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Thanks for the Hits! September 2009 Recap

October 12, 2009
By Michael Townsend
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Ooh! It’s not yet halfway through the month and I’m actually publishing the recap for last month. Looks like I’m actually a bit ahead of my normal game 😛

Traffic Sources

At a high level:

Search Engines: 65%

Referring Sites: 22%

Direct Traffic: 13%

Top Personal Finance Blog Referrers

You’ll see last month’s rank after the new rank in (). If they weren’t ranked last month, you’ll see a (-).

  1. (1) The Simple Dollar
  2. (2) MSN Smart Spending
  3. (-) Credit Card Finder (I’m a top 25 BadA$$ Personal Finance Blogger)
  4. (4) Cheap Healthy Good
  5. (5) Five Cent Nickel
  6. (3) My Money Blog
  7. (8) Budgets are Sexy
  8. (6) Frugal Dad
  9. (9) Free Money Finance
  10. (7) Wise Bread

Thanks all!

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About Michael Townsend

Michael Townsend 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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Comments

  1. Jimmy says

    October 13, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    hi, is this Adam Baker, I love your manvsdebt blog too man… ; )

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  2. Clever Dude says

    October 13, 2009 at 3:08 pm

    @Jimmy, nope. I’m the Dude, he’s the Man.

    Reply
  3. J Money says

    October 14, 2009 at 7:19 am

    Slowly working my way up there!

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