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Ricky @ The Skint Dad Blog said:

Hi Guys,

 

I wanted to introduce myself. I'm a personal finance blogger from the UK and today I have joined the Yakezie Challenge. I been a blogger for a year this month and have had reasonable success. I wanted a new challenge and I believe Yakezie is it. 

 

My current Alexa rank is 147,151 and my goal is to get below 100,00 within the 6 months. I've published a post today which announces that I have joined the Yakezie Challenge which you can read here. 

 

I've been a lurker on this forum for a while but I now look forward to becoming part of the Yakezie community.

 

- Ricky (aka Skint Dad)

Welcome to the challenge! Can't wait to read your blog!

Mom Cents said:

Ricky @ The Skint Dad Blog said:

Hi Guys,

 

I wanted to introduce myself. I'm a personal finance blogger from the UK and today I have joined the Yakezie Challenge. I been a blogger for a year this month and have had reasonable success. I wanted a new challenge and I believe Yakezie is it. 

 

My current Alexa rank is 147,151 and my goal is to get below 100,00 within the 6 months. I've published a post today which announces that I have joined the Yakezie Challenge which you can read here. 

 

I've been a lurker on this forum for a while but I now look forward to becoming part of the Yakezie community.

 

- Ricky (aka Skint Dad)

Welcome!  I like the look\layout of your site!

Thanks Mom Cents! Likewise with your site. 

Post edited 11:02 pm – August 23, 2014 by ChristenWypy

Hi.  A few minutes ago I wrote a very long post here giving you all my blogger life story.  Somehow it disappeared, it seems. Isn't that always the way?  So, I will now post a shorter version, which is probably better for everyone :)

I actually undertook my own personal Alexa Challenge back in March.  I blogged about this. However, I am not sure if I should post the link because I suspect that might be why my post disappeared before.  Suffice to say that in March my rank was 2.3 million globally and over 300K in the US.  Today my rank is 144K globally and 30K for the US.

I have been blogging for a very long time (over ten years) but really only committed to it 100% (I dropped all my other work at home jobs) for a little over a year. 

I look forward to being a part of this community and connecting with others.  I'd love to read and comment on other blogs and share them, too!  Is there a specific forum I should be heading to so that I can do this?  I am literally brand new and still feeling my way around.

I wish I knew. I have been trying so hard to get ranked by Google. 

Most of my traffic comes from Google.  I come up in searches and some of my blog posts are in the top 5. Would that happen is I was penalized?

However, I am banned from Adwords.  Last year I tried to run an ad and was told I could not.  I called and emailed a lot, but they would never tell me why.  I actually just contacted them again about this. I don't want to run an ad I just really want to know what is wrong with my site.  They gave me a list of generic reasons why it might be banned.  None of them apply to me though.  It sort of seemed as if they think I am promoting a get rick quick scheme but I really only post legitimate jobs and give the links to apply to them.  I even post all the time about how to avoid scams. It seems Google has a lot of red flags with the words "work at home."  Mail Chimp actually dropped me because they said they get penalized if they send out any mail with those words in it. 

I am hoping that I am not ranked because I just have not worked on getting ranked for very long.  I changed the name of my site a little over a year ago so I was hoping that also might be why.

As you can see I do not know very much when it comes to Google.  I try to learn but I find it very confusing.  I have been trying to submit articles to .edu and .gov sites as a way to gain authority with them and I try all the tips and tricks from the so-called internet gurus.

Congrats!!  I love blogging.  I love writing and I love the challenge of getting the numbers up (or down whichever the case may be).  I followed you on Twitter and checked out your blog.  Love your skyline logo!

You'll get there even before the 6 months is up!  Mine came down a lot in just 30 days.  I wrote about it here-

http://www.workathomewisdom.co…..-less.html.  

I totally relate to the crisis.  I have almost quit so many times, too.  Some days can be bad, frustrating even.  Other times things happen beyond our control and we wonder why we are even bothering.  I firmly believe if we stick to it we'll find success though. 

 I will go check out your blog now!

kapitalust said:

Hi everyone,

 

My name is Steve and I've been blogging over at Kapitalust (formerly The Silver Maple Leaf) for 1 year and 1 month. I think I heard about Yakezie when I started back in July 2013 but didn't look much into it. I went through a bit of a blogging crisis, almost quit, and now back with a refocused sense of what I am doing and writing about!

 

My Alexa ranking is 940,061 and I hope to have it below 200,000 by the time the 6 month challenge is up!

 

I'll be announcing my Yakezie challenge in tomorrow's weekly roundup post!

Thanks for having me everyone! 

Welcome aboard

Do any seasoned Alexa Veterans have any advice for me?  I have been working on my Alexa since March.  I went from 2.3 million to 145K globally and I am at 30K in the US.  I feel like I have plateaued. My score has not really budged since them.  My links in seem to go up by a few each week but the score stays the same. 

Any tips for pushing through to the next level?

kapitalust said:

Hi everyone,

 

My name is Steve and I've been blogging over at Kapitalust (formerly The Silver Maple Leaf) for 1 year and 1 month. I think I heard about Yakezie when I started back in July 2013 but didn't look much into it. I went through a bit of a blogging crisis, almost quit, and now back with a refocused sense of what I am doing and writing about!

 

My Alexa ranking is 940,061 and I hope to have it below 200,000 by the time the 6 month challenge is up!

 

I'll be announcing my Yakezie challenge in tomorrow's weekly roundup post!

Thanks for having me everyone! 

Welcome to the challenge Steve. I look forward to reading your blog!

I'm in! This is going to be fun. :-)

Short intro, my name is Renaud. Living in British-Columbia, BC. Started digging personal finance after reading The Richest Man in Babylon and taking on the challenge to pay of a debt of $32000. 

Looking forward to meet you all at FinCon one day. Alexa ranking is: No Data but will keep you updated.

My goal: top 100,000 Alexa Rank within a year.