This post has multiple points; lets get to it…

As you know, I do a DSWM link round-up each month in case you’re new and missed or old and forgot (now there’s a play on words). There wasn’t a lot this month, but a few good points still relevant…

Google-Feedburner/CommentLuv Snafu - The Solution (27) - If you’re wondering why the plugin is not showing your latest link.

New Comment Policy - You Want To Read This (76) - Always a good idea.

Twitter Gone! (54) - Account deleted but not forever.

Guest Bloggers Wanted/Needed Right Here (33) - Hellooooo, anyone home?

Your Thoughts Are Wanted On My Other Two Blogs (15) - One post on each blog that could use your input.

Top Commenter Contests - Officially Speaking… (29) - Revealing my new Rules & Tips page.

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Here ya go, I told ya this was coming too and I’m a man of my word! Heh.

Just to recap, I held the first comment contest in January, killed it in February; wrote about a new comment policy, and am now bringing it back for March and hopefully beyond.

Hopefully beyond? Yep. You see, January was sorta an unofficial behind the scenes test, and some failed…miserably. It seems a few normally awesome commenters really ramped up the crap for contest purposes. No offense, it’s true.

Hence the need for the newly updated and strictly enforced comment policy, neatly linked in big fat letters right above the comment box. I really really hope we can continue them monthly, don’t you? Just having sponsorships has already taken them farther then any other comment contest I’ve seen so far. And, as I’ve said a couple times, if we do continue on a regular basis, I may have a HUGE announcement to make.

I told ya it was coming . When I announced the top commenter winners for January, I stated that there were two posts coming regarding comments on this blog. A general one regarding the official comment policy of this blog and a whole separate page regarding rules & tips for the monthly top commenter contests.

There IS a new updated comment policy and you DO want to read it, as it WILL be enforced. And yes, a few slicksters out there may want to consider that a threat .

Relax. It’s very simple, straight forward and logical. Not to mention, still more lenient then most I’ve seen. All in all though, it had to be done.

I do wish to sincerely apologize to a select few in regards to number 1. In the past I allowed a 3rd option for the name field…..pure keywords as long as you signed a real name under your comment.

Update - Please see this post for final changes to the page.

As I’m sure most of you remember, I announced back in mid-December that I was installing a permanent backlink page for anyone that subscribed via email, and/or follows me on Twitter. (The possibility of two links.)

I also said it would be ready to display by the following Monday…well, it WAS but I ran into the really annoying issue of too much on my Nav. bar.

FIXED! Thanks to the awesomeness that is Jarret Cade, and his amazingly simple tutorial on how to hide navigation pages, I have done it!

Notice the Comment Policy is gone from the top…now hidden and solely linked to from within the comments (where it belongs, duh).

YES a special super-duper treat for my regular readers and especially email subscribers. A Top Commenter plugin prominently displayed and cash contests (possibly more) every month!

A bunch of you have wondered and asked why I haven’t installed the plugin before now (especially since link love seems to be my thing). The fact of the matter is, I’ve held off for a while to be sure I had what I consider to be consistent/decent traffic.

Seriously, top commenter contests are a little, well…..lame, with 20 subscribers and 50 visitors per week; don’tcha think?

I will be having a top commenter contest every month starting on the 1st of each month, starting Thursday, January 1st. Just easier that way, ain’t it? Makes sense to me .

Hello all, it’s been about a week since my last post where I discussed merging blogs.

At the tail end of that post, I hinted to the fact that I would have to spend a little time playing catch-up from my sudden 2month disappearance.

Well here we are. I’ve been home a little over 2 weeks and madly catching up. I think I’ve done well so far with lots of internal touch-ups complete (you may or may not notice those), and three new pages I needed to do!

I’m still not “done” (are we ever?) but going along reasonably smoothly.

Now it’s those three new pages I would like to point your attention too…

1. Wanna buy a review? I charge a reasonable wage (with a perk for subscribers) and always work my butt off on each one to make sure it’s done well. Check out the Review Policy.