Yakezie

YakezieThe Yakezie Challenge is a personal finance blog challenge revolving around the group goal of increasing the Alexa rank of every site in the group and promoting other members of the challenge. Over time the Yakezie Challenge has morphed into a personal finance blog group called “The Yakezie” that is dedicated to promoting high quality personal finance content on the Internet.

The Grand Master and Lead Sensei of the Yakezie Challenge is the founder of the Yakezie Challenge: Financial Samurai. You can read all about the specifics of the Yakezie Challenge over at Financial Samurai’s post.

If you are already a participant of the Yakezie Challenge then be sure to check your Yakezie Challenge rankings & statistics below, communicate & promote other Yakezie members using their info from below, and also grab a Yakezie Challenge Progress Tracker Widget at the bottom of this page so that you can put a widget on your site that will instantly and automatically show you your most recent Yakezie Challenge ranking!

Rank Blog Name Twitter Alexa Rank Technorati Authority Feedburner Subscribers PageRank Compete Rank Twitter Followers Twitter Following Inbound Links Latest Post
1 Financial Samurai financialsamura 74081 40438 39901 -0.0132795885059 33643 146561 922 304 The Four Different Ways To Spend Money By Milton Friedman
2 Consumerism Commentary flexo 41150 43623 43395 -0.00522660064645 -2473 0 29080 2230 761 Citi Forward Card $200 Restaurant.com Gift Certificate Promotion
3 Early Retirement Extreme extremejacob 239000 59397 63539 0.069734161658 179603 0 225813 744 307 On minimizing depreciation expenses
4 Len Penzo LenPenzo 97363 63997 65175 0.0184071128334 33366 0 179108 2059 1399 Black Coffee: A Massachusetts Yacht (In Rhode Island Harbor)
5 Free From Broke freefrombroke 100444 64021 63866 -0.00242108058293 36423 624 101803 2632 2487 In Defense of the Traditional IRA
6 Credit Card Chaser CC_Chaser 192757 64845 62589 -0.034790654638 127912 149729 199 141 Yield on Earning Assets
7 Canadian Finance Blog CanadianFinance 128683 74474 73820 -0.00878158820528 54209 0 113815 4539 4749 Friday Links
8 Budgeting in the Fun Stuff bitfs 8531858 81684 85392 0.0453944468929 8450174 438463 48 81 Weekly Favorites and Gratitude!
9 Wealth Pilgrim NealFrankle 253858 84253 82185 -0.0245451200551 169605 612 0 108950 2609 2332 IRA Beneficiaries How To Safeguard Yourself and Family
10 Planting Dollars plantingdollars 865928 85589 80315 -0.0616200679994 780339 225204 188 38 How Long Do I Have to Act Poor Until Im Rich
11 Monevator monevator 304693 88444 85908 -0.0286735109222 216249 0 236076 663 98 Weekend reading: Is Kindle a tax on reading
12 Sweating The Big Stuff DanielPacker 682918 89570 87996 -0.0175728480518 593348 547 0 329706 407 126 5 Tips for Credit Cards and Teenagers
13 My Jouney to Millions mjtm 374478 91263 89759 -0.0164798439674 283215 559 323179 378 236 Is Evan a Personal Finance D-Bag Part 2
14 Personal Dividends arohan 126334 96325 99554 0.0335219309629 30009 0 158607 1953 1860 Augusts Financial Checklist: 6 Things to Do This Month
15 Eliminate the Muda leanlifecoach 251692 96698 90842 -0.0605596806552 154994 571 350794 446 244 Travel Cheap Without Sacrificing Quality
16 Bucksome Boomer bucksome 448950 101183 104697 0.0347291541069 347767 474347 1232 889 Shopping for Car InsuranceAgain
17 Saving Money Today SMTblog 1615590 104964 105379 0.00395373651919 1510626 549 0 449825 131 163 An eBay Sale Gone Bad
18 Money Funk moneyfunk 425121 105191 97084 -0.0770693310264 319930 506 0 222270 1454 1287 How to Get a Free Home Energy Efficiency Audit to Cut Costs & Conserve Energy
19 Ultimate Money Blog ultmoneyblog 335435 105811 101896 -0.0369999338443 229624 234394 622 292 Im Afraid to Sell on Craigs List
20 JoeTaxpayer JoeTaxpayerBlog 190946 107897 111967 0.0377211599952 83049 0 225320 584 398 John Kerrys Flip Flop
21 Punch Debt in the Face punchdebt 244498 109865 107615 -0.0204796796068 134633 0 817239 859 103 How quickly could you replace your income
22 Personal Finance by the Book PFbythebook 322973 110012 106531 -0.0316420026906 212961 605 0 468510 277 137 Dream Home Roundup
23 One Money Design onemoneydesign 592055 110450 107283 -0.0286736079674 481605 565 0 517429 545 199 Giveaway: One Year Subscription to Money Magazine
24 20's Money kevinduffey 169216 112256 114972 0.0241946978335 56960 520 271041 289 183 Whats Your Investment Strategy
25 Rainy-Day Saver rainydaysaver 1305476 116242 112153 -0.0351766143046 1189234 522 0 495937 629 270 Personality and Success (or Failure)
26 Frugal Zeitgeist 282182 119906 119334 -0.00477040348273 162276 120 0 112409 4 Reasons to Fire Your Financial Adviser
27 Money Reasons Money_Reasons 1432262 120435 120480 0.000373645534936 1311827 513 572353 112 84 The Great Recession, Explained South Park Style
28 Engineer Your Finances FinEngr 7800000 123023 124495 0.0119652422718 7676977 515 739264 160 206 Squeezing More Return Out of Your Retirement Account
29 Not Made Of Money notmadeofmoney 205339 123090 114639 -0.0686570801852 82249 574 0 87986 2844 3079 Best 10 Office Supply Items to Stock up on at Back to School Sales
30 Money Help For Christians MH4Christians 309449 123804 129048 0.0423572744015 185645 134864 411 216 Best Money Articles This Week
31 Deliver Away Debt deliverawaydebt 829940 132006 128301 -0.0280669060497 697934 0 480839 714 586 Net Worth July 2010
32 Out Of Debt Again outofdebtagain 511855 132427 141976 0.0721076517629 379428 345615 357 306 When I Approve of Filing Bankruptcy
33 Consumer Boomer consumerboomer 165900 148340 144885 -0.023291088041 17560 604 180632 156 145 ShareBuilder Review: Another Great Online Brokerage Option
34 The Millionaire Nurse DrDeanBurke 1900000 150607 148277 -0.0154707284522 1749393 508 435060 396 593 Making Money From Nothing: Can YOU Do it
35 Little House in the Valley 878311 151084 142061 -0.0597217441953 727227 784002 Updates on the Way!
36 The Centsible Life centsiblelife 297169 152497 153527 0.00675423123078 144672 140499 4000 1561 Giveaway Playmobil 1 2 3 Large Farm
37 Smart On Money smartonmoney 10124550 165834 179977 0.08528407926 9958716 0 374709 275 469 Three Steps You Can Take To Turn Your Financial Life Around
38 Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance bfinance 1765295 166721 170169 0.0206812579099 1598574 314196 128 166 Assertive, Aggressive, or Inappropriate You Decide
39 Eventual Millionaire eventualmillion 3100000 172531 169875 -0.0153943349311 2927469 430496 554 527 Work and Peace
40 Cool to be Frugal CooltobeFrugal 3989292 172798 169013 -0.0219041887059 3816494 561 776476 Money Saving Secrets of Super Savers
41 PF Firewall pffirewall 875140 175875 165202 -0.0606851457001 699265 598060 2088 2047 Unautomate the Unpredictable Parts Of Your Life
42 Well Heeled Blog wellheeledblog 401030 183626 174626 -0.0490126670515 217404 398073 916 169 How to Talk Yourself Out of Buying and Spending
43 Young And Thrifty youngandthrifty 2868807 185214 178966 -0.0337339509972 2683593 461 697473 502 298 Weekend Ramblings and PF Blog Love: Red Red Wine Edition
44 Couple Money Elle_CM 531694 195722 186797 -0.0456003923933 335972 567 0 396784 720 445 Garden Tips from Personal Finance Bloggers
45 Financially Poor FinanciallyPoor 1059759 196287 218076 0.111005823106 863472 438074 2512 918 Friday Night Likes
46 The Amateur Financier 576997 198817 194956 -0.0194198685223 378180 396 343566 The Future of Wealth: The New Retirement
47 Beating Broke beatingbroke 1446417 199172 202854 0.0184865342518 1247245 599 676908 313 152 Dissave: Financial Term of the Week
48 The Saved Quarter 9614087 205183 201640 -0.0172675124157 9408904 901444 $100 Holiday Update
49 Miss Thrifty miss_thrifty 532000 209913 221995 0.0575571784501 322087 871677 1207 765 A jam-packed cool box: what can it mean
50 Fiscal Fizzle FiscalFizzle 349079 210940 210633 -0.00145539015834 138139 535 0 200190 1311 951 July Fizzle updatea preview
51 Evolution of Wealth evolutionwealth 508492 211350 189003 -0.10573456352 297142 838145 2349 2337 Yakezie Challenge Link Rodeo Special Midweek Edition
52 Invest It Wisely 3664945 215488 223099 0.0353198321948 3449457 763891 Weekend Reading: Camping Weekend Edition
53 Girl with the Red Balloon 2606694 224688 224218 -0.00209178950367 2382006 13 Link love: I Need You edition
54 Zach Younkin zachyounkin 703333 225014 205701 -0.0858302150088 478319 458 849689 430 555 What do I know of Holy
55 Redeeming Riches RedeemingRiches 317186 233586 213088 -0.0877535468735 83600 0 299417 2466 2097 5 Reasons Why Youre (Probably) Not as Generous as You Should Be!
56 Frugal Confessions 2033930 244494 264680 0.0825623532684 1789436 654012 Frugal Confessions Friday Frugal Living
57 My Financial Objectives MyFinObjectives 5468556 249204 251023 0.00729924078265 5219352 1727103 30 62 Mid Week Yakezie Link Rally!
58 CJ Bowker cjbowker 1048997 253512 238283 -0.0600721070403 795485 2292615 4464 4762 Trials and Tribulations of Car Buying
59 Money Beagle MoneyBeagle 2527349 271376 269729 -0.00606907021992 2255973 0 547204 262 187 Surveying Things With Opinion Outpost
60 Peak Personal Finance 735038 276912 269655 -0.0262068816086 458126 459275 What to Look for in Disability Insurance
61 Watson Inc roshawnwatson 526000 290873 275320 -0.0534700711307 235127 13 5555 5514 Hey Broke People, Stop Overpaying For College!
62 Family Balance Sheet fambalancesheet 2095250 298682 296543 -0.00716146269276 1796568 465678 776 1026 Odd$ and End$
63 Darwin's Money EverydayFinance 1000271 302495 336582 0.112686160102 697776 2348 281 My Tool to Pick Between 2 Very Tough Choices (Yes, Im a Nerd)
64 Simple Life in France 1006376 311574 276132 -0.113751468351 694802 720292
65 151 Days Off 151DaysOff 2500000 327290 311548 -0.0480980170491 2172710 708009 87 90 Day 34: The BIG Plan: Were Moving to Asia
66 Car Negotiation Coach 2654687 365914 354143 -0.0321687609657 2288773 486 619863 Should car salesmen be allowed to profit
67 Wealth Informatics WInformatics 7773156 392584 439671 0.119941210034 7380572 62 102 Mid Year Investment Review
68 Single Guy Money SingleGuyMoney 346771 407200 369794 -0.0918614931238 -60429 525 0 804992 637 202 How Can I Pay Less For This
69 Foreigner's Finances ForeignersFinan 906392 409669 385298 -0.0594894902958 496723 2292943 240 141 Why Do Savings Accounts Only Allow 6 Withdrawals Per Statement Cycle
70 Christian Common Cents clarky07 19179419 454675 426393 -0.0622026722384 18724744 495 533715 9167 9584 Dishonest Scales PGTF Principle 1
71 The Wealth Artisan wealthartisan 7489519 461705 505844 0.0956000043318 7027814 961608 120 189 Tracking Your Costs
72 Clarifinancial clarifinancial 916827 471379 414902 -0.119812295414 445448 1252329 687 499 Does Name Brand Life Insurance Matter
73 Narrow Bridge narrowbridge 1297451 479487 491698 0.0254668009769 817964 489 735529 61 11 Open For Business [Starting a Small Business]
74 Digging Out From Our Mess 3443893 486208 505492 0.0396620376464 2957685 13 Jealous Envious Why they can have what I have if they want it
75 Personal Finance Ninja PFNinja 1360252 558516 494567 -0.114498062723 801736 1597625 209 30 Stop Being Cheap, Start Being Frugal
76 Retirement Investing Today 2766488 596643 618906 0.0373137705462 2169845 0 13 Where is the summer rush UK property market July 2010 Update
77 Bible Debt bibledebt 1967860 621215 579348 -0.0673953462167 1346645 853302 174 210 Faithfully Rich
78 Smarter Spend SmarterSpend 854000 649381 609529 -0.061369211603 204619 183523 176 116 SmarterSpend Wins Award for Being a TOP Business Blog in Living Smart Category
79 Downturn Planning 1728000 764412 751947 -0.0163066513869 963588 1322708
80 More Style Than Cash MoreStyleTCash 5717428 824779 729517 -0.115500030917 4892649 305123 40 0 On Vacation
81 My Money Minute mymoneyminute 2690862 827522 721442 -0.128189945403 1863340 2293548 490 304 Dont Give Up On The FHA Just Yet
82 Dividend Monk dividendmonk 6926707 896494 922612 0.0291334911332 6030213 1091833 57 43 Seventh Step to Building Wealth: Begin Investing
83 Ending The Rat Race EndingRatRace 1900000 1071625 856848 -0.200421789339 828375 1217759 245 1023 Away Working On A Project
84 Stay at Home Mom CFO sahmCFO 3314155 1128439 936886 -0.169750425145 2185716 20 161 232 Bought a Lawnmower in the past 16 YEARS Get up to $75
85 Chasing Prosperity 5400000 1478387 1370366 -0.0730667950949 3921613 2273956 Guess who's back

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