I remember reading towards the end of 2007 how financial blogs were a bit on the way out.
Health blogs were going to be the new personal finance blogs.
Well, that proved a bit of a bust. Health and fitness blogs did grow in 2008, but personal finance is still where it’s at. Hands down. Just look at the growth of being frugal, get rich slowly, moolanomy, or any other quality finance blog.
Just to reinforce the point, I’ve gotten a number of emails from new startups in the financial arena. Being a sucker for new web things (especially in the finance arena), here’s a few to check out:
Spendster.org
Run by the National Endowment for Financial Education, spendster.org is place to share videos, and stories about the stupid purchases we’ve all made.
Hmmm….I really should make a video with that furby I still have somewhere…
Here’s an example of users showing the “stuff” they never should have bought.
Tipd.com
Launching today is a financially focused news site, tipd.com. It reminds me a ton of Pinyo’s pfbuzz.com. I like pfbuzz, and always find interesting stories there. I’ll keep my eye on tipd.com and knowing one of the founders, I expect to see a number of posts from other bloggers regarding tipd.com the rest of the week.
