Yakezie challenge update

I have mentioned the Yakezie challenge and why I joined, so I am not going to rehash that post, but I did want to post an update on how we are doing relative to the goal of getting our Alexa rank below 200,000.

If you remember we started the challenge on July 26, 2010 with a rank of 629,450. In order to get below 200,000, in six months we needed to lower that starting number by 429,451. On average that means we need to improve our rank by 71,575 each month. I am going to post an update each month so you can see how we are doing.

Before we look at the numbers, if you would like to help us achieve our goal, all you have to do is install the Alexa toolbar and keep visiting our blog. The Alexa ranking system only tracks visitors with the toolbar installed, so if you have room for one more toolbar, please join the Alexa ranking system and help us reach our goal.

Now the numbers. As I said, we started out with an Alexa ranking of 629,450, at the end of one month we now have a ranking of 389,783. That means in just over one month we have improved over 239,667 spots. Since we only need to improve 71,575 each month to reach our goal, I feel very confident we will make it with time to spare. As a matter of fact, if we keep up this pace we should have a ranking below 200,000 by the end of our second month into the challenge.

As a former math teacher, I realize that the 190,000 spots will be harder to jump over than the first 239,000 spots. That’s just the fact, but we are committed to the goal.

Although getting below 200,000 will be great, the real goal is to make it onto the first page of the Wise Bread’s Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs. Currently, we are on page 3, holding down the 213th spot on the list. In order to make the first page, our ranking will have to improve to better than 200,000. As a matter of fact, in order to make it to page 1, our ranking will have to be below 150,000.

Keep visiting our blog, tell others about us, leave comments and make suggestions on topics you would like to see discussed and together we can make it to page one.