Page rank update and thank you referrers!
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June was a good month for blogging statistics for AccountantByDay! I am close to getting under 1,000,000 on Alexa again, my traffic is up about 25% from last month. In addition, after reading this Yakezie.com article that mentions that Google updated page ranks, I went and checked the page rank for AccountantByDay, and as of now the page rank is 4!! (MozRank is 3.84 according to OpenSiteExplorer.org)
I wanted to thank some of the great sites that have links coming in to me, which I believe contribute quite a bit to this page rank, and also to any Yakezie members linking to me and visiting my page, which helps a lot with the Alexa rank.
According to Google Analytics, my top 10 referring sites are:
This website is a really cool list of links to various accounting articles and blogs. For those accounting-oriented readers out there, I strongly recommend checking this webpage out to get some links to some new accounting blogs and other interesting articles.
This is one of my favorite CPA/CA blogs. Written by someone with a few years of experience under there belt who is happy to answer questions from new folks like me.
A personal finance blog that never fails to have some interesting topics under discussion. Check out her post on the July Food Stamp Challenge, which is a little challenge we could all try where you feed your family for a month on the amount of money that would be allotted to you if you used food stamps. Tough, but The Saved Quarter is great at it!
A blog dealing with all aspects of the CPA exam. Glad this is behind me, but websites like these can be super helpful and inspirational if you’re in the midst of trying to pass the CPA exam.
This is a fascinating blog written by “The Borrower” who has FOUR mortgage payments a month. There’s a lot of cool stuff on here, especially for those of us interested in have a mortgage or two. Also, some information on earning money online through taking surveys, etc.
6. A Counting School - Krupo.ca
Krupo is another experienced CA who has a ton of great stories to share about the life of a public accountant. His most recent post also falls into the money-saving category about renting bikes to ride to client offices instead of taking a cab! (Ok, that would be a terrible idea in Atlanta right now, since we’d all arrive dripping in sweat, but it sounds like it worked out okay for him!
Professor Albrecht has some great posts/thoughts on being an accounting professor. This is a possible future career path for me, and if anyone else is thinking about becoming a professor of any sort, I’d recommend checking out this blog to get some insights.
A few accountant writers on this website that deals with becoming a CA and working for a public accounting company. Gee, there are a lot of Canadian chartered accountants blogging out there and linking to me… where are my American CPAs in all of this??
A great personal finance site and a member of the Yakezie network. Crystal is also planning to become a full-time blogger, and has a lot of handy services available to fellow bloggers, like helping them organize their advertisers and set up blogs. When I get more traffic, I’ll definitely be looking to hiring Crystal for some help figuring out how to handle advertisers.
A great blog that combines two pretty different topics - accounting and cooking! I totally understand having 2 or 3 major topics that you want to blog about that have nothing to do with each other, but the Cooking Accountant pulls it off with grace. Check out her blog for some great recipes AND CPA exam study tips!
Okay, I know I said Top 10 referrers, but RetireBy40 is number 11, and I’m a big fan. Check out RB40’s blogs to follow along as he invests in rental properties, raises a baby on a budget, and figures out how to quit his day job by age 40.
