Patience is such a virtue.

chris3471 said: "My most recent post in the bloggeries blog has showed instantly as an incoming link on the rest of the blogs so I guess it did just take some time to resolve. I also just realized that both blogs have 1 thing in common, they have both been moved this week. The bloggeries one was moved to a new server and with the SMB one I had renamed the directory before I added it to the network so that must be why I wasn't seeing the links after I posted. Also I recreated a directory named wordpress and added an index file with a meta redirect tag in it so I can still catch any traffic that may be looking for the SMB blog in the old directory, pretty slick I'd say."

Darren said: "That's why I told you you might have a few days relay. Plus you added 301 rewrite rules to both of the pages. But it looks like you're showing good now. I expect you'll be fully indexed this week."

Heather said: "That's great news, Chris.. We're cooking with fire, now ;)"

chris3471 said: "I'm really enjoying this blogging stuff. :D"

Darren said: "I'm loving it, I'll be honest. I feel like my content is getting better quickly. BTW, you moved up for allinanchor: for [url=http://directory.sootle.com/directory-weblog/2006/03/22/seo-dilemna-the-trouble-with-templates/]blog reviews[/url] What this means, from an SEO standpoint is that the network links are kicking in fast, but Google hasn't fully credited them just yet. It moved from 20 to 11 very fast, so I'm assuming you can debut in the top 10 for that one quickly."

chris3471 said: "What is allinanchor? And that link didn't take me to the right place either I don't think."

Darren said: "Google has special ranking operands like this one: Usage: [code] allinanchor:blog reviews [/code] Do that at Google and it will show you the relative strength of your incoming anchor text. Generally sites that are number one in allinanchor will rank the same in the natural results."

chris3471 said: "Oh I see now, it's a Google thing. I was trying it with yahoo."

Heather said: "..:eek:.. Being at the right SE helps.."

chris3471 said: "I can see that probably would be true."

SiteExpress said: "Also, I might add, and not to burst your bubble Chris you are doing fabulous, I paid for advertising on Blog Explosion and blog Clicker. between them, I am seeing about 40-50 new uniques a day, and submissions at Bloggeries has nearly doubled. i woke up this morning to about 30 new submissions in my box. i think between a little advertsiing, not much competition, and the fine work Chris is doing, the Bloggeries Blog Reviews is gonna do very well. I am thinking of hiring a designer for the Blog Reviews blog. Anyone got any good recommendations? I know a couple of really good blog designers, but they are a little out of my price range."

chris3471 said: "Advertising is good at this point but within a few months I think you will be getting plenty of visitors for free. [QUOTE=SiteExpress]Chris you are doing fabulous[/QUOTE] Thanks :D"