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Reader Poll Results: Are you a PF Blogger too?

October 3, 2007
By Cleverdude
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Wow, 43% of you are just like me and have a Personal Finance blog, with another 11% on the way. I really need to reach out to different audiences!

Nah, I like the community I have now. You’re (mostly) all great people, with only a few trolls here and there (Realist). This site has grown because of all of you, whether you just wanted to read about getting a free laptop, pack a frugal lunch, find technical service bulletins for your car, or any of the other random posts (Webkinz, blogger tips).

As a side note, I noticed my Technorati ranking drop about 2,300 and authority drop about 40 in the last few days. I guess it’s really been about 6 months since the free laptop and frugal lunch articles hit Lifehacker and Digg, respectively, and those links aren’t counted anymore. I’m still pretty high up, but it’s sad to see the numbers fall. However, I’m happy to be maintaining steady growth in readership (and advertising dollars), while fine-tuning my writing abilities at the same time.

Thanks everyone!

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About Cleverdude

Mike founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.

In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.

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  1. Money Blue Book says

    October 4, 2007 at 6:18 pm

    I think there are a lot of personal finance bloggers out there and many more on the way, but very few stick around for too long. Most probably just become readers rather than writers 🙂

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  2. Jon Kepler says

    August 4, 2008 at 4:17 pm

    While I didn’t get a chance to vote, I probably would have voted “Yes, I have a personal finance blog” as opposed to “No, I don’t have a personal finance blog”. However, in truth, I write about a lot of things other than finance, and a lot of my financial posts are related to market news rather than to strictly personal stuff. Is there a chance that some of the other voters voted in the same way (as in, defining “I have a personal finance blog” loosely)? Every blog has a unique style to a certain degree anyway, so I wouldn’t be too worried about reaching out to a niche that’s too narrow.

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