The “Magic Quadrant” of the Personal Finance blogs…

Photo by: CubbieNVegas I’ve been somewhat intrigued over the past few years I’ve been lurking in the Personal Finance Blog realm as to who were the top spots in the space. I’ve got my own preferences that you can certainly see if you’re a daily reader; but I wanted to give it an overall picture to a brand new reader based solely on measurable statistics. How can a person rank a niche in any order? How do find the way around? It’s called a Magic Quadrant.I don’t know if any of you have heard of Gartners Magic Quadrant before but Wiki says it is:

…a proprietary research tool developed by Gartner Inc., a US based research and advisory firm. It is designed to provide an unbiased qualitative analysis of a “markets’ direction, maturity, and participants.

So I’ve decided to craft up one of my own. It’s completely new to the niche and certainly helpful to anyone coming in to the circle. Each Personal Finance Blog in the mix needs to have at least THREE months of posts and needs to have had at least ONE post in the last 2 weeks; based on that initial information, they are then rated based on the following metrics:

Hard metrics:

- Technorati authority
- Alexa ranking
- How much is their blog worth?
- Load time

Soft metrics:

- Blogging frequency – how often do they post?
- Commenter involvement – I randomly choose 10 posts on their blog to see how responsive they are to readers and the comments left on their blogs
- Site Design
- Readability/Grammar
- Post Originality – How unique are the posts?

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• The list currently includes (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):

AllFinancialMatters.com
Bargaineer.com
BeingFrugal.net
BripBlap.com
CashMoneyLife.com
ChanceFavors.com
ChristianPF.com
ConsumerismCommentary.com
CreativeInvestor101.com
CubeFarmer.net
DoughRoller.net
FireFinance.com
FiveCentNickel.com
FreeFromBroke.com
FreeMoneyFinance.com
FrugalForLife.com
GatherLittleByLittle.com
GetRichSlowly.org
GrowingWallet.com
LazyManAndMoney.com
MDMProofing.com
Moneyning.com
Moolanomy.com
MrsMicah.com
MyInvestingBlog.com
MyMoneyBlog.com
MyTwoDollars.com
OnFinancialSuccess.com
PaidTwice.com
Plonkee.com
SingleGuyMoney.com
TheDigeratiLife.com
TheSimpleDollar.com
YoungAndBroke.com

Know somebody I left off? Leave a comment on the post here, or contact me and I’m happy to throw them in the matrix for the next run of the “Magic Quadrant of Personal Finance Blogs”!

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