That’s better than the 14 million it was a few weeks ago, I suppose. I’ve added the toolbar and the badge. I will let Dan at sweating the big stuff know that I’d like to join.
Matt @ Dividend Monk´s last blog ..Coca Cola (KO) Dividend Stock Analysis 2010
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So i just found this challenge, and despite blogging for years now, i’ve got a rank of 3.408.601. :\ but in the spirit of trying and improving both ranking and accountability, i’m in. :)
sue´s last blog ..all or nothing?
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Awesome job with the challenge. I just watched you zip right by me on WB’s list. Congrats!
Jeff Rose´s last blog ..Long Term Care Insurance Quotes: How Much Do You Need?
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admin Reply:
March 24th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Hi Jeff – Thanks. Total team effort, and it’s been a lot of fun. Look forward to seeing you around more often. Best, Sam
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I just found this challenge and I am so excited. I really need to work on outreach and I have been looking for a way to get involved in the pf community and improve my blog. This sounds awesome and I want to join in
As of today, my alexa rank is 2,095,250…I guess there is only one way to go from here.
Don’t be alarmed about the title of my latest post, for some reason every time I comment on a blog that lists the latest post, my latest Monday recipe appears and not my most recent post.
Thanks and looking forward to this challenge.
Kristia@FamilyBalanceSheet´s last blog ..Homemade Brownies with Homemade Whipped Cream
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What a cool challenge!! I look forward to getting to know you all.
I am the author of http://www.thedebthawk.com. If any of you would like to write a guest post or would like me to help promote an article of yours, please don’t hesitate to ask.
I just looked up my starting alexa ranking and it is 537,900. I look forward to working hard to get below 200,000 quickly.
TheDebtHawk.com´s last blog ..Debt Settlement Company Guide
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admin Reply:
March 24th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Howdy DH, welcome to the challenge! Remember we had a debate a while ago regarding why The Flat Tax is good? That was fun. Best of luck to you in the challenge, and hope to see you around more here and on other Yakezie sites.
admin´s last blog ..The Mental To Physical Connection For A Healthier Lifestyle
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Looking to join as well. You have a 125×125 size of the logo? (Or should I adjust myself?)
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I just heard of the challenge today and I want to join. I downloaded the toolbar to learn that my rating is 322,973. I will get the badge installed as soon as I figure it out.
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Ok, I’m in.
Toolbar says #190,946, I guess a reasonable goal is to break 180,000 by July. I’m patient.
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admin Reply:
March 24th, 2010 at 7:21 pm
@Joe – Sounds good. Don’t reach too hard now from 190K to 180K by July now ya hear! :) I’m pretty darn certain you will blow the 180K rank out of the water now that you’ve joined. What took you so long?
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@Zach @College for 10k
Now I’m down to 616,243. Down over 90,000 in one week!
I’ve yet to be added to http://www.creditcardchaser.com/yakezie/, if someone can fix that, I’d appreciate it :)
Zach @College for 10k´s last blog ..Graduation Giveaway
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admin Reply:
March 24th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Good stuff zach. Shoot Joel at CCC an e-mail.
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Loving this “band of brothers (and sisters)” of the PF community. Sorry, I’m late to the game. Current Alexa is 164,000. Looking forward to the challenge and helping everyone succeed.
Junior Boomer´s last blog ..By: Money Hackers Carnival #108- Dare or Truth! « Eliminate The Muda!
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Here comes a new challenger. i just joined the challenge today. I’m glad i finally made up my mind. Thanks Sam for the initiative
harvestwages´s last blog ..5 traps that seduces great minds
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I love it! Count me in! My current ranking is 4,443,710 wow! Just launched the Good Steward Keys blog on March 16, 2010 so we can only go up from here! Got the badge up on the left side bar. I’m ready to start promoting my fellow Challengers blogs!
BTW- Is it necessary to “Claim Your Site” to be a part of this challenge? If so where do I place the necessary file or meta tag. I definitely don’t want to go in and mess up the html by making a rookie mistake!
Carlos´s last blog ..How to use the Free Debt Reduction Snowball Calculator from Vertex42
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Carlos Reply:
March 28th, 2010 at 11:53 am
Lets make that the right side bar! LOL
Carlos´s last blog ..How to use the Free Debt Reduction Snowball Calculator from Vertex42 – Part 2
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I’m in. I just started my new self hosted blog. I don’t even have a ranking yet. :)
Chad´s last blog ..Re-Invention
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