How to thank a blogger

This post is a little different than my usual reviews of paying sites, but trust me, it's all related. The reason it's related is because people get paid for blogging. They may not get paid for the blog entries, but they can be paid by the ads they are showing. For instance, on my site I use a company that must remain anonymous or else I will violate their terms of service. What happens is, when you click an ad, I am awarded money for displaying their ad. At the present moment I have earned $12.40 since I began using this service about 4 months ago. As you can see, it's not the most lucrative endeavour, but it all helps.

Another item bloggers rely on is the visibility of their site. For instance, Alexa rates sites based on different items. The higher the Alexa rating, the more visible the site is. As you can see by my Alexa bar on the left side of the site (a bit further down) I'm not doing so well. I'm ranked over 3 million! LOL So I have some work to do. You can download the Alexa toolbar here.

I have been doing different things to improve my Alexa rating and my rating on other schemes. You will notice that I now have little buttons on the left side of my site including Technorati, Skinny, BlogFlux, digg and del.icio.us. Those are all intended to improve my ranking and increase the visibility of my blog.

Ok, so back to where I started. How to thank a blogger? Click their buttons and their ads! It only takes a few seconds and it will help them out. Also, if you found value in their site or you learned about a new program through it, join the program. Give the person who earned your interest the respect for doing so. So what are you waiting for? Get Clicking!! LOL