Mike

Very nice! I love the header, and color scheme. You've really captured the feel of pinups (IMO)! Keep up the good work.

JamesH - Editorialize looks good, have you started to advertise it? Your rates seem very reasonable too, almost low even.

amateursurgeon - Love the falling snow effect. Not entirely in love with the dark colors though, it seems a little....um, dark for Christmas. Although, it does look cool. Hmmm...I guess it goes well with Santa's night time ride though and bedtime stories. Something to keep in mind. You may want to play with the color scheme once you get some traffic to see if it affects conversions.

Mattgatten - your trade in redirect is super slow. Just something I noticed, not a big deal. Overall, you're on the right track.

Everyone - Overall I'm very impressed with these so-called n00b websites. You all apparently have more skill than you realized. Now, let's talk traffic and link building.

Here's a great resource for social sites: List of Social Sites » Hybrid Search Engine Marketing | SEO Consulting to Help Rank Better

Social sites are great for links as you can place the links yourself, and many of the sites also carry a decent amount of trust with G. I'm sure this is not news to anyone, but I'm a big believer in sticking to the basics.

Another method for traffic gen / monetization was covered by Seocracy in his blog: Make $50 dollars a day with Google Custom Search - Seocracy.com

Actually Rob (Seocracy) covers a lot of great ways to get links / traffic. Read his blog. If your brain melts, it's okay.

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