What do you think of personal finance blog rankings?
In February of this year, we’ve had some informal blog rankings and lists done by various finance bloggers as a way of taking the pulse of the blogosphere and discovering who else makes up the financial community space. It’s a handy way for the general reading audience to find out about the personal finance blogs out there and I’ve enjoyed going through these lists to discover quality blogs I may not have come across before. Well, from what I’ve noticed, it’s been a while since the last list and now more than 6 months later, we’ve got another informal list up, thanks to Fire Finance.
I applaud their efforts for coming up with this; I can just imagine how time-consuming it can be. Plus, this stuff always invites a lot of feedback as people wonder what considerations were given to the endeavor. If you’re a blogger and a stats fan, it can certainly be a fun thing to delve into. It may not be as fun if you’ve been left out (as I’ve been on various occasions, but it’s all cool!), which could be for many reasons such as technical issues (no domain, stat tracker not publicly displayed, etc), or arbitrary rules that list-makers come up with, or your blog may be too new to be considered.
I wouldn’t put serious stock on where blogs stand in these rankings since the traffic or statistics gathering process is a work-in-progress and isn’t perfect. But it tells me “who’s out there”. Of course, I also do such discovery by checking out pfblogs.org religiously.
At any rate, if you own a personal finance blog not in this list and feel you were missed, you can make your presence heard to the list creator. Otherwise, by joining in the pf community and making enough noise, you’ll soon find yourself in some other listing. Or you can also do as others have done and make your own! Keep up the great work and I’m sure I’ll find you in the next mondo ranking project. And if you’re a reader, I’m sure you’ll find a few favorites from these lists.
If you want to sound off on these points, you can leave me a comment!
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I think the lists are a fun way to see what is out there, but I don’t believe any list can truly rank which blogs are the best – personal finance is such a broad subject, and each blogs tackles subjects differently, or with a different focus.
I think the best thing to do with these lists is take some time and visit some of the blogs you either haven’t seen before, or haven’t visited in awhile. I’ve found a lot of good blogs this way. It’s a fun way to find new sites!
Thanks for sharing your thought and all these lists. It’s certainly nice to be on one. I was on rather-be-shopping.com’s list and I certainly appreciate it.
I understand your comment about contacting the list maker, but it just doesn’t feel the same.
In the end, I do as you do. Go to pfblogs.org and discover other blogs. It’s great not to limit myself to just a handful of blogs.
I think a great way to get “seen” on the radars of pfbloggers is to interact with them via the MBN forums.
@Patrick,
Yes, I agree lists vary according to subjectivity, although popularity can be measured to some degree, if only there was truly one measure of popularity. Also, older blogs would obviously have an advantage as traffic goes up as time goes on. It’s interesting though, from the point of view of seeing how the pf blogosphere evolves over time.
@Pinyo, regarding contacting the list maker, I guess I was referring to those lists that were based on stat based rankings. If you find yourself left out of such a list, it may serve you well to point it out to the list maker to give you a proper place. You’re right that it would be more than awkward to request placement in a subjectively created list
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@Jim — yes, thanks for bringing up MBN Forums. The forums are great to discuss schemes to take over the world
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Is there one for marketing or business blogs? Would love to check it out!
David, are you referring to lists or forums? There must be something out there for business or marketing, but I’m not aware of them per se, although I do follow entrepreneurial blogs to some degree. I found a few of them via the blog carnivals (blogcarnival.com). Have you joined these? They may give you a good feel for who writes in a given space and from there you can contact some folks to find out more about the business/marketing online communities.
Thanks for mentioning our list SVB. You are so right about so many variables making the ranking process complex. Also each site has different stats trackers, makes the task all the more complicated. We will try to be more creative with time. Great post and graphics.
Cheers,
FIRE Finance
Thanks for listing the Fire Finance top 100 listing. It’s nice to see that this is updated monthly.