financial independence

Heres the story of financial independence so far.

I have changed this site so many times I thought I should give you an update on my progress.

Lets start from the begining of financial independence.

I first started this site off (Jan 2007) in Plain HTML, and it was doing quite well, I started it not with the intention of making cash although cash would be nice. I started it as a challenge to see if I could get any search engine ranking.

It was showing up on Google and MSN within one month, it was getting organic hits for serch terms like the below.

reclaiming bank charges
fixed odds trading
forex trade the news
quick cash
quick debt clearence

But it looked rubbish a couple of nice people designed some banners for me the most recent one being the one above, thank you Ajp Designs who did this for free. I don't know why maybe they felt sorry for me, maybe they're just nice.

I had the forum which people kept spamming on and posting links to adult sites, so I decided to terminate it. The was a revenue sharing one, I am considering turning this site into a revenue sharing one whole site for regular contributers.

Blogs are thing not HTML

Why are blogs the thing?

Web logs or blogs are are meant to be personal sites arrgh!!!! Heres an explanation from

http://sbinformation.about.com/

Build Community: Business blogs provide your small business with a chance to share your expertise and knowledge with a larger audience. An opportunity to connect with a wider audience and build a community is a strong benefit for consultants and knowledge workers.

Easy Web Publishing Solution: Blog software is easy to use. Simply write your thoughts, link to resources, and publish to your blog, all at the push of a few buttons. Blog software companies such as TypePad or Blogger.com offer easy blogging tools to get started. Updating the weblog is a faster process than contacting a web designer with changes or doing the coding and uploading yourself.

Higher Search Engine Rankings: Search engine marketing is hot. “The search market has become the Holy Grail of Internet advertising and continues to grow faster than our expectations.

So I messed aroung with a few blogging platforms, I tried wordpress which I did'nt like, siteframe and finally drupal - which is wicked.

The story of Financial Independence
To be continued tommorrow