Thing 1:Blogging Sites

I've wandered through the free blog services that are listed and I would add one more: Wordpress.com. (.com, not .org) I particularly like their stats. You can easily see the number of readers per day and how they got to your site.

Now this can be a good thing and a not so good thing. It is easy to get too caught up in trying to get your numbers up, causing you to harrass your friends and relatives and to read your posts. Well, really, they don't even have to read it, just click on the site for it to 'count'.

On the other hand, looking at how readers got to my site taught me that using a clear title for your post is better than a cute title, if you want links.
And on the day I got over 100 hits (usually I get 0-15), it introduced me to a new site: alphainventions.com.
Here is what Cheru Jackson says about the site:

If you update or publish your blog at the same time my visitors are browsing blogs in my site then my visitors will get a chance to see your blog in real-time. BAM! (the entire blog is in their face instantly) It’s not even annoying to watch. Is it alpha addicts??

I also provide a link to your blog in case they want it to open your blog in a new window, or bookmark your blog . The links provides your title, and description to help my visitors get a better understanding on what your blog is about, and get more interested. Alphainventions.com is useful for wordpress.com , typepad.com, spaces.live.com, and blogger.com I love it, and want to grow it like a tree. Yahh!

Warning: I think this site might be addicting.

Time spent: 2 hours