Yakezie Challenge Results for August 2011
Well, I am now two full months into the Yakezie Challenge and must say that I am enjoying myself immensely. I want to thank everyone who is reading and supporting this blog through their comments and links. I hope someday to get to meet some of you in person after having communicated online. I also hope to continue to get to know more about you as the months go by.
For those of you who might not know, the Challenge is designed to inspire you to focus on your blog by writing and posting in a regular fashion and interact in such a way so that the Alexa Rank of your blog decreases to under 200,000 within 6 months or is cut in half if you started below 200,000. I think it is a brilliant idea and am so thankful that I am participating.
Looking at August Results
Alexa Ranking: August goal–350,000 Actual result–208,181
Alexa in US: August goal–40,000 Actual result–28,561
Visits according to Analytics: August goal–750 Actual result–1019
Search visitors: August goal–75 Actual result–122
Subscribers: August goal–5 Actual result–22
Earnings: August goal– $5 Actual result–met
As you can see, all of my goals were met and many were met by a large margin. So it looks like I need to stretch myself a little in September and I will try to do just that.
September Goals
Alexa Ranking: 150,000
Alexa in US: 25,000
Alexa in Canada: 30,000
Visits: 1200
Search visitors: 200
Subscribers: 40
Earnings: $25
Top Referring Blogs
I would like to acknowledge those top 5 blogs which provided me with the most traffic for the month of August. I truly appreciate the referrals and links to my various articles.
A Little Help for My Friends
It looks like I will be making the Challenge goal of getting my Alexa Rank below 200,000 by the end of this year (I started the Challenge on July 1). So I would like to take this moment to look at everyone in summer team number 3 and make sure that everyone is at least on the way below 200,000. I don’t know when everyone started the Challenge. Plus, some may have started below 200,000, and I wouldn’t necessarily know that. But if everyone can at least get below 200,000, I think that would be awesome!
Nickel by Nickel: Alexa Rank 223,347
The Penny Hoarder: Alexa Rank 201,607
The Debt Myth: Alexa Rank 532,392
The $60K Project: Alexa Rank 247,435
Again, I would like to thank everyone for reading, commenting, and supporting me as I work to complete this portion of the Challenge in September. I would also like to thank Sam for developing such a supportive network of bloggers. He is truly one of a kind. Thanks, Sam.
Terrific August. You handily beat all your goals. I enjoy reading your posts, especially the ones on options as it is still a little foreign to me. Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I need to get a few more written about options and will be doing that. There is just so much less time for all the stuff I would like to do.
That’s awesome progress! I’m sure you’ll make your September goals.
I certainly hope so. I tried to stretch them a little but thought I had done that with August as well.
Wow, that’s fantastic. I hope to make the same progress. I just joined within the last week. Keep up the great work.
Congrats on joining. You won’t regret it.
Good job! Keep it up.
Thanks. I am honored to have you reading my blog given your knowledge and experience.
Awesome CFM! It was a pleasure reading your posts!
I hope you don’t mean that you are going to stop reading by saying “was”. LOL!
Congrats CFM on your success. And, thanks for the mention. I’m happy to have helped
Thanks for the congrats. I am pleased that you have been helpful.
Superb results CFM! I am happy to be your top referrer
I have no doubt September will be as good or better.
Keep sending the traffic!
Awesome job, CFM – I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog – it’s great to see your ranking heading in the right direction!
Thanks. I am glad that you enjoy it. I hope that it has been and will continue to be helpful.
All the best for September CFM. Everyone in yakezie is marching forward great o see
Thanks so much. Yes, I am glad that progress is being made.
Well done, CFM. As I type this I see an Alexa rank of just over 205k for you, so you’re almost there. Pretty good progress for such a short period of time. As you’re around longer, that search traffic just might pick up quite a bit.
Yes, the Alexa Rank continues to decline. I am surprised by how quickly it was able to happen. I know that search traffic will also improve over time. Thanks for reading and your encouragement and early support of my blog. I appreciate it.
Keep at it, CFM. As you long as you’re posting great content, the traffic will come.
That is so true. It is starting to grow and grow so I will strive to continue to post solid content.
You are so close to breaking 200k! I think you can do it this week!
Wow,you have made wicked progress this month…
I’m amazed! I think you can go below 200k this week as well, 203,574 right now.. you can do it!
The general consensus is that it will happen this week so I guess I should expect to see it happen by Saturday. Thanks for your encouragement.
Well done so far. I just started the Yakezie Challenge this month and have a long way to go to get from an Alexa rank of just under 1,000,000 to 20,000 in the next 6 months.
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I wish you the best of luck. Welcome to the Challenge.