Consumerism Commentary

Twitter: @flexo

Consumerism Commentary is a personal finance blog. The writers are not necessarily financial professionals, so readers should not make any important decisions based on the information published here alone. If you want solid financial advice, seek a trained financial adviser. Flexo created Consumerism Commentary in 2003 in order to hold himself accountable for the state and progress of his own finances. “Although I had a rocky experience with my money following my undergraduate studies, by the time I started this blog I was on the path to being in ‘decent financial shape.’ In order to take the next step, I believed starting a blog would help. My plan was to regularly publish my account balances and spending information so I could publicly track them over time and perhaps gain support from readers.”

 

Stats Summary+/-

Consumerism Commentary has a Wise Score of  92.29, which ranks it #19 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
2012-2-51992.295.8822,44948.174,45931,8371,595
2012-1-291992.485.8822,44948.514,41431,6011,575
2012-1-221892.675.8822,44949.134,39428,5381,561
2012-1-151692.605.8922,44949.744,35028,5381,540
2012-1-81692.555.8922,16448.504,31628,5381,530
 

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Twitter+/-

12,1879964,474
TweetsFollowingFollowers
Luke Landes. Creator, owner, and writer: Consumerism Commentary. I write about personal finance for a number of publications.
Tweeting since 28 March 2007 (4 years 45 weeks)

  Recent Tweets from @flexo

  1. If the tax deduction for mortgage interest goes away, so what? http://t.co/5xLupxQy via @mbhunter
    about 12 min ago
  2. Motivation for Multiple Streams of Income http://t.co/awk0QYFU
    about 16 min ago
  3. Thanks for RTs and such @CardRatings @EarnSaveLive @HSHassociates @SpringCoin @tyler_spraul @GoBankingRates
    about 9 hours ago
  4. The Behavior Gap: Simple Ways to Stop Doing Dumb Things with Money - Boing Boing http://t.co/e9DZ1DgA via @BoingBoing
    about 12 hours ago
  5. Top Ten Personal Finance Start-Ups http://t.co/3sNdEg4i
    about 13 hours ago
  6. RT @InsureCom: Insurance comparison: Most & least expensive 2012 vehicles to insure http://t.co/1jSXYrC1 @Toyota @Jeep @ThisIsGMC @chevrolet @Ford @Dodge
    about 20 hours ago
  7. Materialistic People Less Happy in Marriages But Have More Money http://t.co/itM3fwYI
    about 20 hours ago
  8. Nice work @wisebread @grsblog @ptmoney @DLFreedman @trenttsd and thanks to @lizweston! 102 best money sites. http://t.co/RCEvpgiT
    about 22 hours ago
  9. RT @TIME: How much money does Harvard really have? | http://t.co/HZ93lxrb (via @TIMEIdeas)
    about 22 hours ago
  10. If you comment at Consumerism Commentary, you could be earning points to cash in for gift cards... http://t.co/EIcawsj9
    about 22 hours ago

  Recent Tweets about @flexo

  1. Anyone have a reference to the mortgage interest deduction being on the chopping block? (@Flexo I thought you might?)
    about 8 hours ago by mbhunter (John Wedding)
  2. RT @GRSblog: Back at u! Congrats to all! RT @flexo: Nice work @wisebread @ptmoney @DLFreedman @trenttsd 102 best money sites. http://t.co/WwUasD7U
    about 11 hours ago by njperez (Nelson Pérez)
  3. RT @flexo: Top Ten Personal Finance Start-Ups http://t.co/3sNdEg4i
    about 11 hours ago by NewCarCoach (CarNegotiationCoach)
  4. RT @flexo: Top Ten Personal Finance Start-Ups http://t.co/3sNdEg4i
    about 12 hours ago by ParentingMoney (Glen Craig)
  5. Debt collections: Do you have to pay? Maybe not. States have a statute of limitations on unpaid debts. Debt http://t.co/DlKqRB4q @Flexo
    about 14 hours ago by CardRatings (CardRatings.com)
  6. Back at u! Congrats to all! RT @flexo: Nice work @wisebread @ptmoney @DLFreedman @trenttsd 102 best money sites. http://t.co/WwUasD7U
    about 16 hours ago by GRSblog (Get Rich Slowly)
  7. Great post by @flexo today on flexible work hours. For me, this is something that I really value! http://t.co/PQVAtvVz
    about 17 hours ago by EarnSaveLive (Earn Save Live)
  8. MD says income, savings, relationship status & handy skills should figure into buying a home when ur young http://t.co/37mzl6xg via @Flexo
    about 17 hours ago by HSHassociates (HSH Associates)
  9. RT @wisebread: RT @SpringCoin: Make budgeting simple by following these budgeting basics: http://t.co/i65rtq7o via @flexo #WBchat
    about 17 hours ago by KimCovertpn (Kim Covert)
  10. @wisebread @springcoin @flexo love the chat today! #WBchat
    about 18 hours ago by AngelMom037 (Kelly E)
 

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

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

Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Klout Score48.17The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @flexo's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach1,504True Reach is the size of @flexo's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @flexo actually influences.
Network Score29.090-100 rating of the influence level of @flexo's engaged audience.
Amplification Score10.00 0-100 score of the likelihood that @flexo's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.
Klout Description of @flexo
@flexo is effectively using social media to influence their network across a variety of topics
Klout Classification of @flexo
Specialist You may not be a celebrity, but within your area of expertise your opinion is second to none. Your content is likely focused around a specific topic or industry with a focused, highly-engaged audience.
Influential Topics Influenced By Influencer Of
  • personal finance
  • finance
  • saving
  • blogging
  • money
 

Google Search Rankings (by SEMRush)+/-

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

SEMRush Rank10,823Rating of sites by the number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results.
SE Keywords10,505Number of keywords (search queries) the domain ranks in the top 20 Google (US) search results.
SE Traffic70,518Estimated number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results (per month).
SE Traffic Price$254,248Estimated 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
1sharebuilder6162,000110,000$0.20www.consumerismcommentary.com/ing-sharebuilder-review/
2coinstar71,360,00060,500$2.18www.consumerismcommentary.com/coinstar-is-a-rip-off/
3ebates.com42,670,00018,100$0.10www.consumerismcommentary.com/ebates-com-review/
4american express savings539,500,00022,200$0.28www.consumerismcommentary.com/american-express-personal-savings-review/
5401k contribution limits11459,00022,200$2.17www.consumerismcommentary.com/401k-contribution-limits/
6discover bank911,000,00027,100$0.71www.consumerismcommentary.com/discover-bank-online-savings-account-review/
7ebates review12,910,0001,600$0.49www.consumerismcommentary.com/ebates-com-review/
8income tax brackets610,400,00014,800$1.59www.consumerismcommentary.com/2012-federal-income-tax-brackets-and-marginal-rates/
92011 tax brackets81,480,00022,200$0.90www.consumerismcommentary.com/federal-income-tax-brackets-and-marginal-rates/
10quicken 201199,040,00022,200$0.68www.consumerismcommentary.com/quicken-2011-review-and-giveaway/

Top Competitors in Search Results

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

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1about.com5,7107,128,38260,406,412$77,545,3530
2irs.gov4,380249,8969,509,220$26,459,5713,167
3bargaineering.com3,80130,805372,657$1,186,8400
4bankrate.com3,439157,1063,248,558$10,549,32263,977
5creditcards.com3,34859,5221,432,351$8,763,58624,430
6wikipedia.org3,21617,685,654805,842,038$817,644,714117
7chase.com2,64145,0098,380,189$17,994,78736,014
8mymoneyblog.com2,32721,053111,711$490,4430
9depositaccounts.com2,20434,519478,495$1,734,228460
10bankaholic.com2,00011,674156,585$544,3236,694

Potential Ad/Traffic Buyers

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

#DomainCommon KeywordsAdWords KeywordsAdWords TrafficAdWords Traffic PriceSE Keywords
1ask.com3,5815,816,18615,844,374$10,523,2421,719,819
2capitalone.com2,05738,569286,285$586,30221,218
3americanexpress.com2,01357,455290,340$726,65524,801
4bankrate.com1,58063,977188,954$353,351157,106
5chase.com1,42536,014577,213$1,291,29745,009
6creditcardguide.com1,33129,32564,277$306,0495,312
7citibank.com1,28916,60747,735$157,36426,307
8ally.com1,26513,28042,908$220,4205,759
9info.com1,236935,489386,773$978,6504,517
10creditcards.com1,19724,43068,835$485,99559,522
 

Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Majestic SEO

Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Referring Domains22,449Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains13Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs11,594Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks1,088,268Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs168,485Number 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.