Zen Personal Finance

Site: http://finance-weblog.com/

Twitter: @creaweblogging

As you may have noticed, I ripped off the title of this post from the great book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. That book used the term Zen loosely in a theme of quality over quantity, craftsmanship over quick fix, simplicity over complication.

My goal is to do the same with this blog. Yes, I will use the term Zen a little loosely, but in seeking personal finance Enlightenment, I'll discuss making money and planning for long-term financial needs by keeping it simple, not being overly risky, and not losing sight of your dreams when the here-and-now tempts you to open your wallet more than you should.

Most of all, my goal for myself–and anyone who reads my words–is to become effective enough in taking care of personal financial matters that I don't have to spend too much of my life thinking about them. Keep it simple, make enough money to do the things that are important (both for today and many tomorrows), and not obsess about how much money I have or don't have. To stop meditating on money, and start focusing on things that bring greater fulfillment.

At this point I should introduce myself. My name is Justin McHenry, and besides running this blog, I am Research Director for Index Credit Cards, a Web site offering credit card comparison data, plus credit-related tips and information to help consumers and small business people make more informed credit card choices. Zen and credit cards is not an obvious combination, but by making credit card offers as transparent as possible, the site tries to make comparisons simpler and help you get the best deals for your needs, which hopefully will bring some peace of mind. (But don't carry balances, or the whole "peace of mind" thing goes out the window.)

I hope you'll stop here regularly, and I hope you'll participate in the discussion, as I like to write, I like to read, and I like to talk.

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Zen Personal Finance has a Wise Score of 37.95, which ranks it #436 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
2012-2-5	436	37.95	2.71	4,859	28.32	1,505	1,775,300
2012-1-29	433	37.97	2.71	4,859	28.32	1,506	1,765,757
2012-1-22	407	40.28	2.71	4,859	28.32	1,516	1,277,223
2012-1-15	409	39.78	2.54	4,859	28.32	1,511	1,277,223
2012-1-8	406	39.92	2.54	4,844	28.32	1,509	1,277,223

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Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Klout Score	28.32	The Klout Score is a 0-100 rating of @creaweblogging's overall influence on Twitter.
True Reach	364	True Reach is the size of @creaweblogging's engaged audience. Klout eliminates inactive and spam accounts, and only include accounts that @creaweblogging actually influences.
Network Score	10.00	0-100 rating of the influence level of @creaweblogging's engaged audience.
Amplification Score	14.99	0-100 score of the likelihood that @creaweblogging's tweets will be acted upon by their followers.

Klout Description of @creaweblogging

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

Klout Classification of @creaweblogging

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You are a thought leader in your industry. Your followers rely on you, not only to share the relevant news, but to give your opinion on the issues. People look to you to help them understand the day's developments. You understand what's important and what your audience values that.

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SEMRush Rank	927,306	Rating of sites by the number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results.
SE Keywords	62	Number of keywords (search queries) the domain ranks in the top 20 Google (US) search results.
SE Traffic	265	Estimated number of visitors coming from the first 20 Google search results (per month).
SE Traffic Price	$685	Estimated cost of purchasing the same number of visitors.

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#	Domain	Common Keywords	SE Keywords	SE Traffic	SE Traffic Price	AdWords Keywords
1	wikipedia.org	32	17,685,654	805,842,038	$817,644,714	117
2	yahoo.com	28	9,810,537	180,131,202	$141,752,153	1,637,687
3	about.com	24	7,128,382	60,406,412	$77,545,353	0
4	amazon.com	21	12,011,888	128,054,133	$112,842,653	3,282,990
5	fool.com	19	77,454	1,104,902	$3,362,652	7,465
6	facebook.com	13	8,101,341	252,711,209	$104,730,387	71,911
7	bargaineering.com	11	30,805	372,657	$1,186,840	0
8	hubpages.com	10	1,399,156	6,177,106	$6,560,790	278
9	msn.com	10	767,445	24,728,281	$31,189,509	8,931
10	youtube.com	10	7,100,123	114,884,749	$72,402,086	36,582

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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	8	5,816,186	15,844,374	$10,523,242	1,719,819
2	lendingclub.com	8	21,031	19,323	$111,485	775
3	prosper.com	7	11,172	7,234	$35,636	1,525
4	amazon.com	4	3,282,990	5,108,454	$4,033,633	12,011,888
5	ebay.com	4	3,967,134	5,887,469	$3,004,533	4,769,003
6	fidelity.com	4	63,970	246,343	$1,243,080	22,166
7	info.com	4	935,489	386,773	$978,650	4,517
8	vanguard.com	4	24,379	110,955	$738,410	11,134
9	bankofamerica.com	3	52,276	909,388	$1,342,871	64,142
10	cardratings.com	3	13,768	13,854	$93,103	10,794

Majestic SEO Stats+/-

Stat Name	Value	Stat Explanation
Referring Domains	4,859	Number of referring domains known for this item. If -1 then this number is not yet known.
Referring .EDU Domains	7	Number of referring domains from EDUcational sites (only exact .edu TLD included; no regional domains).
Referring IPs	2,991	Number of referring IP addresses.
External Backlinks	575,536	Number of external backlinks for this item.
Indexed URLs	7,014	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.