Hey Posterboy, thanks for the critique.

I am still learning what fits on the page. I tried the narrower resolution at first but the typeface was kinda small and I couldn't get it to where it looked good. Sorry about the side scroll problem.

I just discovered Google Gadgets this week and added some to my various blogs. I like them too because they update the content daily.

As for the jdAnswers search box...I just added that recently as a test. It really is a Clickbank search module from CBglobe. My CB ID is imbedded so anyone who uses it and buys a product I get a nice commission. I agree it takes up a lot of room in the sidebar. I can make it smaller (height) but people will have to scroll to read all the catagories. I am still thinking about this. I just might shrink it as a test.

I really appreciate you taking the time to give me your thoughts.

As for the free aspect of your sites, maybe you can consider getting some products you can rebrand with your affiliate links and give those away too. They tend to spread and could generate some income for you. Of course there is always Adsense and Amazon too. I have tons of free ebooks and software programs I am studying about all this stuff.

Bottom line, however, is traffic. We all need traffic to generate sales/commissions. I am still looking at the best ways to do that as well. I submit my personally written articles to Article Directories and my blogs to Blog Directories. My front page (that you looked at) has gotten over 11,000 visitors since August 2006 when I put SiteMeter on it. That's not too bad. The others get between 200 to 300 per month.

My blogs have been, and will continue to be, for learning and testing while I learn more about domains, hosting, uploading, editing, etc. I need to understand the mechanics of it all so I know how to structure things.

Until I understand the mechanics I won't pick a business model to promote. I learned that the hard way in the beginning of my learning curve.

Thanks again for taking the time to share your thoughts.

Jim