The Article Writer

Ok, this whole blogging business really can eat up one’s time! Unless you already have something to say — of value at that — then you could end up spending an inordinant amount of time trying to create a blog entry.

Another time consumer is all of the Technorati tags. I mean, why do we care what Technorati thinks of our blogs? Well, that’s kind of a stupid question as blogs are playing a significant role in helping people and companies to communicate. By tagging important words within your entry, then Technorati can index your entry making it easier to be found by those whom you want to read your blog.

Anyway, the tagging part has been driving me nuts, but I did find a nifty tag generator developed by Blake Schwendiman. It is easy to use, although it doesn’t add the “Technorati Tags:” notation that I like. Still, it is quick and FREE so I’m going to use his generator instead of cutting, pasting, and changing my current Technorati Tag HTML each time that I post. Nice work, Blake and thanks for helping out at least one grateful fellow blogger!

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Back in August I made mention of my having installed Sitemaps on two of my sites and all that was involved with this project. This past week when I launched Credit Card Venue I submitted a Sitemap for it and promptly had error messages. Try as I hard as I could, I was not able to find the error until I finally figured out that a little piece of META code was getting in the way. So, I deleted the code and the Sitemap, and uploaded everything again and — Voila! — all is fine.

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In some of my spare time lately [hah!] I have been putting together a brand new site, one that is fully owned and operated by me. Credit Card Venue is the first all new site that I have built for myself since launching The Article Writer way back on Memorial Day Weekend 2005.

Credit Card Venue is essentially a site that markets consumer and business credit cards as well as some related financial vehicles including debit cards and select loans. I have wanted to develop a personal finance site for some time and this type of site fits into my plans. Plus, if you decide to apply for a card through my site, I receive a commission whether you are approved or not.

I doubt I’ll make much money off of the site especially since I have included several articles I have written about personal finance that encourages people to take a precautionary look at credit cards, credit reports, and the like. After reading the articles, some of my potential customers are certain to say “no thank you” and move on. That’s okay with me as I would only want people to shop for credit if they were certain they could actually pay their debt off.