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As you might have guessed by the lack of updates her for an extended period of time I’ve decided to close down this blog and instead focus my efforts on my personal blog and my book blog.

Initially I created this blog because there were some complaints from readers at my personal blog that blogging about news articles that interested me detracted from my blog. But as time went on I felt more and more constrained rather than free and blogging became a chore. So from now I say screw what others say, I’m blogging how I want to blog. If you’re still looking for some wacky and interesting news bit then keep an eye on my personal blog as that’s where you’ll find ‘em.

UltimateCoupons.com’s blog, Everybody Loves Coupons, is holding their very first contest and boy oh boy is it a sweet prize - your very own Nintendo Wii!

To enter, all you have to do is write up a small blog entry about the contest, in this post you need to mention that Everybody Loves Coupons is having a contest to win a Nintendo Wii, link back to their blog, and include a text link to their main page with either the phrase “coupons” or “coupon codes”. Once that’s done just drop them an email with your blog’s title and url and you’re entered. It’s that simple. For more details and prize list please see their official contest post.

After you’ve entered, why not browse around their main site which offers a variety of coupon codes from numerous merchants in a wide range of categories?

Did you honestly think I was the only one running a Blog Contest? Not even remotely so! Right now BloggingContest.com is hosting their own blog contest which is sponsored by BlackStork.com, your need-to-be place for Action Sports.

They have several ways for you to enter and gain more than one entry in the contest. The contest runs until October 15th and the winner will be randomly selected. So would you like to Win $75 bucks and have your own textlink ad hosted on their sidebar for three months? If your answer is yes you had best do like me and enter today!

I’ve got a secret for you – it’s now easier than ever to get paid for blogging. This company, Blogging Ads, is offering money if you’ll join their network of bloggers and help them post tiny blog ads onto your personal blog with links to other sites. It’s easy, simple, and a quick way to make some money. I can’t think of any reason not to go and sign up right now.

If you’re a company looking to give your website an extra boost in the search engine rankings then you’ll certainly appreciate how easy it is to advertise on blogs. All you have to do is come up with an ad and Blogging Ads will let their network of bloggers spread the word about your company. Go ahead and check them out to find out what all the buzz is about and you can make some money or promote your company with the click of a mouse.

I really cannot stress this enough folks, if you value your site’s content then Back It Up. I’ve read two different blogs today where the owners stated that they were installing some new plugins and widgets and somehow lost everything and now are stuck having to start over from scratch. There really is no need for this!

On a regular basis you really should go in and back up all of your site’s files and store them somewhere other than on your computer’s hard drive, because if your computer experiences technical glitches then you’re in the same boat. Some good choices are to use discs, thumbdrives, or external hard drives. Obviously if your content is fairly large backing it up on one of these can get very pricey pretty fast, so a good alternative is online storage. One place that I would recommend checking out is IBackup.com they have an easy to use interface that allows your online data to appear as a folder on your computer. It is set up in a manner similar to Internet Explorer browsers so it’s easy to understand and use, and it allows for simple drag and drop. Easy as pie.