New York Times
Welcome New York Times readers (article by Elizabeth Harris)! We hope you find NetworthIQ interesting and we’d love to hear any ideas you have to make it better. We have a long list of features on our todo list, but the more we hear something, the higher up the list it moves. As you can imagine, traffic is surging today and we’ve already nearly doubled our user base in a few hours since the article came online last night.
Congratulations as well to Jim. There are many excellent personal finance bloggers and it’s very cool to see this segment of the blogosphere is getting noticed.
September 18th, 2005 at 8:44 am
You asked for ideas, so here’s one I’ve had long before I read the New York Times article about your idea. I think it would be very cool to apply this idea to a business. Even a small one like a coffee shop. I’m just a curious person, and I suppose there are many others around like me, and it would be a real education for a business to to open up its books and put everything on-line in blog form. I can even imagine a business model. Make it a pay site and then market it to business schools and those wishing to learn more about business. I think if it were done right it could be very informative, very valuable.
September 18th, 2005 at 8:58 am
It would be interesting to see what percentage of wealth is real estate. I see a lot of accounts with little cash, stocks or bonds but lots of equity in real estate.
September 18th, 2005 at 12:30 pm
Hi Dan,
We actually have discussed doing this type of site for businesses (focused on small/private businesses) as well. Seems like an excellent idea that they could compare (in addition to tracking and sharing, but comparing being the biggest draw IMO). I agree that it could be valuable and definitely worth exploring.
September 18th, 2005 at 12:34 pm
The percentage break-down is becoming a common request and this is good confirmation that we should work it into the site. Appreciate the feedback!
September 18th, 2005 at 9:41 pm
I’m just jazzed that I’ve shared in the traffic over at my blog. I hope I picked up a few new readers today.
Thanks NetworthIQ!!
Congrats on the coverage!
Hazzard
Everybody Loves Your Money
September 20th, 2005 at 9:10 am
Hey Hazzard,
You’re welcome!! The traffic increase is well deserved. Consider it payment for putting the badge up
Thanks for the support.