Creating Powerful Friends: Samurai’s Alexa Ranking 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’ll get to compete for a spot on the top personal finance blogs list (Yakezie Network) and be on the first page 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. Part of the money generated from this site will be donated to charity to help others more in need.
* 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 on your own site and consider guest posting around the community including on Yakezie.com to raise your profile.
3) Install the Yakezie Challenger Badge.
4) Announce on your blog that you have joined the Yakezie Challenge.
5) Selflessly promote others and build relationships.
6) Stay committed and consistent over the next 6 months! Whether you are a huge blog or a start-up, everybody most go through a 6 month Challenge period to ensure that we build the best relationships possible.
7) Come introduce yourself on the Yakezie Challengers Forum and get to know your fellow Challengers and Members.
8) Once the 6-month challenge is over, let us know how far you’ve come in the forums, on your blog, and via an e-mail. If you’ve developed good relationships, broken 200,000 in Alexa, and are ready for the next step, we will invite you to submit a form and write your Yakezie Member Post and become an official member.
Keiju,
Sam @ Financial Samurai – “Slicing Through Money’s Mysteries”
Follow on Twitter @FinancialSamura and subscribe to our RSS feed.
Hi!
Showed up a little late to the party, just signed up to the Challenge – looking forward to progressing through the ranks. Currently at #14,655,087 (*sob*) as our site is pretty much brand new, but we are expanding our content and hope to get a few posts up per week.
This will be great motivation for us and best of luck to all other people currently doing the challenge as well.
Jay
Sterling Effort
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Financial Samurai Reply:
July 23rd, 2011 at 6:58 am
Jay, hope to see you around the Yakezie Forums and around the Network. Good luck!
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Sweet, sounds like a good place to increase ranking! Of course, Alexa only tracks ranking for those that have the toolbar installed, correct? So it doesn’t measure the traffic perfectly?
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Hi,
I am ranked 7,606,412.
Thanks!
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Is a mortgage-related site eligible for the challenge?
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Financial Samurai Reply:
September 7th, 2011 at 6:55 am
If it’s your personal blog. You’ve got to make a choice and see what type of relationships you’ll be able to build in the next 6 months.
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Count me in! Better late than never… I’m starting at 1,425,850. Nowhere to go but up!
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Financial Samurai Reply:
September 7th, 2011 at 6:55 am
You’ve been doing great over the past 3 months. Keep up the good work!
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I am in too. 3,916,890….only one way to go
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Count me in, I’m starting at 2,362,892 . I like the concept and will be aggressively linking and create new finance friends . Thanks for creating this network
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Financial Samurai Reply:
September 7th, 2011 at 6:52 am
Welcome John. You buying r selling the markets w/ the Dow back at 11,000 here?
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Hi there! I’m joining today; ranked at 376,099. Thanks for creating Yakezie and I can’t wait to become more involved in the community!
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Financial Samurai Reply:
September 7th, 2011 at 6:52 am
Hi Paula, looks like you’ve really been making a move since you joined. Well done and see you on the other side! Sam
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I just started …but am geared up….. My Lexa rank is 11,456,796…. planning to bring this down sooner than later…
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I am excited to start the Yakezie Challenge. Currently, my Alexa Rank is 5,642,857. I look forward to meet new Personal Finance bloggers in the community. If anyone would like to introduce themselves, feel free to contact me as I am excited to meet new bloggers and help others promote their sites.
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Financial Samurai Reply:
July 17th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
I look forward to your involvement! I’ve seen you around Yakezie.com. Good luck and have fun!
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World of Finance Reply:
July 19th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
Thanks! I’m new to the forum and a little lost with all the layers. Any advice? :)
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Financial Samurai Reply:
July 23rd, 2011 at 7:00 am
Yep, methodically break down the layers. Everything good takes work! It’s just about building relationships and staying consistent with your site and help others succeed.
Just getting started on the challenge. My current Alexa Rank is 872127 for my Write and Get Paid blog– which was created to share my knowledge about how to make a living by writing. I also write about finance for MyBankTracker. I am always interested in meeting other bloggers and helping each other meet goals we have set.
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Financial Samurai Reply:
July 23rd, 2011 at 7:00 am
Hi Denise, it’s a great topic that naturally fits with all of us bloggers. I look forward to reading some of your advice on how to make a living as a writer!
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What a great idea. I’m really excited to start the Yakezie Challenge. Currently I’m ranked 9,637,051 and I’m pretty sure that you break the top 10 M by simply being alive. I know there a huge amount of great talent out there and I’m looking forward to meeting and getting to know the community.
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Financial Samurai Reply:
July 23rd, 2011 at 7:01 am
Iain – Yep, exist and one should be in the top 10 m :) Let’s get you under 200K! See you around.
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I’m going to give it a go and see what happens. Currently ranked 58,227. Not sure what results I can expect, but let’s say 40,000 by the end of the year???
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Financial Samurai Reply:
July 22nd, 2011 at 11:15 am
Welcome to the Challenge FMF! 40,000 is a great goal by year end! It’s pretty tough since you are already so low already, but why not! It will be great to have you as a Member come Jan 2012. I’m sure many PF bloggers know who you are already, but I’m sure there are plenty more out there just discovering your site as well.
See you around the sphere and in the forums! It’s a great place to leverage.
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Decided that it’s about time I signed on as well. Looking forward to becoming a part of the community!
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Financial Samurai Reply:
July 23rd, 2011 at 7:02 am
Eric, curious to know how long you’ve been thinking about it, and what were the thoughts you’ve been thinking about before joining?
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Eric J. Nisall Reply:
July 23rd, 2011 at 7:10 am
Well Sam, I’ve been thinking about it for a couple of months. To be honest, after slacking for a loooong time on blogging and then rebranding my old blog to the current version, it’s only been about a month. I really wasn’t sure if I was worthy of joining, especially considering who is part of the community, but I figured why not do it so I can learn from the best
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It’s never to late for a PF party!! Glad I found you! I currently have no rank at all but I hope the rankings kick in soon. See you soon. Karoline
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Hey all… I finally did it… I joined the challenge and I’m excited. I’m looking forward to your input, thoughts, and I’m looking forward to contributing to your development and ideas too.
Drop me a line!
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After joining Yakezie, finally broke the 200K level in just 2 weeks. This forum is amazing.
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Financial Samurai Reply:
August 15th, 2011 at 6:33 am
Let’s shoot for breaking 100k and then 50k in the 6 month process. Don’t forget to help others and build relationships!
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Hi guys, I just joined today with #8,221,358 :( Hope I’m not too late. But I’m very excited about starting my journey here with Yakezie. Any suggestions, comments, or criticism please let me have it, I’m always strive to improve myself and what I do:)
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I just joined the Challenge and would love for all your readers to drop by my site:
http://www.oneincomedollar.com/2011/08/i-just-joined-yakezie-alexa-ranking.html
I would love to add them to my blogroll and hope they can do the same for me.
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Update it is now #8,208,072 wooo
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I have just joined the challenge and I have 7 reasons for it @ 7 Solid Reasons to Take the Yakazie Challenge:
http://www.allaboutlivingwithlife.com/2011/09/7-solid-reasons-to-take-yakazie.html
Thanks
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I’d like to throw myself in the challenger ring. Currently ranked #351,832. Would love to see 100k by the six month end.
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Financial Samurai Reply:
September 1st, 2011 at 9:36 am
Would love to see you do it!
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Throwing my hat into the ring here and ouch starting at #4,955,333! Have my work cut out for me. SO April first I hope its not a joke when I say Ive broken 200,000
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I think now the challenge might be made a little bit tougher, a target of Alexa 100K would be more appropriate…what you think, Sam?
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Financial Samurai Reply:
September 11th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
Perhaps. 200K is only the beginning. We should all have the self motivation to continue improving as much as we can.
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Just started. I have a ridiculous ranking of 15,487,000 there or there-abouts. Here’s hoping I last 6 months and get to 14,999,000 :D See you all on the other side!
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I really like what you guys are doing here. ..so I am officially in. I just launched my site at the end of July and I’m excited to gain momentum. It nice to know that there are others out there willing to reach out to newbies, network and mentor. I’m new at blogging but will do what I can to help others!
As for my rank, well personally, I’m looking forward to to even receiving a ranking. Stop by and drop me a line…I could use the company!
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I recently found out about the Yakezie network and I’m excited about joining.
My current Alexa ranking is:
Global: 259,191
US: 87,084
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I’m currently at 3,519,413 … =( A pretty high number (and pretty far to go), but I’m going to get to it! (btw is this where we post so y’all can track it?)
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I would like to join the Yakezie Challenge, please. My current Alexa rank:
Global: 704,321
Great Britain: 28,824
Will get in the 200,000 in the next six months.
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I would like to join the Yakezie Challenge. My current Alexa rank is: 361,684 world; 61,816 US. I hope to get below 200,000 within the next 6 months.
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Financial Samurai Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Welcome to the Challenge! With an Alexa ranking of already 361,000, shoot for sub 150,000 in 6 months!
See you around.
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Pam at MoneyTrail Reply:
November 21st, 2011 at 7:48 am
Working hard on it! In two weeks, my alexa score has dropped to 326,297. US is 53,522!
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I did not realized that writing a post on my blog that I joined yakezie challenge is one of the requirements. I will have to post this soon. Thanks for sharing all the requirements for the yakezie challenger. It was unclear in terms of the requirements on the yakezie site so I was not sure what I needed to be doing. This is a very helpful post.
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By the way… Is there a time limit to writing a post on my blog announcing about my yakezie challenge? Thanks, again.
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I’m a new guy and have no ranking yet. The sound you hear is the sound of my knees knocking together.
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Sam, it’s taken me 11 months but I’ve finally broken 200,000 this month! My 1-month Alexa is 153,659 (my 3-month Alexa is 311,329). Does this disqualify me or is that ok? :)
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Financial Samurai Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 9:20 pm
It all depends on when you announced you joined the Challenge on your site, and whether you’ve developed enough relationships.
Congrats on breaking 200K though!
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I knew nothing about this months ago and had a ranking of 10 million. Hurts to even say it. I have only recently started to focus or refocus my attention on ranking and now I am 5 million. Gotta make some more changes but hey I am in the middle of the crowd now.
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Question? Can my personal site (which is my personal blog) get in the challenge?
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Financial Samurai Reply:
December 23rd, 2011 at 7:21 am
Sure Jai.
The Challenge is open to everyone!
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Jai Catalano Reply:
December 23rd, 2011 at 10:41 am
Thanks for taking the time to get back to me. I will be coming back real soon.
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Hi everyone,
Well I feel like I’m a little late to this party, but I’m excited to join this group and meet everyone :) I’m kicking myself for not joining months ago. I just posted my intro to joining Yakezie.
Look forward to meeting lots of new people, and some familiar faces from FinCon11 as well. Feel free to drop by and say hello.
Alexa Rank 392,241
Cheers
Avrom
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I’m up for the challenge and excited to become a part of this growing community! My Alexa Rank is currently: 1,231,576.
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I have decided to take the challenge. A lot of my fellow bloggers are members and they have nothing but good things to say about it. I look forward to being an active member in the community. My Alexa Rank is 5,031,011.
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I’m in! I’m up for the challenge and look forward to becoming a part of this growing community.
Current Alexa Rank: 938,563
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Financial Samurai Reply:
January 24th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Welcome Kanwal! I’ve seen you around Twitter for a while now.
Good luck getting to know everyone!
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Hi there,
I’m up for the challenge. Just started my blog. Hope to be a full member in six months time.
Loving this community so far and I’m pretty sure I’ve only scratched the surface.
Current Alexa Rank: 13,158,677 so I’ve a long way to go. Wish me luck.
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Ok I’ve joined! i guess I’ve tossed around the idea long enough. Only problem is there is no Alex toolbar for a Mac…I’ll deal manually I guess!
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Financial Samurai Reply:
January 27th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
The Alexa toolbar is not PC or Mac related. I have a Mac.
Good luck! I know you will find the solution with Google!
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Make Money Make Cents Reply:
January 31st, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Download mozilla firefox and then you can get the alexa toolbar!!
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I’m not sure if I commented in the right place when I joined, but I started the Challenge on Jan 3 and announced it on my site and posted my Alexa rating there. Just wanted to put it here to be safe too.
At the time of joining, my ranking was 3,631,754. (It is now 416,206 after 24 days). Yakezie works!
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John | Married (with Debt) Reply:
February 14th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
To anyone thinking of joining: I went below 200k today after 42 days in the Challenge. Trust me, you won’t regret it.
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I’m in. My rank right now is 15,920,114. Long way to go.
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I’ll throw my hat into the ring! Right now my Alexa rank is 5,028,379 :( Getting under 200,000 in 6 months might take a miracle, but I’m going for it!
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I am in!!! My current Alexa rating is 4,115,670. I am excited to take part in this goal and bring another level of excitement to my blog!
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6,204,728. I take it the more often you blog and participate, the lower the score gets and the lower the better? Sorry, newbie question! Already blogging a lot though and honored to join the challenge.
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Financial Samurai Reply:
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:56 pm
Yep, the better you write, and the more content you produce, and the more people you get to know, the better everything is!
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I joined the challenge today! I’m at http://www.youngcheapliving.com and am very excited for the future and all of the people I hope to get to know!
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Kraig @ Young, Cheap Living Reply:
February 4th, 2012 at 6:00 pm
By the way, my Alexa rank today is 3,511,375.
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I’ve joined the Challenge! My current global rank is 2,390,822 and U.S. rank 428,695. I look forward to accomplishing my tasks and meeting all of you along the way! ;)
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Sam,
I just made the plunge and became a proud member. I look forward to 1) writing quality content and 2) to selflessly help other blogger friends in this network.
Shilpan
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that my current Alexa rank is 1,974,471.
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After going back and forth on this, I’m going to go ahead and join the challenge.
http://edwardantrobus.co.cc currently has an Alexa rank of 1,721,224 and 151,636 in the US.
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I’m going to give this a try, although my blog is just getting off of the ground, after starting it two weeks ago. My current Alexa ranking is 13,358,157, so I have a long ways to go, but its worth a shot! My blog is at JamesPetzke.com, and it is about my journey to graduate college with a surplus instead of a debt.
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I joined the Yakezie Challenge today. I have had my blog live since February 5. I have learned alot so far and I am just barely touching the tip of the ice berg…I cant wait to see where I am at in 6 months…Eeeek my current alexa ranking is 20,912,107..Remember I just joined Monday so go easy on me :-)
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Hi Sam,
We joined the Yakezie Challenge today and I’m so excited! I’ve wanted to join forever, but just now worked up the gumption to do it. Our Alexa Rank is 381,905, the badge is on, and the announcement post is up! (I included links to Yakezie and you, and quoted you; hope that’s o.k.?) I’ll be headed over to the Yakezie Challengers Forum shortly, and I can’t wait to connect with members I’ve already met and new ones as well. Thanks so much for founding this, it’s a great project! Alright, I’m done gushing:)
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I can tell by the quality of sites on the top-100 list that you have an amazing group here, Sam. I put the Yakezie banner on my site last week, and would like to officially join the challenge with this post.
Our website is http://seedebtrun.com
Our Alexa rating today is 1,029,249..
Which is about half of where we were a week ago :)
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I just joined the Yakezie challenge. My current Alexa rank is 12,133,061. So it looks like I have nowhere but up to go.
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I’m going to be joining the challenge. I started my blog back in late November and look forward to learning everything that the Yakezie network brings to the table. Great group of bloggers…sure hope to add to that!
Alexa Global Rank: 901,050
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I’m joining up thanks to encouragement from @MarriedwithDebt. Site is http://www.ontargetcoach.com/ Alexa rank is 753,404. I’ll write my post announcing the challenge Wednesday.
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I’ve just jointed the Yakezie challenge with my personal finance blog Mo’ Money Mo’ Houses (www.momoneymohouses.com) and I’m currently sitting at Alexa global rank #3,632,067. I started my blog in mid-December 2011 so it’s still fairly new, but I’m excited to see that number not look like my parents are the only people who visit my site. I’ll have a post announcing me joining the challenge early next week.
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I am very excited to join this challenge. Like Jai mentioned above, I knew nothing about this group until started following other PF sites back in December. I joined last Saturday with a brand new blog and an Alexa of “nothing”. Today, a week later, my Alexa is 1,633,930. That is due to everyone’s support. Thanks!
My new challenger post is http://tacklingourdebt.com/2012/02/11/tackling-our-debt-joining-yakezie-challenge/
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I joined just 3 weeks ago and already dropped my Alexa from over 1 million to under 500k, thanks for creating this challenge Sam!
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Joining right now – Alexa Ranking: 584,881
Hoping less than 100,000 by the end of 6 months. If anyone is interested in swapping articles, especially about real estate — let me know!
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Financial Samurai Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 8:27 pm
Good luck Drew! What type of real estate are you into, and how long have you been doing it?
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Long time reader. I enjoy reading about everyone’s financial experiences. I’ve just posted about joining the Challenge today on http://www.freedomthirtyfiveblog.com and my current Alexa ranking is 608,598. I’m looking forward to meeting lots of new friends in the forums now (^_^)
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Financial Samurai Reply:
February 24th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Welcome to the Challenge!
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I joined the challenge! My alexa ranking is currently at 3,835, 763 and I will be posting about it tomorrow morning! So excited to watch that number go down and make some great connections
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Hooray, I just joined right now!!!
I’m not so new to blogging, but totally new to personal finance. My new blog – Woman’s Guide to Investing and Financial Freedom is actually attached to my main lifestyle blog, which is already at 131,813 with Alexa. My main goal is to get to know other bloggers and become a full fledged member of Yakezie!
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I was going to wait until I finished this semester, but then I thought what the heck. I’m joining the Yakezie Challenge today with an Alexa score of 1,282,896. Eek!
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day everyone. What better way to celebrate than joining the challenge. My current Alexa rank is 3,304,795. I look forward to working with all the fantastic bloggers on this site. Thank you for this opportunity.
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Hi Guys,
I’m sooooooo excited to be joining the challenge. My Alexa ranking is currently 4,505,843….that’s much better than my previous ranking of 15,613,649′! So I’m gaining momentum. I’m looking forward to learning a lot and making new friends. Come check me out at http://www.mytakeonmoney.com
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It’s official…I’m taking on the CHALLENGE! My current Alexa rating is 7,663,960 (YIKES!!!) but I’m confident I will be under 200k before I know it. I’m excited about the journey ahead with the end prize of being a part of a great network.
Let Get It!!!!
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Financial Samurai Reply:
April 1st, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Welcome! Make sure you try and get to know about 30 members and challengers in the next 6 months!
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Hello everyone, I’m now on board with the Yakezie Challenge! My Alexa ranking currently stands at: 7,528,209…..so plenty of room for improvement, but I’m always up for a challenge! I’ve been PF blogging through Objective Wealth for around 6 weeks now, and have seen the Yakezie badges quite a lot on other blogs, so I don’t want to miss out on the action! Looking forward to making great gains over the next 6 months and beyond. Thanks for having me.
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Yes! I’m excited to finally get started. My global ranking is 796,511! It’s about time I joined in on this amazing and awesome challenge.
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After a few weeks of blogging, I’m officially joining the challenge. My Alexa ranking is currently at 2,519,000 and like many have said before me, there’s only one direction to go.
I’ve been helping investors for a decade now, but I’ve only been blogging at AllthingsFinance.net for 3 weeks. I’m looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead and the people I’ll meet along the way.
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Just signed up my relatively new blog to take on the challenge! Looking forward to seeing if I can maintain the level of consistency needed to succeed. My Alexa ranking is currently “no data”. Does it take a few days before a ranking is generated? Or are sites not ranked if traffic is too low?
In any case, I’m also looking forward to meeting other members and challengers. Best of luck to you all!
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