Ask Liz Weston

Twitter: @lizweston

Liz Pulliam Weston is the most-read personal finance columnist on the Internet, according to Nielsen//NetRatings. She’s an award-winning, nationally-syndicated personal finance columnist who can make the most complex money topics understandable to the average reader. Her book, “Your Credit Score: Your Money and What’s at Stake; How to Improve the 3-Digit Number that Shapes Your Financial Future,” is a national best-seller and was recently published in a third edition (March 2009, FT Press). She is also author of “Deal with Your Debt: The Right Way to Manage Your Bills and Pay Off What You Owe” and “Easy Money: How to Simplify Your Finances and Get What You Want Out of Life,” which Publishers’ Weekly praised as a “practical, easy-to-understand guide to taking control of personal finances and establishing financial security.”

 

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Ask Liz Weston has a Wise Score of  72.31, which ranks it #103 among personal finance blogs.

Wise Score is an average of six statistics: MozRank, Number of Links to Domain, Klout Score, Twitter Followers, Alexa Rank, and Compete Rank. A Wise Score of 90 means the blog is better than 90% of its peers "on average". Learn more.

Date  Rank  Wise Score  MozRank  Linking
Domains
  Klout
Score
  Twitter
Followers
  Alexa
Rank
  Facebook
Likes
2012-2-510372.315.157,60140.995,141853,42626,077
2012-1-2910272.515.157,60141.375,096827,96526,009
2012-1-2210671.895.157,60142.185,039875,29825,979
2012-1-1510871.855.287,60140.804,980875,29825,882
2012-1-810772.085.287,27441.104,952875,29825,815
 

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Twitter+/-

3,1853005,180
TweetsFollowingFollowers
Personal finance columnist
Tweeting since 4 February 2008 (4 years 6 days)

  Recent Tweets from @lizweston

  1. New blog post: Books http://t.co/1cgt3y9Y
    about 7 hours ago
  2. Somebody recently asked for a list of organizations offering free tax help. This link (from my buddy, the Deals... http://t.co/q8KmchYR
    about 17 hours ago
  3. Thanks! “@KerryHannon: @lizweston Not sure if you saw my recent column. Shout out to you. http://t.co/1RA47GIu
    about 1 day ago
  4. RT @KerryHannon: @lizweston Not sure if you saw my recent column. Shout out to you. http://t.co/ieuyf7M2
    about 1 day ago
  5. New Breed of Phishing Scams: It’s Complicated http://t.co/dkIZA7vn Good article from Credit.com about how sophisticated these are getting
    about 1 day ago
  6. @DLFreedman on love and money (& how much of one you need to spend to find the other): http://t.co/kfrR07b6
    about 1 day ago
  7. New blog post: How I outsource my life (Part I) http://t.co/M2ZV3t5t
    about 1 day ago
  8. Thanks! RT @GRSblog: How many of us are truly poor? http://t.co/bPjw9558 | Great article via @MSN_Money Helps provide a bit of perspective.
    about 3 days ago
  9. New blog post: A reverse mortgage could keep Mom in her home http://t.co/IM0DgTAW
    about 3 days ago
  10. New blog post: Are businesses protecting your Social Security number? http://t.co/8CvJewCW
    about 3 days ago

  Recent Tweets about @lizweston

  1. Thanks to @lizweston for naming us one of the 102 most useful websites! http://t.co/6BT6Rgc0
    about 10 min ago by wisebread (Wise Bread)
  2. RT @CreditSesame: The best finance websites as listed by @LizWeston http://t.co/G9sz6rPh
    about 10 hours ago by MenloVentures (Menlo Ventures)
  3. RT @wisebread: Thank you @lizweston for naming us one of the 102 most useful websites. http://t.co/6BT6Rgc0
    about 13 hours ago by Sci_Editors (TextEngineer.net)
  4. The best finance websites as listed by @LizWeston http://t.co/G9sz6rPh
    about 14 hours ago by CreditSesame (Credit Sesame)
  5. RT @wisebread: Thank you @lizweston for naming us one of the 102 most useful websites. http://t.co/6BT6Rgc0
    about 15 hours ago by StephTheBlogger (Stephanie)
  6. Thank you @lizweston for naming us one of the 102 most useful websites. http://t.co/6BT6Rgc0
    about 15 hours ago by wisebread (Wise Bread)
  7. RT @andreacoombes: @lindastern @lizweston We've got one too :) How to file your taxes for free (and find free help): http://t.co/ymshCDSK
    about 15 hours ago by TaxMama (TaxMama)
  8. Thanks to @lizweston for naming http://t.co/5ZGo2R1N on her list of “102 best money websites”!! http://t.co/XfAzDJVE
    about 15 hours ago by AskPennyAuto (Penny Gusner)
  9. Thanks @msn_money & @lizweston for listing us as one of the best money websites! http://t.co/LfHpDdiU
    about 16 hours ago by Kiplinger (Kiplinger)
  10. @lindastern @lizweston We've got one too :) How to file your taxes for free (and find free help): http://t.co/ymshCDSK
    about 16 hours ago by andreacoombes (Andrea Coombes)
 

Social Media Reach & Influence (by Klout)+/-

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Twitter influence stats by Klout. To get more in-depth Klout analysis of @lizweston, visit klout.com/lizweston.

Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Klout Score40.99The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @lizweston's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach505True Reach is the size of @lizweston's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @lizweston actually influences.
Network Score18.980-100 rating of the influence level of @lizweston's engaged audience.
Amplification Score8.00 0-100 score of the likelihood that @lizweston's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.
Klout Description of @lizweston
@lizweston is effectively using social media to influence their network across a variety of topics
Klout Classification of @lizweston
Networker You know how to connect to the right people and share what's important to your audience. You generously share your network to help your followers. You have a high level of engagement and an influential audience.
Influential Topics Influenced By Influencer Of
  • personal finance
  • finance
  • saving
  • media
  • economics
 

Google Search Rankings (by SEMRush)+/-

SEMRush finds the Google keywords where asklizweston.com ranks in the top 20 search results.

SEMRush Rank365,480Rating of sites by the number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results.
SE Keywords924Number of keywords (search queries) the domain ranks in the top 20 Google (US) search results.
SE Traffic1,117Estimated number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results (per month).
SE Traffic Price$4,811Estimated cost of purchasing the same number of visitors.

Top 10 Most Valuable Search Rankings

The domain's best rankings; considering their position, other competition, demand for the keyword, and cost to purchase an AdWords ad for the keyword.

#KeywordPositionSearch ResultsSearch VolumeCPCURL
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4credit card relief act32,530,000390$11.49asklizweston.com/2010/06/01/no-such-thing-as-credit-card-debt-relief-act/
5pochta.ru64,800,000480$0.64asklizweston.com/page/2/
6credit relief act35,360,000260$14.04asklizweston.com/2010/06/01/no-such-thing-as-credit-card-debt-relief-act/
7credit card debt relief act82,150,000720$14.18asklizweston.com/2010/06/01/no-such-thing-as-credit-card-debt-relief-act/
8ing credit card618,900,000390$4.88asklizweston.com/2009/10/09/ing-direct-to-offer-credit-cards/
9oxycodone erowid71,490,000480$0.10asklizweston.com/qa-with-liz/
10soma architects102,800,000590$3.68asklizweston.com/page/2/

Top Competitors in Search Results

Domains that frequently appear in the same search results as this domain.

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1drugs.com738273,6976,135,684$13,340,2160
2yahoo.com3189,810,537180,131,202$141,752,1531,637,687
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Potential Ad/Traffic Buyers

AdWords buyers next to this domain's Google search results.

#DomainCommon KeywordsAdWords KeywordsAdWords TrafficAdWords Traffic PriceSE Keywords
1ask.com465,816,18615,844,374$10,523,2421,719,819
2freedomdebtrelief.com1813,21627,846$345,331401
3debtsettlement-texas.com153,5043,682$50,6034
4info.com13935,489386,773$978,6504,517
5newyorkdebtrelief.org1314,08717,407$202,6710
6fidelity.com1263,970246,343$1,243,08022,166
7creditreliefcare.com111,140798$12,1330
8prudential.com1183,425210,500$765,4117,438
9vanguard.com1024,379110,955$738,41011,134
10americanexpress.com957,455290,340$726,65524,801
 

Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Majestic SEO

Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Referring Domains7,601Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains3Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs5,898Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks264,127Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs8,480Number of URLs for given item type present in index - these are NOT backlinks, but rather URLs belonging to given domain or subdomain: this metric is useful as an indication of domain content size.