The Incidental Economist

Thematically, this blog is roughly 40% personal finance, 25% economics/economy, 25% health care, and 10% other musings. I’m a health economist with an educational background in physics and engineering. I now have a joint appointment at a major research university and a federal government agency, and I study economic issues pertaining U.S. health care policy with a focus on Medicare. My interests include economics, of course, but also politics and personal finance. I’m my household’s CFO, I manage the accounting side of my wife’s small business, and I look after my two daughters. As I pursue my interests and meet my home and work responsibilities I encounter problems and notice interesting things. As I ponder them I’ll share my thoughts with readers of this blog. Hopefully what I find interesting and useful is of value to others.
 

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The Incidental Economist has a Wise Score of  61.08, which ranks it #187 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
2012-2-518761.085.322,87441.031,525416,3630
2012-1-2918561.415.322,87441.391,506390,1330
2012-1-2218162.425.322,87440.991,466315,5610
2012-1-1517362.765.472,87441.041,443315,5610
2012-1-817362.565.472,73540.911,411315,5610
 

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Twitter+/-

5,08901,542
TweetsFollowingFollowers
Considering health care with a focus on research, an eye on reform.
Tweeting since 6 August 2009 (2 years 26 weeks)

  Recent Tweets from @IncidentalEcon

  1. Health policy valentines, ctd. http://t.co/jin96zOB #TIEpost
    about 11 hours ago
  2. On The Record (with daily recap) http://t.co/vdV6YY7H #TIEpost
    about 15 hours ago
  3. CBO: Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury by the Veterans Administration http://t.co/cPzhu4GC #TIEnews
    about 17 hours ago
  4. Reading list http://t.co/12gB3ZHX #TIEpost
    about 19 hours ago
  5. CBO: Materials related to Elmendork presentation to National Economists Club http://t.co/OStlCEv9 #TIEnews
    about 20 hours ago
  6. Will people eat less if you ask them to? http://t.co/s654ObHn #TIEpost
    about 22 hours ago
  7. Health policy valentines http://t.co/OIpG2gam #TIEpost
    about 23 hours ago
  8. On The Record (with daily recap) http://t.co/qeZZxI7o #TIEpost
    about 1 day ago
  9. Echoes of published research http://t.co/yZGo5nvg #TIEpost
    about 1 day ago
  10. Tea Party legal arguments: ACA SCOTUS Briefs http://t.co/lMdDkCMs #TIEpost
    about 1 day ago

  Recent Tweets about @IncidentalEcon

  1. RT @aheblog: Read AHE Blog Daily ▸ today's top stories via @baronmoe @incidentalecon @kbloor @pecjournalhttp://t.co/jiKzPnzx
    about 8 hours ago by PECjournal (Chris Carswell)
  2. RT @LynnBlewett: I can no longer sustain your growth rates! #SGR #healthpolicyvalentines @shadac @afrakt @IncidentalEcon
    about 8 hours ago by healthfunding (Health Funding)
  3. RT @IncidentalEcon Health policy valentines, ctd. http://t.co/WgJWpx1n #TIEpost
    about 10 hours ago by Biff_Bruise (David Napoli)
  4. ummmm hum RT“@LynnBlewett: I can no longer sustain your growth rates! #SGR #healthpolicyvalentines @shadac @afrakt @IncidentalEcon
    about 10 hours ago by barryleetaylor (barry taylor)
  5. More "wonky" valentines: “@IncidentalEcon: Health policy valentines, ctd. http://t.co/Sl5HgPFN #TIEpost
    about 11 hours ago by mrspicotte (Ms. Picotte)
  6. I can no longer sustain your growth rates! #SGR #healthpolicyvalentines @shadac @afrakt @IncidentalEcon
    about 11 hours ago by LynnBlewett (LynnBlewett)
  7. #FF @beckyquickcnbc @EdPolicyatNAF @IncidentalEcon @NewAmericaOTI
    about 14 hours ago by BudgetHawks (CRFB.org)
  8. RT @IncidentalEcon: CBO: Treatment of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury by the Veterans Administration http://t.co/cPzhu4GC #TIEnews
    about 17 hours ago by Altarum (Altarum Institute)
  9. RT @txindiejourno: #FF More Policy Wonks: @TimHarford @IncidentalEcon @afrakt @aaronecarroll @donaldhtaylorjr @koutterson @rortybomb @dylanmatt
    about 19 hours ago by afrakt (Austin Frakt)
  10. #FF More Policy Wonks: @TimHarford @IncidentalEcon @afrakt @aaronecarroll @donaldhtaylorjr @koutterson @rortybomb @dylanmatt
    about 19 hours ago by txindiejourno (Teddy Wilson)
 

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

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Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Klout Score41.03The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @IncidentalEcon's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach496True Reach is the size of @IncidentalEcon's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @IncidentalEcon actually influences.
Network Score19.130-100 rating of the influence level of @IncidentalEcon's engaged audience.
Amplification Score9.00 0-100 score of the likelihood that @IncidentalEcon's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.
Klout Description of @IncidentalEcon
@IncidentalEcon is effectively using social media to influence their network across a variety of topics
Klout Classification of @IncidentalEcon
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
  • finance
  • health care
  • economics
  • politics
  • personal finance
 

Google Search Rankings (by SEMRush)+/-

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

SEMRush Rank139,023Rating of sites by the number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results.
SE Keywords794Number of keywords (search queries) the domain ranks in the top 20 Google (US) search results.
SE Traffic4,042Estimated number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results (per month).
SE Traffic Price$6,556Estimated 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.

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Potential Ad/Traffic Buyers

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Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Majestic SEO

Stat NameValueStat Explanation
Referring Domains2,874Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains20Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring .GOV Domains4Number of referring domains from GOVernment sites (only exact .gov TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs2,165Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks213,793Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs27,610Number 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.