But I’ve never really caught onto guest posts and article sharing.  I think I might have swapped guest posts – they were actually more like interviews – with one fellow blogger way back during my first year of blogging (okay, it’s only really been 2.5 years but it feels like I’ve been blogging for a long time.

Maybe you have caught onto using articles on your blog?  I just seem to prefer to write my own content, and as such, don’t have a lot of use for top article directorys.

If you have been waiting for me to follow you back, please hang in there!  For some reason I am totally overloaded with twitter people following me, and the new twitter is SO SO terribly slow for dial-up people!  In any case, do hang in there.  Periodically I am able to plow through all of those twitter requests and follow back those who interest me .

I’m afraid that Entrecard has just become so spammy.  There are so many sponsor ads that run without approval, and I just dont have the internet access in order to stay on top of everything on a daily basis.  As a result, I’m removing my EC widget.

If you would like to take over the Christian Carders Mr. Linky, please let me know so that I can redirect visitors to your website.  I’m afraid my maintenance of it has been rather lack luster lately as well .

I’m not a professional when it comes to search engine optimisation, but having run a few different websites, there are some very simple things that website owners can do to help with website rankings that make a huge difference.  Keyword rich titles, keyword rich descriptions, and adding post tags all help your website to rank…and get traffic.  I actually purchased a course earlier in my website learning curve and it has served me well, even though it was fairly basic.

Algorithms come and go and change depending on the engine, but if you stick to the basics, and code in relevant keywords whenever possible, it sure does make a difference!  Keyword rich linking, even within your own websites really helps too .

I know some basic html and with the help of some website designing programs, I designed our first couple of web pages by myself. However, graphics aren’t really my specialty, and I’ve since found that web design is well worth the cost of services rendered.

I’ve paid for design work on several of our blogs and websites, and it has been SO worth it in the long run. The final result is so polished, pulled together, and just has a different feel than the blocky, side by side graphic arrangements that I can manage. With websites incorporating far more css and php these days, a designer is even more important because I know almost nothing about scripting.

Whether personally blogging or putting together a business website, I can attest that professional web design services are worth it!

Our new family website, Bogart Family Resources, has been up and running for, oh a good half-year now, but still it isn’t being indexed by Google for “Bogart Family Resources” anywhere on the first 4 pages of Google’s search results!

Our facebook page shows up, our CurrClick titles, blog reviews about us, even my writer’s profiles on other pages, mentions I make here, but not our own page!  Hmm, I guess that’s why people hire seo company‘s!  Hopefully patience will get us somewhere in the meanwhile though .

I just wanted to write a quick post to our blog readers who are newly subscribed – thanks for joining us!

Today I’ve been catching up with some posts that have been in the pile for a few days, so I apologize for the large influx of the written word in your blog feeder or email inbox today!

Normally I have one to two posts per day, one of which is generally a book review . I hope the rapid posting today isn’t off-putting, and I hope you enjoy your visits here!

Once again we’ve been without internet for around a week or so, so I’ve again dumped my spam folder – sorry to any legitimate commenters (664 spam comments in there!)  Thank the Lord for Akismet!

We’re at home picking up some more supplies and I’m checking email, but then it’s back into the void, for who knows how long!  Thanks for hanging in there!

I know I’m late on a few things, and I appreciate your patience!

The only way I can access internet is when my laptop is in my in-laws bedroom, so blogging time has been hard to come by.

As a result my spam folder had over 600 comments in it – if one was yours, I apologize, please comment again!  I had to delete it all in one go, I just don’t have the time to skim 34 pages of spam to pick out legitimate comments tonight .

God bless you all, and thanks for continuing to read despite the lack of recent posts!

Well, our family has taken a detour this week! We planned to come pick up the snowblower from Larry’s parents and then leave, but we’ve been recruited to help out here!  There were a few scary days with no internet access – but I’m now hooked up to Larry’s sister’s wireless router – it reaches over here – yay!  God bless her for sharing her connection with me!

I have been doing a lot of playing with the children and reading, working on some copywork books etc.  Now I have a bit of blogging to catch up on!