The Finance Buff

Site: http://thefinancebuff.com/

Twitter: @TheFinanceBuff

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Finance-Buff/98410566836

About: Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog. I’m a mid-career professional in late 30’s with an MBA in finance. In previous jobs, I worked for an investment advisory firm and in the employee benefits department of a multi-national manufacturing company where I earned my Certified Employee Benefits Specialist credential. I write on this blog about spending, saving, investing, taxes, banking, mortgage, insurance, and other personal finance related topics.

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The Finance Buff has a Wise Score of 63.47, which ranks it #166 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	166	63.47	4.63	2,927	28.15	1,830	143,065	130
2012-5-13	164	63.44	4.63	2,927	28.15	1,813	136,864	129
2012-5-6	166	63.56	4.63	2,927	29.78	1,792	135,656	127
2012-4-29	151	64.52	4.89	2,927	32.29	1,779	134,691	126
2012-4-22	148	65.09	4.89	2,927	35.38	1,746	126,389	124

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@TheFinanceBuff

Personal finance blogger

Tweeting since 12 December 2008 (3 years 23 weeks)

Recent Tweets from @thefinancebuff

New Spartan Index Funds from Fidelity vs ETFs http://t.co/MJlYUdTB
about 11 hours ago
I enjoyed it too. Local banking http://t.co/DIPwDA1v
about 2 days ago
@AFMBlog Yes. W-2 income is before FICA tax.
about 2 days ago
RT @KenWReynolds: Sometimes the bet advice is the simplest. RT @TheFinanceBuff: Three Secrets to a Fat 401k http://t.co/VxA3OpqF
about 3 days ago
Three Secrets to a Fat 401k http://t.co/615q8yxl
about 3 days ago
Friday Reading: Great Deal in 5/1 ARM http://t.co/dXXn35JB
about 6 days ago
Best Broker For a Custodial IRA For Your Kids http://t.co/BuYezRJ5
about 1 week ago

Recent Tweets about @thefinancebuff

RT @TheFinanceBuff: New Spartan Index Funds from Fidelity vs ETFs http://t.co/MJlYUdTB
about 11 hours ago by michaelrpiper (Mike Piper)
RT @TheFinanceBuff: New Spartan Index Funds from Fidelity vs ETFs http://t.co/MJlYUdTB
about 11 hours ago by SunFinancial (Suns Financial Diary)
@TheFinanceBuff Thanks. That's how my wife's company calculates it. Sucks.
about 2 days ago by AFMBlog (JLP)
RT @KenWReynolds: Sometimes the bet advice is the simplest. RT @TheFinanceBuff: Three Secrets to a Fat 401k http://t.co/VxA3OpqF
about 2 days ago by onlymoney (It's Only Money Blog)
RT @KenWReynolds: Sometimes the bet advice is the simplest. RT @TheFinanceBuff: Three Secrets to a Fat 401k http://t.co/VxA3OpqF
about 3 days ago by TheFinanceBuff (TFB)
Sometimes the bet advice is the simplest. RT @TheFinanceBuff: Three Secrets to a Fat 401k http://t.co/VxA3OpqF
about 3 days ago by KenWReynolds (Ken Reynolds)
RT @TheFinanceBuff: Three Secrets to a Fat 401k http://t.co/615q8yxl
about 3 days ago by SquaredAwayBC (Squared Away Blog )
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about 1 week ago by TedDeCorte (Ted DeCorte)

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

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

Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Klout Score	25.96	The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @thefinancebuff's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach	84	True Reach is the size of @thefinancebuff's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @thefinancebuff actually influences.
Network Score	6.63	0-100 rating of the influence level of @thefinancebuff's engaged audience.
Amplification Score	4.00	0-100 score of the likelihood that @thefinancebuff's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.

Klout Description of @thefinancebuff

@thefinancebuff is influential to a tightly formed network that is growing larger

Klout Classification of @thefinancebuff

Conversationalist

You love to connect and always have the inside scoop. Good conversation is not just a skill, it's an art. You might not know it, but when you are witty, your followers hang on every word.

Influential Topics	Influenced By	Influencer Of
finance personal finance money blogging retirement	@hblodget (70.16) @newshour (66.53) @andreacoombes (55.46) @charlesmurray (54.93) @jasonzweigwsj (53.99)	@moneymag_penny (52.26) @teddecorte (50.12) @blankenshipfp (48.97) @lizamaral (43.78) @lizweston (43.74)

Google Search Rankings (by SEMRush)+/-

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

SEMRush Rank	76,736	Rating of sites by the number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results.
SE Keywords	1,985	Number of keywords (search queries) the domain ranks in the top 20 Google (US) search results.
SE Traffic	7,599	Estimated number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results (per month).
SE Traffic Price	$37,874	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	its deductible	6	31,800,000	9,900	$1.12	thefinancebuff.com/itsdeductible-vs-deductionpro-for-valuing-donations.html
2	roth 401k	7	3,640,000	6,600	$18.45	thefinancebuff.com/case-against-roth-401k.html
3	itsdeductible	5	126,000	4,400	$1.37	thefinancebuff.com/itsdeductible-vs-deductionpro-for-valuing-donations.html
4	hsa contribution limits 2011	11	171,000	4,400	$6.16	thefinancebuff.com/hsa-contribution-limits-health-savings-account-rules.html
5	rsu	8	39,300,000	6,600	$2.56	thefinancebuff.com/restricted-stock-units-rsu-sales-and.html
6	espp	4	74,000	2,400	$10.82	thefinancebuff.com/employee-stock-purchase-plan-espp-is.html
7	alliant credit union	17	478,000	40,500	$6.95	thefinancebuff.com/alliant-credit-union-bumpy-ride-to-high-yield.html
8	deduction pro	4	14,100,000	1,900	$4.62	thefinancebuff.com/itsdeductible-vs-deductionpro-for-valuing-donations.html
9	free fillable forms	8	713,000	3,600	$0.88	thefinancebuff.com/free-file-fillable-forms-not-directly-with-irs.html
10	restricted stock	9	6,710,000	3,600	$3.68	thefinancebuff.com/restricted-stock-units-rsu-sales-and.html

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	1,043	6,433,925	57,404,498	$72,681,506	178
2	wikipedia.org	866	17,242,179	906,039,296	$1,008,079,406	187
3	irs.gov	715	230,066	8,812,337	$24,746,553	2,454
4	yahoo.com	644	12,955,962	194,959,591	$160,585,773	473,890
5	intuit.com	618	235,379	2,720,574	$4,694,619	66,608
6	bankrate.com	535	147,612	3,202,313	$9,305,125	71,829
7	investopedia.com	498	240,200	3,335,725	$11,298,204	0
8	fidelity.com	492	22,668	1,291,501	$4,257,712	58,955
9	amazon.com	339	12,150,667	122,023,365	$105,684,767	3,049,061
10	vanguard.com	331	10,927	562,195	$709,204	42,142

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	419	6,491,930	10,515,491	$7,448,599	2,673,033
2	tdameritrade.com	330	74,317	172,981	$897,940	4,349
3	vanguard.com	324	42,142	160,124	$1,040,729	10,927
4	fidelity.com	307	58,955	233,612	$1,084,638	22,668
5	bankrate.com	194	71,829	247,129	$486,098	147,612
6	info.com	147	855,813	272,687	$702,554	10,428
7	etrade.com	136	30,323	68,015	$308,710	6,053
8	schwab.com	134	25,893	87,336	$322,790	7,519
9	americanexpress.com	133	75,901	425,684	$1,143,341	30,461
10	scottrade.com	127	26,432	152,658	$610,578	4,792

Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Referring Domains	2,927	Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains	4	Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs	2,030	Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks	109,630	Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs	27,453	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.