It’s a leap day, which means people born 32 years ago today are celebrating their 8^th birthdays while we’re kicking off our 5^th TotallyMoney Top Blog Awards.

At the end of every month, we delve into the stats from our TotallyMoney Top Blogs List to find the best blogging talent.

The TotallyMoney Top Blogs List is an interactive compendium of some of the best finance blogs worldwide. On signing up (for free, of course), your blog will not only feature in the list with links to your site, Twitter handle and latest posts, but you’ll also have access to graphs and features, which reveal how your blog is faring over time in comparison to other listed blogs.

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Now on to the awards…

Social Butterflies

The TotallyMoney ‘Social Score’ combines Twitter followers and Klout score to see how extensive your social reach is. We’ve taken stats from the beginning of February and compared them against stats at the end of the month. Here are the blogs who’ve made the greatest leaps in the Social Scores…

1. Stack The Chips
2. Centsable Lady
3. Gary’s $$$ and Sense Blog
4. Financial Mentor
5. American Debt Project

Blogging Powerhouses

Your ‘Blog Influence Score’ combines RSS feed subscribers and Technorati Authority to determine just how popular and influential your blog is. Again, we’ve taken stats and the beginning and end of the month to see who has made the biggest improvement. The biggest blogging heavyweights are…

1. 20s Finances
2. Beating Broke
3. Sweating the Big Stuff
4. Krant Cents
5. Faith and Finance

Mighty Sites

Your ‘Site Strength Score’ aggregates SEOmoz Rank, Google Rank, Alexa Rank and SEOmoz Links. Comparing figures from the beginning and end of the month, we unveiled the sites who are making waves in the popularity stakes. They are…

1. Coupon Cabin
2. Money Smart Guides
3. Money Reasons
4. Magical Penny
5. Newly Weds on a Budget

Crowd Pleasers

Combining Alexa Rank and Compete Rank, we’ve taken a look at the best ‘Site Traffic Scores’. The blogs who are drawing bigger and bigger crowds are…

1. Money Reasons
2. Coupon Cabin
3. The Debt Princess
4. Three Thrifty Guys
5. Don’t Quit Your Day Job

Top Newcomers

Combining your Social Reach Scores, Blog Influence Scores, Site Strength Scores and Site Traffic Scores, we’ve come up with an overall TotallyMoney Score. We then delved into the list to find the latest newcomers who’ve made the biggest improvements to their TotallyMoney Score over the past month. They are…

1. Money Q&A
2. Embracing Beauty
3. Money Infant
4. My Year Without Wasting Money
5. This and That and the MBA

Ones to Watch

The overall TotallyMoney Score aggregates ten different APIs to get a comprehensive picture of a blog’s overall performance. Comparing stats at the beginning and end of the month, we found the top five blogs who have made the biggest improvements this month. They are…

1. Money Reasons
2. The Debt Princess
3. Don’t Quit Your Day Job
4. Coupon Cabin
5. American Debt Project

Massive congratulations to you all!

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