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All 8 steps done - quick and easy apart from the last one that took some time browsing :-)

http://yourpassionconsultant.com/consultants/in... because I like multi purpose products. Edible Body Pen sound good - could write such messages as "don't forget to pick up the milk"

It is where the zips may get caught that dominates my thinking on this - ouch.

Isn't the new light system in the Doncaster carpark fantastic! I was surprised at how many free spots there were during the day last week and assumed it was partly because of the increased number of spaces there.

Judging by the huge number of cars in the carpark at K Mart Burwood at midnight last night maybe people are looking for cheaper options this year?

It heartens me to see so many who are willing to help other bloggers. I am more than happy to to join in.

Thanks for the mention Phil. I am a real fan of diigo and use it extensively - the more plugs for it the better.

It is difficult to get kids to understand that they can't eat things they really enjoy although care has to be taken not to scare them with stories too. I remember clearly being afraid that I was going to shrink away to nothing and disappear after being read a story about the "girl who would not eat her soup" My parents' way of trying to get me to eat more when I was 4 and I was eating little because of missing my sister who had married and moved away from home.

Just a thought - did ET use a particular phone company when calling home ? It would have been a good advertising opportunity for a telco if not.

If most Wordpress users started using a dot.blog TLD you may not be keen to stick with a dot com. I can foresee this all becoming messy as people jump on the bandwagon and choose names only to find that others in their niche have opted for a different one, which leaves them out of searches for that particular name. Domain name sellers will be happy though - they will be singing all the way to their dot banks.

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My reply is based more around attitude than specific recommendations:
Be prepared and willing to:
- Put time and effort into your project.
- Be consistent and regular in your updates.
- Continue learning as you go along - research, read and respond.
- Be aware of what is working and the preferences of your readers.
- Keep trying. Do not be disheartened if the success you wish for does not come as quickly as you would like.
- To widen your reach outside of your blog to bring people to your blog.
- Give and receive support from other bloggers.

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Mike,
Unless you can find a reliable Joomla extension to create search engine friendly urls and are willing to spend time learning Joomla's interface, I would suggest you stick with Wordpress. It is simpler to set up and manage and has a high level of support if you have any questions or problems.

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I answered these questions, apart from breaking the income down, a while ago. My goal is to earn extra income so that I can afford to go back to England with my partner and son to visit my family and to do some longed for traveling around Europe.

I am following your progress closely as you make me feel that this is a real possibility. Deciding on a blog topic is the one thing I have found very difficult to do though. I have even bought domain names but have not done anything with them because of doubts about the popularity of the topic.

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I am a bit late with this as I forgot to come back and leave a comment!
I have announced your contest and competition at What Are The Cows and Conns of Making Money Online I am following you on twitter http://www.twitter.com/sueblimely

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What if you use Alert Thingy, Twhirl, Digsby and gtalk all at the same time because you cannot decide which is best. I think I am a lost case.

I have now settled on Digsby I think - the alerts were taking over my screen :-)

I do a weekly link post because I think it adds value to the information I am providing for my readers - readers who do not spend the hours that I do researching and reading so that I keep up to date with the world of blogging. It may be speed linking but this post probably takes me longer than most others.

I may add a bit of a summary but I see little point in going into too much detail, effectively rehashing what I have read elsewhere unless I can bring a new perspective to the subject. I would rather spend my time creating unique content or presenting a different aspect of a topic.

I know the links are not too good for pagerank purposes but it is my readers who matter.

I think it is the quality of the reading material you are linking to that matters, in relation to how much value these posts add to your blog.

Wikipedia caters for all subject areas, all sorts of levels of input - from academic to first hand experience as in your example - it appeals to a huge and varied audience.

It was unique and had no competition when it started off (as far as I am aware) - it had a head start and was able to amass a massive amount of information to become an authoritative first point of reference.

I am following the progress of Wikea search with interest - to see if it can garner enough user input to make it successful.

As proof that I do trust your advice I have signed up for The Attention Age Doctrine - even though I do not blog for business reasons you have me intrigued. If I had happened across the site by chance though the format/design of the page and the extravagant claim "Everything you know about Marketing is Wrong" would have turned me away. I would expect to be offered something for free only to find something like "All this for $49.99" on navigating via the sign up link. Either that or when I received the email itself.

I came to this article via your email feed. I have the feeds of the blogs I read regularly delivered by email. Those I do not feel the need to read on every post I subscribe to in a reader.

I was going to ask if anyone knew of sites that had actually increased in rank during the recent changes then discovered that one of my sites, for a non-profit volunteer run Coastwatch organization in UK has gone up 2.

I agree with Jeff about being able to see what my friends, who I have interests in common with, are digging.

It also makes sense, if you do want to social network, to use a site that combine features rather than using different sites.

It seems that too many people are complaining about it without giving it a chance and if you are not interested in the social networking features then don't use them.

I think the the theme very well designed given the constraints the designer was under - to create a page of ads that could also accommodate a blog. The ads, given their multitude of colors, are at least tidily placed and less offensive to the eye than other sites with similar aims.

I actually like the look of it - when only the footer area and bottom posts are visible.

I did not know about the online tools for checking the pagerank of individual pages. Thanks for that.I give you a guernsey for it. (only the English and Aussies may understand that reference)

That is so generous of you - whatever the amount - being 'h-less' will reduce the figure I know. I hope this proves very viral for you but I not sure how many others will catch the same altruism bug.

Talking of Altruism have you heard of the campaign being run by BlogCatalog - BlogCatalog Organ Donor Awareness Challenge!

Glad to read a blog with a bit of meat to it.
I actually came here looking for 'A Really Cool Blog Cowtest'
You will get tired of all the comment puns, sorry.

Can I add to your list:
You open the Agloco toolbar, it locks up, you close it and realise you have not surfed your way to wealth yet again.

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