If you’re not a blogger then this might not mean that much to you, but those of us using Entrecard are jumping for joy that the new management has finally updated the Entrecard Firefox bar (for FF Version 3.5)!

This makes visiting our other blogging friends super easy!

Kudos to the new management!

This morning, just like yesterday morning, I was kindly reminded by the folks at YouSayToo that, to them, it appeared our widget for their program wasn’t registering (you’ll see it right there to the right close to the Entrecard widget).

Their reminder though did inspire me to take my second trip in the past two days to their web site. What I discovered is that while the feed to this blog is pulling in nicely (clicking the link above will show that), there’s also plenty of room over there to make individual (secondary or first postings if you’re new) blog entries within their system.

So you will see a portion of what I’m about to write already there (at YouSayToo). But I also wanted to post it here… it’s my small tribute to my mother:

With Mother’s Day right around the corner, I’d like to take a moment to not only commend those women doing their job right (and condemn those that should never have had kids in the first place), but also to give a cybershout to my mother.

My mom, born during the depression, passed away a few years ago from the horrible disease ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).

All her life, my mom was a real go-getter. She didn’t believe in just sitting on your butt when there were things to be done. She would take on anything from household repairs, to Brownies, to Girl Scouts, and a whole family of six (plus two dogs) on our holiday camping trips – with such flair, such ease (whether she considered these vacations or not I’m sure would have been up for debate lol!).

For her to have died in such a horrible fashion is, to this day, unbelievable. But it happened.

She is missed more than she could ever have imagined or know.

Happy Mother’s Day Mom!

And Happy Soon-to-Be Mother’s Day to all those out there who truly enjoy being moms!

Thanks to MathTeacher’s comments in the previous post, I will stop dreaming of ways to spend all that money and get back to work LOL! Just also shows how much “we the people” would love a bit of help from our government versus the elite always getting a helping hand. The state of affairs worsens as the days pile up. While bailing out single entities (which by the way most of us ordinary people would have landed in jail for), once again the government overlooks the critical component in any scenario. We, the little people, are the backbone of any country. With no money to spend, it doesn’t really matter how many special interests they bail out does it. We end up footing a bill that no one can afford to foot.

While the Birk Economics thing sparked hope, unfortunately, the math doesn’t pan out. Even at the 700 billion dollar level, it’s still peanuts. Can’t anyone think up a way that would put everyone on equal footing, ensure their futures, and help in the here and now?!?!

Okay, coming down of the soapbox (but I think “we the people” had better start yelling and screaming louder!), on to the next bit of news for the day. (more…)

By now you know how much we harp on commenting on blogs. Not only is it easy to do, but it’s absolutely, positively the best free form of marketing for yourself and your website – and a great way to gain a backlink (in most cases) in the search engines to your website link.

And now, especially for bloggers, there’s no reason not to… if you’re a member of Entrecard.

Entrecard and SezWho (a comment rating system) have joined forces to not only encourage your comments, but reward you for your efforts.

Here’s an excellent post that outlines the details (why reinvent the wheel?):
Top 10 Reasons Why Entrecard-SezWho Partnership Is Important For Bloggers

Frankly, we love comments and we love commenting – and we love free marketing!

And, for all you affiliate marketers and website owners without a blog, don’t think that commenting isn’t for you, too! Commenting can be incredibly lucrative – both in short and long term internet marketing and search engine linking… (and did we mention it’s free!).

Let’s face it, people pay big bucks to purchase a spot on websites and blogs. But commenting is FREE and gets you the same – actually even better – results! You get to pick and choose. Your comment remains on the blog forever. And no one will disconnect your link at a whim (or if you stop paying).

Of course the idea is to provide insight or feedback or a pat on the back to the blogger. Or to (kindly) dissent when appropriate. Your quality comments get you visitors to your website.

People are curious animals and a good comment always makes me click through to see what’s on the other end. Visitors that didn’t cost you a dime, just a bit of time.

And, if you use Firefox (we’re partial to Firefox), and have the Alexa addon, you’ve got the perfect tool to check for traffic ranks on the blogs you stop on and comment on (keep in mind it’s just a tool, who’s to say where your next client or customer might come from?).

So… Why purchase them, when commenting provides a natural (organic!) link for yourself on quality blogs?

It really is a no brainer.

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Your Turn! Have your say right now! Comments welcomed!