Financial Samurai

 About Financial Samurai

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website: financialsamurai.com
Last Updated: 3/16/2011 6:08:33 PM

 Ranking Summary for Financial Samurai

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The Score for Financial Samurai is 40 and it is ranked 33in the finance category.
The score is a weighted composite rating of a blog. It ranges from 0-100, and isbased on the 15 independent metrics, some of which are shown below. For example,a Score of 75 means the blog is better than 75% of its peers "on average". Learnmore about or ranking system over here.

Stat Name		Score	Percentile	Average	Best Score	Blog with Best Score
	Google Indexes	300	31%	725	4620	Free Money Finance
	Yahoo Indexes	1494	9%	13875	331295	Cash Money Life
	Bing Indexes	653	16%	2743	17800	Deposit Accounts
	Google Backlinks	284	62%	301	1340	The Simple Dollar
	Yahoo Backlinks	3154	42%	18156	123540	Frugal Dad
	Bing Backlinks	1590	33%	5875	45500	bargaineering
	Alexa Backlinks	270	35%	430	2041	The Simple Dollar
	RSS subscribers	0	20%	4536	86537	The Simple Dollar
	Alexa Rank	35627	91%	199889	19360	The Simple Dollar
	Klout Score	50	89%	25	58	Budgets are Sexy
	Google Page Rank	4	64%	4	7	The Simple Dollar
	Compete Rank	163850	29%	175857	7510	bargaineering
	Digg Links	41	60%	64	536	The Simple Dollar

 Recent Articles from Financial Samurai

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3/15/2011	Do Your Own Taxes Or Hire An Accountant?
	Despite what many have advised, I’ve been doing my own taxes for the past 8 years.  Along the way, I’ve cocked things up, such as one time when I forgot to report the cost basis to over $1 million dollars worth of stock proceeds!  For som [...]
3/13/2011	How To Help Japan
	On Friday afternoon, March 11th, the largest earthquake in Japan’s history hit with a magnitude of 8.9.  The devastation of the tsunami is unbelievable and my heart goes out to the victims and family members of this tragedy, which is still ongo [...]
3/11/2011	Good Small Business Venture Ideas
	Darwin is the author of Darwin’s Money where he takes an evolutionary approach to money. In this rapidly changing world, there are always new opportunities to save money, make more money and expand your horizons. If you’re anything like m [...]
3/9/2011	A Little Inspiration Means So Much
	I was driving home from grocery shopping one day when I saw this little boy in the picture holding a clipboard and smiling.  It was your typical, chilly 58 degree San Francisco day and the boy stood so patiently in his parka, saying “hello&822 [...]
3/7/2011	The Average Tax Refund And What To Do With It
	The average tax refund is around $3,000 in America according to the IRS.  Since saving, or not spending $250 a month is difficult for many, I’m OK with such a refund.  With basic savings interest rates close to zero, your opportunity cost is pr [...]
3/4/2011	The Importance Of A Permanent Tax Policy
	In a previous post entitled, “The Government Encourages Small Business Owners To Fire Employees” I discussed how my friend Zach let go of one of his employees to make room to pay for potentially $30,000-$40,000 more in taxes in 2011 and b [...]
3/2/2011	Making Money From Home And Supporting A Family Just Got Easier
	For many couples who want to start families, it’s getting increasingly harder to do so without sacrificing a lot financially.  Education costs for kids are soaring and it now takes two incomes to afford a home in many big cities rather than jus [...]
2/28/2011	Diverse Interests Create Diverse Income Streams
	The more interests you have, the happier you will be.  Imagine if one of your hobbies is analyzing clouds, or cumulonimbuses for the scientifically savvy.  You could step outside any time during the day and entertain yourself for hours.  There are so [...]
2/25/2011	Real Entrepreneurs Are Successful
	According to the dictionary, “entrepreneur” is a term applied to a person who is willing to launch a new venture or enterprise and accept full responsibility for the outcome.  What the hell does that mean?  We all start things and accept [...]
2/22/2011	What To Say Or Do If You’ve Been Unemployed For A While
	Continuing in the series of helping people find jobs from a hiring manager’s point of view, I thought it helpful to offer some suggestions as to what to say if you’ve been out of the job market for a while.  Everybody knows 2008 and 2009 [...]

 Twitter Activity for Financial Samurai

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Screen Name:	@financialsamura
Followers:	1747
Following:	294
Total Tweets:	4860
Favorites:	17
Created On:	3/16/2011 12:07:57 AM
Recent Tweets From @financialsamura
3/16/2011 12:07:57 AM	Japan gapping up 3.5% now. Go #Nippon!
3/15/2011 7:25:58 PM	Something you should know: The reason why the #Yen is strong & not weak is bc the Japanese #insurance companies are repatriating money back.
3/15/2011 4:56:34 PM	#Survey time! Are people better looking and have more presence or worse looking w/ less presence than their pictures would indicate online?
3/15/2011 3:57:35 PM	Nikkei futures up 2.2% from last night. EWJ also fighting back. Let's go #Japan! Fight on!
3/15/2011 2:04:06 PM	Do Your Own Taxes Or Hire An Accountant? http://bit.ly/eqQniO -> A very thorough discussion & why I do my own. Plus a #giveaway. #taxes
3/15/2011 1:53:43 PM	Time to check mortgage rates again. 10 year yield at 3.23%. Let's go bonds. Let's go cheap #money!
3/15/2011 1:43:44 PM	Again, it makes me wonder who was buying the market up into the close yesterday......
3/15/2011 4:19:29 AM	Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures now down 2.2-2.5%. I would have thought the markets would have sold off that much today alone in the US...
3/15/2011 3:56:35 AM	Ummm........ Nikkei now down 10%. This is the most aggressive 2-day sell-off I have ever witness. #hope #pray
3/15/2011 3:12:00 AM	RT @wellheeledblog Lifestyle Design Blogs: My Love-Hate Relationship http://bit.ly/hOaSMB -> The economy has been tough, hence the movement.

 Klout Analysis of Financial Samurai

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score		true reach		amplification		network
50.74	{	636	.	27.8	.	58.31	}
@financialsamura creates content that is spread throughout their network and drives discussions.
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You may not be a celebrity, but within your area of expertise your opinion is second to none. Your content is likely focused around a specific topic or industry with a focused, highly-engaged audience. financialsamura has a low level of influence.
@financialsamura frequently talks about: Finance , personal finance, Blogs
@financialsamura is influenced by: flexo (klout score:52.12), enemyofdebt (klout score:45.37), EvolutionWealth (klout score:24.04), Green_Panda (klout score:35.45), mrsmicah (klout score:37.57)
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 Alexa Traffic Info for financialsamurai.com

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world rank		US rank		backlinks		pageviews/user
35627		7930		270	.	3.14
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