When I was in Marine Corps boot camp, it was a frequent occurrence to punish the entire group for the offenses of an individual. It made sense there. We were a unit. When one part of the unit messed up, it was a problem for the whole unit. On facebook, however, this is not the case. We are a collection of individuals, as is evidenced by the fact that facebook reminds you "if you do not know this person, do not click add" every time you go to add a friend. So why the heck is facebook punishing everyone because some people do stupid stuff?

So, I guess at this point, I should properly thank Web Hosting Hub. This is a bit premature to be called an official endorsement, but the level of improvement speaks for itself there. I should also include the obligatory "they aren't paying me to say this" because I am not involved in any third party affiliate deals or anything like that. They take my money, not the other way around. But so far, they have been worth every penny. Thanks guys.

Yesterday, I made a post explaining why I quit hosting this site on GoDaddy. Today, I was blown away by some further confirmation that I had done the right thing. If you scroll to the bottom of this page, you will see a little hit counter. That links to StatCounter, who I use to see who's visiting my site. Now, it should be noted that I spent all day Tuesday switching to the new host. I have not tried any new methods of promoting my site since then. In fact, I wasn't even on it long enough to check my hits. But check out this screen-shot of my site traffic for the last 7 days. This blew me away and, in my opinion, can't really be explained by much else.

Notice, in the week prior to switching, my biggest day was 119 visitors. The day I switched (meaning the site was down half the day and only partially operational the other half) I had 149. The 2 days following the switch to the new host I had 776 and 843 (at 5pm eastern time) respectively. Is that how many people besides myself were frustrated at how long it took a page to load? My google page rank stayed the same, so that can't explain it. There was no new advertising or new social networking to account for it. And all of this caused the site to jump from around 975,000 on Alexa's rankings to 873,018 at the time of this post less than 2 days later.

So, I guess at this point, I should properly thank Web Hosting Hub. This is a bit premature to be called an official endorsement, but the level of improvement speaks for itself there. I should also include the obligatory "they aren't paying me to say this" because I am not involved in any third party affiliate deals or anything like that. They take my money, not the other way around. But so far, they have been worth every penny. Thanks guys.

For those of you who are familiar with EntreCard, you know it is a great way to promote your blog. It can, however, be a bit of a drag trying to max out your credits every day. That is why the drop list came along, making it quicker and easier to complete the task.  There are problems, however, with a drop list too. First of all, if you have a slower computer or connection, it is not really an option to open ten links at once. Also, the intention of the service is to promote your blog. If everyone is clicking, dropping, and moving on, then what is really being promoted? Having faced both of these issues, I decided to make a drop list that solves them.

If you are going to promote your site, then you want people to take a minute to check out your latest article. If the focus is dropping as many cards as possible, they won't be doing that. That's why EntreCast gives you 5 different Blog Talk Radio shows to listen to while you drop cards. By adding the podcasts to the list, it encourages droppers to slow down, enjoy the show, and check out some articles while they drop. Furthermore, I have listed the sites under categories to allow droppers to find sites that are of interest to them.

The other problem wasn't easy to fix, but I was able to find a solution. As a trucker, I am dependent on wireless internet. While I usually have a high speed connection, sometimes I am in an area where a slower connection or wifi are the only option. That's why I used  ShareTabs to create the drop list. Clicking on a category opens a new tab in your browser that will give you a screen-shot of the ten sites in that list. If you have a high speed connection, there is a link that will allow you to open all ten tabs at once. If you are on a slower connection or computer, you will see a row of tabs in the top of your browser window that will allow you to open the sites one at a time.

I hope that you will give this new drop list a try, and if you like it and would like your site added to it, feel free to comment me here or send me an email. Also, feel free to add our link back to the drop list by choosing the appropriate image for your EntreCard widget and placing it below the widget on your page.