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| | 10:35 amOctober 10, 2011
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This is a new ranking system to me: Blog Level by edelman.com Has anyone used this before? What is your blog ranking? http://bloglevel.edelman.com/   According to this ranking system, Accountant by Day has: Influence of 7.5 Popularity of 12.5 Engagement of 6.2 Trust of 12.5   Not sure how they figure this out, and not sure if I need to do something to work on that engagement! What results do you guys get? Should be interesting to compare! |  |  |  | 
| | 10:46 amOctober 10, 2011
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Interesting tool – I'd never heard of this one! I have: Influence of 26.2 Popularity of 26.2 Engagement of 29.9 Trust of 31.2 The tips for improving these scores crack me up. "Do you have an RSS feed?" Um, yes. "Do you use Twitter?" Duh. I'd be very interested to know how they come up with those numbers. |  |  |  | 
| | 11:29 amOctober 10, 2011
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I have an overall 32.4 Influence 32.4 Popularity 36.1 Engagement 38.5 Trust 39.7 |  |  |  | 
| | 11:51 amOctober 10, 2011
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krantcents said:  
I have an overall 32.4 Influence 32.4 Popularity 36.1 Engagement 38.5 Trust 39.7
 Wow, looking good there :) |  |  |  | 
| | 11:51 amOctober 10, 2011
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sooverdebt said:  
Interesting tool – I'd never heard of this one! I have: Influence of 26.2 Popularity of 26.2 Engagement of 29.9 Trust of 31.2 The tips for improving these scores crack me up. "Do you have an RSS feed?" Um, yes. "Do you use Twitter?" Duh. I'd be very interested to know how they come up with those numbers.
 I would very much like to know more tips from them besides having an RSS feed, lol. |  |  |  | 
| | 11:57 amOctober 10, 2011
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Post edited 12:05 pm – October 10, 2011 by Buck Inspire
 
 Pretty cool website.  Here's me. Overall 25.0 Influence25.0
 Popularity31.2
 Engagement32.4
 Trust33.6
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| | 12:15 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Not sure what it all means, but here are my stats:   Influence: 31.2 Popularity: 27.5 Engagement: 36.1 Trust: 34.1 |  |  |  | 
| | 12:30 pmOctober 10, 2011
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This is for Everything Finance   
| Influence | 29.9 |  
| Popularity | 28.7 |  
| Engagement | 33.6 |  
| Trust | 34.8 |    |  | 

 Tushar @ Everything Finance   Everything Finance Email:    tusharm at gmail dot comTwitter:  @AllFinance
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| | 12:34 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Interesting… I wonder how they calculate their numbers.   
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| Influence | 37.3 |  
| Popularity | 40.9 |  
| Engagement | 44.5 |  
| Trust | 44.5 |  |  |  |  | 
| | 12:38 pmOctober 10, 2011
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I always love how arbitrary these tools seem… Regardless, here is 20's Finances: 
| Influence | 27.5 |  
| Popularity | 32.4 |  
| Engagement | 32.4 |  
| Trust | 34.8 |    P.S. I would like to add that it is pretty telling how inaccurate this tool is when my popularity (and other categories) is higher than Andrea @ sooverdebt (a Twitter guru). :) |  |  |  | 
| | 12:48 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Corey – That just means what you do say is more important than all the crap I blather about on there. :) |  |  |  | 
| | 12:54 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Post edited 12:55 pm – October 10, 2011 by Suba @ Wealth Informatics
 
 At least this metric has clear explanation on how it is calculated - http://bloglevel.edelman.com/About.aspx Corey, if Andrea is not including a link to her blog in every tweet, then her tweets are not taken into account. That is why the discrepancy in data. I think they should atleast include all the tweets/RTs/replies at tleast in their "engagement" score but that is calculated only using the RTs, comments and frequency of the posts… If Andrea is not engaging I don't know who is…   here is mine for what its worth -   
| Influence | 42.1 |  
| Popularity | 46.9 |  
| Engagement | 51.7 |  
| Trust | 51.7 |  And for BP   
| Influence | 32.4 |  
| Popularity | 34.8 |  
| Engagement | 39.7 |  
| Trust | 39.7 |    |  |  |  | 
| | 12:54 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Well, that should be a given. :) Just kidding. sooverdebt said:  
Corey – That just means what you do say is more important than all the crap I blather about on there. :)
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| | 1:07 pmOctober 10, 2011
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fun stuff 
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| Influence | 34.8 |  
| Popularity | 38.5 |  
| Engagement | 42.1 |  
| Trust | 43.3 |  |  |  |  | 
| | 1:19 pmOctober 10, 2011
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I've never heard of this, but here are my numbers.  Influence27.5 Popularity26.2 Engagement29.9 Trust32.4 |  |  |  | 
| | 1:30 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Suba, thanks for breaking it down. That makes sense. Suba @ Wealth Informatics said:  
At least this metric has clear explanation on how it is calculated - http://bloglevel.edelman.com/About.aspx Corey, if Andrea is not including a link to her blog in every tweet, then her tweets are not taken into account. That is why the discrepancy in data. I think they should atleast include all the tweets/RTs/replies at tleast in their "engagement" score but that is calculated only using the RTs, comments and frequency of the posts… If Andrea is not engaging I don't know who is… here is mine for what its worth -
 
| Influence | 42.1 |  
| Popularity | 46.9 |  
| Engagement | 51.7 |  
| Trust | 51.7 |  
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| Influence | 32.4 |  
| Popularity | 34.8 |  
| Engagement | 39.7 |  
| Trust | 39.7 |  |  |  |  | 
| | 4:31 pmOctober 10, 2011
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I never heard of this metric, but here's mine: For KNS Financial… Overall        38.5Influence     38.5
 Popularity    46.9
 Engagement 45.7
 Trust           49.3
 For Fat Guy, Skinny Wallet… Influence     25.0Popularity     26.2
 Engagement     31.2
 Trust     29.9
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| | 4:36 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Interesting. So it seems like they look at your google page rank, number of comments, and some other factors, and then depending on which of their categories they're measuring, they weight each of those differently. So to have higher engagement you'd need more comments. I'm sure that attempting to raise your ranking in their system would be good for the blog, because it would require a well rounded approach with attention to SEO, social networking, and interacting with readers. But I think there are a bunch of other ranking systems out there like this. Always fun to try them out! |  |  |  | 
| | 4:42 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Have you tried Klout?  I noticed a bunch of Yakezie folks there.  Just another way to measure yourself.  I'm drowning!  |  |  |  | 
| | 6:29 pmOctober 10, 2011
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Well… here it is for Invest in the Markets:   
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| Influence | 25.0 |  
| Popularity | 28.7 |  
| Engagement | 27.5 |  
| Trust | 32.4 |    Cheers! |  |  |  |