Five Cent Nickel

Site: http://www.fivecentnickel.com/

Twitter: @fcn

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FiveCentNickel

Five Cent Nickel is a personal finance blog founded in 2005 by Nickel, a thirty-something writer with a passion for personal finance. Since then it has evolved into one of the premier personal finance blogs on the internet, where readers can find information, tips and tricks on topics ranging from finding the highest yield savings accounts to saving money on groceries. A panel of expert writers cover practical and sensible tips to personal finance while keeping you current on the best money offers such as 0% balance transfer credit cards and discount online brokers. Five Cent Nickel has been featured in the New York Times, Wall St. Journal, LifeHacker and CNN.com.

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Five Cent Nickel has a Wise Score of 86.61, which ranks it #38 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
2012-2-5	38	86.61	5.89	16,951	46.07	3,471	47,130	225
2012-1-29	39	86.61	5.89	16,951	46.56	3,425	47,522	222
2012-1-22	39	86.26	5.89	16,951	46.86	3,399	56,019	220
2012-1-15	40	85.88	5.95	16,951	46.43	3,378	56,019	214
2012-1-8	42	85.64	5.95	16,763	44.04	3,362	56,019	210

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@fcn

Personal finance blogger extraordinaire. To get my RSS feed, follow @fcnfeed.

Tweeting since 23 April 2008 (3 years 41 weeks)

Recent Tweets from @fcn

@Kiplinger ummm, you mean $AAPL, right?
about 13 hours ago
The @FCN Daily is out! http://t.co/793k9kKz ▸ Top stories today via @financialuproar @mmarquit
about 16 hours ago
@InvestorJunkie @wsj Yes. April 1st, 1987.
about 23 hours ago
Wow. Really? RT @WSJ: Kodak to stop making digital cameras and focus on photo printing. http://t.co/KmT6Odi7
about 1 day ago
This looks awesome... RT @newsycombinator: PaperKarma - take a photo, eliminate junk mail http://t.co/J3s6goVJ
about 1 day ago
I need your help… Can you point me to recent blog posts that have talked about using dividend stocks in place of bonds or CDs?
about 1 day ago
The @FCN Daily is out! http://t.co/793k9kKz ▸ Top stories today via @authordavidbach @matt_sf @green_panda
about 1 day ago
@Pinboard >>> effect on quality of service - right? - so my opinion is don't leave money on the table.
about 2 days ago
@Pinboard well sure, document it. and perhaps more questionable if you run a paid svc. but even then, it costs me nothing, and has zero >>>
about 2 days ago
@Pinboard modding links, I mean... Not adding interstitials.
about 2 days ago

Recent Tweets about @fcn

Thanks @DawnMentzer @TheSolopreneurM @fcn @Loanalyzer @cardwisdom @20andengaged @omntri @moneyqanda
about 8 min ago by MMarquit (MMarquit)
RT @vzlasinfonica: Domi.12_02 11am | Beethoven a lo Filarmónico con @alfovalles concierto que ofrecerá la Orq. Filarmónica Nacional @fcnm_ http://t.co/Kg2VSNJw
about 59 min ago by alfovalles (Alfredo Ovalles)
RT @elton_Floripa: http://t.co/79L5EHSq PB 09/02_18h @FCdoPB @FcMr_Pi_ @Fco_Fetter @FCOMauricioeKg @fcolpotter @FcRodaika @EuSouPB_ @FCNetoFagundes @fcpiangers
about 3 hours ago by FCNetoFagundes (FãClubeNetoFagundes)
RT @elton_Floripa: http://t.co/79L5EHSq PB 09/02_13h @FCdoPB @FcMr_Pi_ @Fco_Fetter @FCOMauricioeKg @fcolpotter @FcRodaika @EuSouPB_ @FCNetoFagundes @fcpiangers
about 3 hours ago by FCNetoFagundes (FãClubeNetoFagundes)
RT @NxZero_Ever: FC'S FODÁSTICOS-> @Unica_Certeza @Love_Conras @FanaticaCrazyNx @Choose_NxZeroRS @FCOvicionxzero @FcoNxZeroVicio @FCNxZeroAlways
about 14 hours ago by Unica_Certeza (FCO Única Certeza)
RT @NxZero_Ever: FC'S FODÁSTICOS-> @Unica_Certeza @Love_Conras @FanaticaCrazyNx @Choose_NxZeroRS @FCOvicionxzero @FcoNxZeroVicio @FCNxZeroAlways
about 14 hours ago by Love_Conras (Fco Love Conras)
RT @NxZero_Ever: FC'S FODÁSTICOS-> @Unica_Certeza @Love_Conras @FanaticaCrazyNx @Choose_NxZeroRS @FCOvicionxzero @FcoNxZeroVicio @FCNxZeroAlways
about 14 hours ago by Choose_NxZeroRS (Oi, eu amo o NX =))
RT @creditkarma: Own Your Investments, Rent Your Fun http://t.co/tkd0al4M vai @fcn
about 15 hours ago by abe_camargo (Abraham Camargo)
The @FCN Daily is out! http://t.co/793k9kKz ▸ Top stories today via @financialuproar @mmarquit
about 16 hours ago by fcn (nickel)
RT @elton_Floripa: http://t.co/79L5EHSq PB 09/02_18h @FCdoPB @FcMr_Pi_ @Fco_Fetter @FCOMauricioeKg @fcolpotter @FcRodaika @EuSouPB_ @FCNetoFagundes @fcpiangers
about 16 hours ago by FCO_Fetter (FÃ CLUBE A. Fetter)

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

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

Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Klout Score	46.07	The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @fcn's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach	1,071	True Reach is the size of @fcn's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @fcn actually influences.
Network Score	26.27	0-100 rating of the influence level of @fcn's engaged audience.
Amplification Score	13.00	0-100 score of the likelihood that @fcn's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.

Klout Description of @fcn

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

Klout Classification of @fcn

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 blogging careers shopping	@dropbox (80.43) @pinboard (64.99) @balanon (63.63) @smartfootball (62.4) @petegaines (54.21)	@runtowin (53.57) @mattjabs (53.25) @sprinklebit (47.57) @bargainr (39.92) @michaelrpiper (36.89)

Google Search Rankings (by SEMRush)+/-

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

SEMRush Rank	7,786	Rating of sites by the number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results.
SE Keywords	11,116	Number of keywords (search queries) the domain ranks in the top 20 Google (US) search results.
SE Traffic	99,617	Estimated number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results (per month).
SE Traffic Price	$279,444	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	chase credit card	9	35,700,000	368,000	$0.82	www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/03/27/credit-card-offers-chase-bank-credit-cards/
2	dave ramsey	6	12,000,000	201,000	$0.10	www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/05/09/dave-ramsey-is-bad-at-math/
3	when are taxes due	1	242,000,000	9,900	$6.44	www.fivecentnickel.com/2011/02/15/when-are-2010-taxes-due-hint-its-not-april-15-2011/
4	turbotax discount	1	2,240,000	6,600	$1.59	www.fivecentnickel.com/2011/02/02/turbo-tax-discount-for-amex-customers-and-others/
5	consumer reports login	11	13,100,000	60,500	$0.14	www.fivecentnickel.com/2005/07/18/free-access-to-consumer-reports-and-more/
6	freecreditreport.com	11	1,700,000	49,500	$2.65	www.fivecentnickel.com/2009/05/04/is-freecreditreportcom-a-scam/
7	chase credit cards	6	28,400,000	33,100	$0.50	www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/03/27/credit-card-offers-chase-bank-credit-cards/
8	how to get rid of ants	11	13,200,000	33,100	$1.01	www.fivecentnickel.com/2008/06/06/how-to-get-rid-of-ants-safely-and-without-an-exterminator/
9	quicken for mac	6	1,420,000	27,100	$0.83	www.fivecentnickel.com/2011/03/03/will-mac-os-x-lion-kill-quicken-2007-3/
10	states with no income tax	2	43,200,000	8,100	$0.13	www.fivecentnickel.com/2011/03/21/states-with-no-income-tax/

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	about.com	5,972	7,128,382	60,406,412	$77,545,353	0
2	irs.gov	5,237	249,896	9,509,220	$26,459,571	3,167
3	wikipedia.org	4,039	17,685,654	805,842,038	$817,644,714	117
4	creditcards.com	3,943	59,522	1,432,351	$8,763,586	24,430
5	bankrate.com	3,869	157,106	3,248,558	$10,549,322	63,977
6	bargaineering.com	3,615	30,805	372,657	$1,186,840	0
7	mymoneyblog.com	2,233	21,053	111,711	$490,443	0
8	yahoo.com	2,161	9,810,537	180,131,202	$141,752,153	1,637,687
9	hubpages.com	1,974	1,399,156	6,177,106	$6,560,790	278
10	amazon.com	1,954	12,011,888	128,054,133	$112,842,653	3,282,990

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	ask.com	3,579	5,816,186	15,844,374	$10,523,242	1,719,819
2	capitalone.com	1,618	38,569	286,285	$586,302	21,218
3	creditcards.com	1,343	24,430	68,835	$485,995	59,522
4	creditcardguide.com	1,319	29,325	64,277	$306,049	5,312
5	discovercard.com	1,227	15,958	17,961	$121,684	7,103
6	comparecards.com	1,059	5,771	25,372	$118,236	1,163
7	americanexpress.com	1,053	57,455	290,340	$726,655	24,801
8	bankrate.com	1,023	63,977	188,954	$353,351	157,106
9	citicards.com	966	12,918	168,350	$423,684	3,709
10	smartcreditchoices.com	918	3,233	3,805	$40,052	3

Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Referring Domains	16,951	Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains	13	Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs	9,445	Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks	1,088,022	Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs	22,277	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.