A Minor Milestone

Bloggers Home Page is now more than 10% full! Given that all the blogs on this page have been free it's not a great achievement, but it is an achievement all the same. A step in the right direction at least. Five new bloggers have recently joined us so I would like to introduce them to you with a short summary:

1. www.blog/jontillman.com/ Silent In The Morning "Frugality, Homesteading, Simple Living , whatever you call it, it is about simply living. It is about paying attention to the substance of your days and making concious choices about how you are going to live." A blog with the theme of Simple living. This blog challenges the conventional wisdom of the never-ending work treadmill; running faster and faster to buy more products that we don't really need. Take time to read this blog and it may give you a new perpective on your own life.
2. www.fyreplace.com Mind Blog...Amateur blogging for the amateur blogger "Welcome to the Advanced Monetization Series. If you’re relatively new to blogging, please consider reading my Amateur Blogging Series, or (if you’re starting your first blog) the New Blog Creation series, first. This series is designed to explore monetization and SEO techniques in a more in-depth manner. While still being written for the amateur blogger, this series will be a bit more professionally geared, explaining how to make money off of your blog. In this series, we’ll cover the following topics:
   General Recap of Options
   Choosing the Right Options for Your Blog
   Ad Placement
   Ad Blending
   Convincing Clicks (how to, and how not to violate TOS)
   Targetting Entries
   Tracking Earnings and Stats
   SEO Techniques
   Putting it All Together " This blog has in-depth articles on keywords, monetization of your site, performance metrics etc. There is nothing amateur here. If you are serious about blogging you must read fyreplace.com.
3. www.sumofthesides.com Not just any Place...But a place with Stuff! They certainly have lots of stuff: Movies, Random Stuff, Games, Jokes, Funny pictures. Not really a blog but certainly a fun website.
4. www.mentalexcrements.com My Children Stole My Sanity "I can laugh at all of that now. I look at the “in crowd” now and I realize that THEY are the ones who were the misfits. They were merely living in the shadows of their parents and older siblings. They never developed a sense of self. They are all living in that same small town passing down that curse to their own children. LOVE your children. Reassure them that they are special. No amount of material things will EVER replace self worth and love. Teach them to take the road less traveled and be true to themselves. Teach them to stand on their own two feet and not care about what others think.Trust me on this….I’m a product of what happens when a child is not loved and given the gift of self respect." What more needs to be said?
5. www.dungvvo.blogspot.com Life can only be understood backwards; but it has to be lived forwards. This blogger has only just started a new post on Blogger.com; let's hope he goes forward with this one.

A web-designer has now been found so expect to see some changes over the next few weeks. On a personal note, having to write every day for seven days for the International Women's Day Celebration has given me tremendous admiration for those who post daily or publish more than one blog. For those of you that do, you have my utmost respect.