#important If you know anyone who authors a blog and/or does any kind of affiliate marketing, new FTC rules went into effect today that govern "misleading practices in online endorsements". See http://www.digicontracts.com/articles/website/cliffnotesbloggers.aspx. Fines go up to $11,000.  

(Chip is our attorney and we do some affiliate marketing for one of his services, but not this one.)

If you want to get more traffic from google make sure to check out Google's Webmaster Tools.

There are a number of tools including an analysis of how your site ranks under various search terms.

I've submitted this blog to the Technorati blog index:

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I've been spending my time recently researching how the downloadable software industry has changed, especially in the finance/investing world. This is part of my work on Personal Stock Monitor and it's associated formVista based social networking site CollabInvest.net.

I may be guilty of relying too much on google these last several years. Going through Technorati.com, blog trackbacks, web rings and niche search engines I'm finding all kinds of relevant sites that I would never have found on google.

When looking for new opportunities, consider your own personal patterns and habits. They may be what's holding you back.