I’m Beautiful Like Me.

Woohoo! I won $25 via PayPal by leaving a comment at A Butterfly Dreaming in the Commentluv contest! We are using a portion of the winnings to purchase Husband a website for his new business. I’m also going to be having a contest of my own over at the Natal Astrology blog, so be on the lookout for that, too!

When I got home from work today, there was a box waiting patiently for me. It was a gift from my PlurkSwap partner! Plurk is a very popular social network for knitters, so many a Plurker is also on Ravelry. I, along with a few others, coordinated a PlurkSwap on Ravelry and my goods found me today. Thanks so much to KnitDiva! I love the goodies she sent - deliciously smooshy Malabrigo Silky Merino yarn, Post-it notes and notebook (totally practical for knitting on the go), gourmet M&Ms and nanner stitch markers! I love it all!

I am compiling a list of Commentluv-enabled blogs that are also Do-Follow. For more information, please check out Homemade Bread. The completed list will be featured here, as well as there.

Get your blog listed today! URLs accepted for a limited time only!

One of the biggest reasons I moved over to WordPress from Blogger is that I found joining the I Follow Movement did very little good in Blogger’s format: the rel=”no follow” attribute is taken down, but comment links are led back to Blogger profiles, not to the blog. Fat lot of good that does to spread link love!

I realize that my blog is by far not one of the biggest or even all that popular - the highest number of hits I think I have ever gotten in one day is in the neighborhood of 250 unique visitors. This isn’t a niche blog by any means - I write about whatever moves me at the moment! -  which often makes it harder to get a strong readership. But the idea of giving my readers and commentators a little reward in the form of link love very strongly appealed to me. Andy Bailey’s Commentluv WordPress plug-in gave me the opportunity to do exactly that.

When I posted about my favorite WordPress plugins, Andy left me a comment about his new AjaxCommentluv plugin and I ended up being the first beta tester for it. For this, Andy gave me link credit on the AjaxCommentluv plugin page.

As if that weren’t enough, this morning I discovered that I am the very first Featured Site at Commentluv!

Those who are registered at Commentluv will be able to select from a number of their last posts (as opposed to their last post only) while leaving comments on other Commentluv enabled blogs, have access to a lot of fascinating statistics, have the ability to change your feed URL and a lot more!

If you do not have Commentluv - people, what are you waiting for! Besides spreading link love to your readers and commentators, you will “be in business” with one of the friendliest plugin coders on the web.

Thank you, Andy for all your link love. I’ve sincerely enjoyed working with you. When you need future beta testers, do not hesitate to contact me!

Also, thanks to Sire for a very lovely review!