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Final Theme Modification?

I think I may have finally overcome my donut problem… With this theme I am trying to have a quality look to my website. I hope you find the result an improvement.  Like or hate it?  Leave a comment.
In addition, I would like to thank the top 10 referrers to RateLadder over the [...]

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Top RateLadder Referrers of 3/08

I would like to thank the top RateLadder Blog Referrers of March 2008. Muchas Gracias.

The Prosper Blog
P2P No Bank
Lazy Man and Money
Lending Club Blog
Prosper Lending Review
Prosperous Land
Personal Loan Portfolio
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
Psychohistory
My Money Blog

I would also like to thank the sponsors of my p2p lending sites:

Prosper
Lending Club
Loanio
National Techmark
Financial Web
FHA Mortgage Center
Cash Advance Link Directory

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Top RateLadder Referrals Jan/08

I would like to say thanks to my top 10 blog referrers in Jan 08.

P2P No Bank
Prosper Blog
Lazy Man and Money
Prosper Lending Review
Personal Loan Portfolio
Psychohistory
Prosperous Land
Freakonomics
LendingClub Blog
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2007 RateLadder Goal Review — Overall A-

As my final planned post of 2007 I will be reviewing my goals and giving a grade.
Here were my 2007 RateLadder Goals.

Expectation
Goal
Stretch Goal
Actual

2007 Year Ending Account Value
$4,386.37
$5,062.84
$5,740.86
$11,519.59

Return on Investment (ROI)
10%
12%
14%
10.16%

New Reinvestment Loans
24
27
30
30+

Number of Defaults
2
0
 
 4

Per Month New Money Added
$50
$100
$150
$582

New Money Source
100% Savings
75% Savings, 25% RateLadder.com
50% Savings, 50% RateLadder.com
50%+ RateLadder.com

Google PageRank
1
3
5
3

Average Unique Visitors Per Day
10
50
100
87.22

 
2007 Year Ending [...]

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Best of RateLadder 4th Quarter 2007

This is a time of year reflection and goal setting for the year to come.  I think it has been a very interesting and prosperous year.
Here are some of my best and/or most popular posts from the 4th quarter of 2007…
October 2007:
Prosper Files S1 With SEC
Prosper Repurchases A Loan
MicroPlace, an Ebay Company Launches
RateLadder Reaches 10K Milestone
Quicken [...]

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Best of RateLadder 3rd Quarter 2007

This is a time of year reflection and goal setting for the year to come.  I think it has been a very intertesting and prosperous year.
Here are some of my best and/or most popular posts from the 3rd quarter of 2007…
July 2007:
WSJ Features ProProsper in P2P Lending Article
P2P No Bank — Aggregating P2P Lending Blogs [...]

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Best of RateLadder 2nd Quarter 2007

This is a time of year reflection and goal setting for the year to come.  I think it has been a very intertesting and prosperous year.
Here are some of my best and/or most popular posts from the 1st 3 months of my blog…
April 2007:
Adam Nash Merged with RateLadder to form the Ideal Quicken Solution (without [...]

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Top RateLadder Referrers of My 1st Year

Thank you readers. Thank you p2p lending. Thank you referrers.
12/26/2007 is my 1 year anniversary.  As the start of the celebration I am thanking the top 10 (in terms of traffic for the entire year) blog referrers (some sites are more than just a blog).  These stats are with my own traffic removed.

Lazy Man and Money
P2P [...]

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Best of RateLadder My 1st 3 Months

This is a time of year reflection and goal setting for the year to come.  I think it has been a very intertesting and prosperous year.
Here are some of my best posts from the 1st 3 months of my blog…
December 2006:
Prosper.com and Quicken — The workable solution for playmates that don’t get along. – 3rd most [...]

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New RateLadder Theme

Well after struggling against my theme for nearly a year I finally sat down and redesigned it…  It really wasn’t very hard, I don’t know why I waited soooooo long…
I have never had enough room for content. And my insistence on ads meant that there was even less room.
In the last 30 days less than [...]

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RateLadder Content Ad Free

Having heard a number of concerns that reading my content was difficult due to the Google ads being mixed in with the content I have decided to make a change…
I will no longer be mixing ads with the content… the ads will be along the side or at the top.
I hope the readers that read [...]

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Top RateLadder Referrers

I would like to say thanks to the blogs that in the last 30 days were the top RateLadder referrers.  This is the very first time that the top 10 is entirely p2p lending related.

Freakonomics
P2P No Bank
Lazy Man and Money
Pro$pers.org
PFBlogs.org
Prosper Lending Review
Psychohistory
Prosperous Land
Wise Clerk
Prosperlicious

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Payday Lending: A Niche Business

This is a guest post from regular reader Melissa… 
It may seem at times payday loans are sold as a cure-all for everyone. However, these loans are far from a cure-all and are a consumer-lending product that is targeted for a market that has very few other alternatives. The market is for people with little or [...]

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RateLadder Reaches 10K Milestone

Near the end of last week my Prosper account value crossed the 10K milestone.  This is an important milestone as well as signaling a change in funding patterns.
Why is it important? With my bid laddering strategy the most I will ever put into a single loan is $200 (4 $50 bids at various interest rates).  [...]

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RateLadder Top Referrers

I would like to thank my top blog referrers (over the past 30 days)…  There was a tie for 10th so I included both blogs.  Thanks!

P2P No Bank
Propser Lending Review
Lazy Man and Money
PFBlogs.org
Prosperous Land
ProsperLenders.com
Psychohistory
Deep Market
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
My Two Dollars
PF Advice

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Top RateLadder Referrers Aug07

I would like to say thanks to the blogs that in the last 30 days were the top 10 referrers to RateLadder that are blogs.

Prosper Lending
P2P No Bank
Lazy Man and Money
Hustler Money Blog
P2P-Banking.com
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
Prosperlicious
Prosperous Land
Psychohistory
Prosper Lenders

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Top RateLadder Referrers

I would like to say thanks to the blogs that in the last 30 days were the top 10 referrers to RateLadder that are blogs.

Prosper Lending
P2P No Bank
Lazy Man and Money
Clever Dude
Hustler Money Blog
Prosper Lenders
Psychohistory
Prosperlicious
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity
Prosperous Land

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New Design and Fewer Ads (no interstitials)

Just finished putting the final touches on my new design and I have decided to remove the interstitials. 
The header is now white, there are blue instead of pink headers, and couple of other minor things.
Also, the interstitials that would hijack the page while you were reading and show an ad have been turned off.  I [...]

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