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Blog Statistics Update May – June 2012
This is my one-month update on how EPF is doing based on our May 16 – June 15 data. Probably only other bloggers will care about the statistics stuff, but I found the list of most viewed posts pretty interesting (two were from before this period) and of course comments are still welcome! I’ll definitely read and respond to them. Statistics People who listen to us, as of June 15, 2012 RSS subscribers: 66 (+13) Twitter followers: 51 (+18) Facebook … Read entire article »
Filed under: blogging, month in review
Blog Statistics Update April – May 2012
I’ve decided to start giving regular updates as to how the blog is growing. Because I’m doing monthly spending reviews on or just after the first of the month, these blog updates will be just after the 15th of each month for the second half of the previous month and the first half of the current month. Statistics are for over the last month or on May 15, 2012. I don’t have any goals for the … Read entire article »
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Organic Search Terms
EPF’s organic search traffic has really spiked up in the past couple weeks – well, at least in comparison with what it used to be! Just last week I started looking at the search terms leading people to EPF (people, not bots). Today I’d like to take a look at a few of the search phrases. Post with the Most By far my most popular post in terms of being found by the wider internet is the … Read entire article »
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Oh, Look at That…
… EPF’s Alexa Rank went below 200,000 today! When I wrote about joining the Yakezie Challenge I relayed that the objective of the first six-month period (the challenge) is to get the Alexa Rank below 200,000. (The next challenge is 100,000.) We put up our first post on 11/21/2011, joined Yakezie on 2/7/2012, and achieved a sub-200,000 ranking on 4/10/2012. Pretty sweet! Our rank dropped quickly because many of the visitors to this site are Yakezie … Read entire article »
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I’ve Joined the Yakezie Challenge! (Update)
Two weeks ago I wrote that I had become a Yakezie challenger and I gave my Alexa rank, but I didn’t provide any details for those of you who are unfamiliar. Today I’m rectifying that because I can already see how being part of the Yakezie network has benefitted this blog! You can see our newly-installed Yakezie badge in the sidebar. Yakezie is a network of personal finance and lifestyle bloggers. Part of the purpose of … Read entire article »
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