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EDITORIAL MISSION

We are all regularly reminded just how complicated things have become in the world of personal finance. Individuals looking to make sense of and take responsibility for their finances are confronted by what can seem like a maze of rules—and exceptions to those rules—relating to everything from credit and debt to the never ending legislation and financial regulations coming out of Washington. And to make things even more difficult, the nature of our digital world virtually guarantees that our personal data — names, addresses, social security numbers, credit ratings, likes, dislikes, and much more — are too easily accessible by a variety of individuals and corporations all over the world.

Credit.com’s editorial team is committed to helping you make sense of it all. Everything we publish is designed to inform, educate and empower you with the insight and knowledge you need to make the best decisions for your financial wellbeing.

We write stories that aim to shed light on and clarify what is often hidden in the fine print. Every day, our independent team of reporters and experts provide objective reviews of financial products and services, expert insight and analysis of the latest industry news relating to your interactions with the banks and corporations around the world, and answer the questions that are most important to you and your financial life.

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Credit.com News & Advice has a Wise Score of 90.79, which ranks it #25 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
2012-5-20	25	90.79	6.06	59,736	41.90	4,139	23,483	1,252
2012-5-13	27	90.57	6.06	59,736	40.38	4,187	22,898	1,246
2012-5-6	28	90.64	6.06	59,736	41.25	4,188	22,958	1,237
2012-4-29	27	90.74	6.19	59,736	41.09	4,173	22,855	1,236
2012-4-22	27	90.85	6.19	59,736	41.43	4,158	23,186	1,232

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@CreditExperts

Official Twitter account of Credit.com. We have #credit and #money experts sharing industry insight. Try our Free Credit Report Card! http://bit.ly/Kf0goJ

Tweeting since 21 July 2008 (3 years 43 weeks)

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

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

Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Klout Score	41.90	The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @CreditExperts's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach	528	True Reach is the size of @CreditExperts's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @CreditExperts actually influences.
Network Score	20.59	0-100 rating of the influence level of @CreditExperts's engaged audience.
Amplification Score	9.00	0-100 score of the likelihood that @CreditExperts's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.

Klout Description of @CreditExperts

@CreditExperts is effectively using social media to influence their network across a variety of topics

Klout Classification of @CreditExperts

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.

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Google Search Rankings (by SEMRush)+/-

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

SEMRush Rank	3,503	Rating of sites by the number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results.
SE Keywords	17,741	Number of keywords (search queries) the domain ranks in the top 20 Google (US) search results.
SE Traffic	224,729	Estimated number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results (per month).
SE Traffic Price	$1,030,972	Estimated 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.

#	Keyword	Position	Search Results	Search Volume	CPC	URL
1	orchard bank	11	8,640,000	450,000	$0.47	www.credit.com/credit-cards/card/orchard-bank-visa-cards
2	equifax	4	12,400,000	246,000	$1.90	www.credit.com/credit-reports/credit-bureau/equifax/
3	discover card	9	118,000,000	450,000	$1.18	www.credit.com/products/credit_cards/discover.jsp
4	credit	1	7,940,000,000	27,100	$8.55	www.credit.com/
5	transunion	4	574,000	110,000	$1.83	www.credit.com/credit-reports/credit-bureau/transunion/
6	personal loans	6	117,000,000	110,000	$6.63	www.credit.com/loans/personal-loans
7	secured credit card	2	39,900,000	33,100	$5.16	www.credit.com/products/credit_cards/secure.jsp
8	credit cards for bad credit	4	61,700,000	60,500	$4.29	www.credit.com/credit-cards/bad-credit/
9	credit cards for bad credit	5	61,700,000	60,500	$4.29	www.credit.com/credit-cards/Poor
10	target red card	11	23,100,000	60,500	$0.37	www.credit.com/blog/2011/01/the-target-redcard-debit-card-savings-and-safety-part-2/

Top Competitors in Search Results

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

#	Domain	Common Keywords	SE Keywords	SE Traffic	SE Traffic Price	AdWords Keywords
1	creditcards.com	20,690	53,238	1,650,150	$10,246,170	24,345
2	about.com	7,703	6,433,925	57,404,498	$72,681,506	178
3	bankrate.com	6,217	147,612	3,202,313	$9,305,125	71,829
4	cardratings.com	5,086	12,172	204,343	$637,712	12,117
5	nerdwallet.com	4,661	19,921	218,592	$741,569	0
6	wikipedia.org	4,590	17,242,179	906,039,296	$1,008,079,406	187
7	myfico.com	4,384	24,111	362,606	$2,148,093	1,711
8	creditkarma.com	4,336	13,098	270,017	$1,551,449	1,702
9	cardhub.com	3,969	12,522	87,729	$330,875	313
10	yahoo.com	3,925	12,955,962	194,959,591	$160,585,773	473,890

Potential Ad/Traffic Buyers

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

#	Domain	Common Keywords	AdWords Keywords	AdWords Traffic	AdWords Traffic Price	SE Keywords
1	creditcardguide.com	7,417	37,854	121,046	$586,054	2,936
2	nextadvisor.com	6,460	35,352	39,992	$280,338	5,514
3	creditcards.com	6,078	24,345	60,508	$414,041	53,238
4	capitalone.com	5,888	33,303	327,793	$845,798	20,976
5	americanexpress.com	5,692	75,901	425,684	$1,143,341	30,461
6	discovercard.com	4,312	18,803	46,266	$155,992	2,531
7	creditcards.org	4,225	16,978	14,654	$87,508	1,734
8	creditcard321.com	4,020	12,768	10,403	$59,710	216
9	badcreditoffers.com	3,375	11,071	9,111	$56,076	421
10	cardratings.com	3,004	12,117	11,902	$79,777	12,172

Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Referring Domains	59,736	Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains	181	Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring .GOV Domains	10	Number of referring domains from GOVernment sites (only exact .gov TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs	24,838	Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks	76,090,445	Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs	172,897	Number 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.