tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292105222008-02-20T19:31:11.868-06:00Dirty ButterBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-38196790023246285352008-02-20T19:24:00.003-06:002008-02-20T19:31:11.906-06:00

This is a copy of the email I sent to all Villagers who do not have at least one HIT IN at this time. You get a HIT IN when you click on the voting link on your own blog. That takes you to the Gateway Page. Click the ENTER BLOG VILLAGE button at the bottom of the Gateway Page to get ONE HIT IN. Those of you with an * on your blog title have 30 days from when you joined to put the voting link on

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-24206626851483954262008-02-01T15:08:00.000-06:002008-02-01T04:21:07.470-06:00

We know you will enjoy our Family Blog Carnival - MUCH ADO about MONEY. Whether we earn it, spend it, save it, invest it, or even lose it, we all deal with money issues in our daily lives. Here's your chance to read and comment on our Villager's posts.I've tentatively set up the April BLOG VILLAGE Carnival Host as my own Yesterday's Memories blog, since the Theme of this one will be FAMILY

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-18284017831944053442008-01-10T06:42:00.001-06:002008-01-16T12:08:06.256-06:00

It's been awhile since we have had a Featured Villager interview, so I was very pleased when the Gatekeeper sent in her interview with one of our newer Villagers, Meredith Gould. Tell us a little bit about yourself. These days, I characterize myself as a "working writer", because most of my paltry annual income comes from providing editorial services in some form. But since writing is also

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-35380899294375677222008-01-09T06:42:00.000-06:002008-01-09T18:02:03.655-06:00

Anthony's Jan. 11 Carnival is open to BLOG VILLAGERS ONLY! NO, I misunderstood Anthony's post. He does this Surfer's Paradise post from time to time where he features certain blogs and links to them in his post. This is very good for the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for the blog he links to. SEO determines your Page Rank on the Internet. The higher the number, the closer to the front page of

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-67859554221679630522008-01-08T15:54:00.000-06:002008-01-08T16:05:10.414-06:00

I ran across this TopList from the forum for the TopList owners, and it looks like one some of you would benefit from joining.Top Blogs for CraftersWe have the best art, craft, sewing, knitting, needlepoint, designer, woodworking, painting, illustration, story telling, cross-stitch, free craft articles, doll making, folkart, primitive, country, seasonal, mixed media, abstract art, scrapbooking,

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-81502340905588130942008-01-07T12:11:00.000-06:002008-01-07T12:17:22.588-06:00

I just had to let everyone know that I was interviewed for an article on MSNBC.com about our blog helping families find lost lovies.Desperately seeking Lovey When a child loses a lovey, parents often stress as much as the owner of the precious toy, triggering frantic searches through the house, neighborhood and, in some cases, even cyberland. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22491129/from/ET/

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-27956384115605050502007-12-30T14:53:00.000-06:002007-12-30T15:05:47.403-06:00

This email was sent out to all BLOG VILLAGERS. Some of you did not receive it, however, because you have your settings marked not to receive anything but individual emails from the TopList. This has been a busy year for me, and from the looks of your blogs, it has been for you, too. I've made some changes here that I hope you have found helpful, such as adding the forum and chat, and expanding

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-998460152709657032007-12-22T11:26:00.000-06:002007-12-22T11:33:39.180-06:00

Over the last few days I have deleted a large number of blogs from the Village, for not participating on the TopList. They have been warned repeatedly to click on the voting link on their blogs at least once a month, which takes them to the Gateway page, where the forum, chat and carnival links are displayed. By clicking at the bottom of that page, they see ALL the Villager's blogs. The idea is

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-11294875467481596972007-12-07T04:56:00.000-06:002007-12-07T05:09:53.996-06:00

Well, for the second month in a row, I have not deleted the blogs that I had warned I would. Last month, I was really too sick to be dealing with this, and this month, I just let the time get by and the month ended before I thought about it. Nobody's fault but mine. I did think about deleting all of them a couple of days before the end of the month, but I wanted to give everyone as much time as

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-29126575781890836692007-11-24T13:08:00.000-06:002007-11-24T13:51:55.866-06:00

I don't know how they have time to have so many Carnivals, but For Your Success has a GONZO Carnival scheduled for Dec. 10th. It should be noted that this is not a "Blog Village Carnival". This is a Gonzo Carnival staged to recognize and express appreciation to Blog Villagers who have supported their series. I'm doing good to find time to have one once a quarter, and I really don't have to do

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-47935642453415248992007-11-17T18:50:00.000-06:002007-11-17T19:04:47.081-06:00

It's the middle of the month, and out of the 384 Villagers who are on the TopList right now, almost 250 of them have not clicked on the voting link banner on their own blog, which registers as a HIT IN. I've asked repeatedly that everyone click on their own, or that you click on the voting link on Villager's blogs that you like, so I do not have to check out all these blogs, hunting for the BLOG

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-76607048912227460892007-11-11T05:35:00.000-06:002007-11-11T15:44:42.711-06:00

Sometimes it's hard to anticipate all the situations we find ourselves in. When something unexpected is encountered, a person tries to deal with it in a way that is consistent with their own belief system. With that in mind, I'd like to lay down some guidelines for Carnivals hosted on BLOG VILLAGE member's blogs. But first, a quick review of the belief system that is the distinctive quality of

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-76534231725116475602007-11-05T05:50:00.000-06:002007-11-05T17:54:05.249-06:00

Some time ago, the gotop admin added an option on the member control panel to opt out of receiving mass mailings. Many of you joined so long ago, that you probably didn't even know such an option was available to you. I do understand why the gotop people did this, as they had some TopList admins emailing sales promotions and other such SPAM to their members. I have never used the BLOG VILLAGE

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-58155734369721517452007-10-21T04:34:00.000-05:002007-10-29T05:10:46.617-05:00

Our Fall Fest is ONLINE NOW!!! Share your Halloween posts about your easiest homemade costumes, funniest Halloween ever, or best homemade treats. Tell us a good spooky story, or a tale of haunted houses --- you name it. Or maybe you'd rather tell us about what your family does, rather than go trick or treating. You don't celebrate Halloween?? Not a problem... Just share your favorite

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-67058076812136830002007-10-12T03:44:00.000-05:002007-10-12T03:57:52.378-05:00

Janey Loree has been busy setting up our FIRST BLOG VILLAGE WEBRING! Here's part of her announcement post: I am pleased to announce that the new BLOG VILLAGE Equine Webring is ready for you to join! I need you to follow this link: http://www.pjscorner.net/BV.equine.webring.htm and click on the [join] button. If you have any questions just email me. Tell your

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-42419593258404490152007-10-11T05:18:00.000-05:002007-10-11T05:29:40.795-05:00

Have you found our new forum and chat room? If not, you probably haven't been voting for anyone's blog lately. You'll find links to the forum and chat room on the right hand side of the Gateway page. That's the page you see when you click on any Villager's voting banner or link on their blog. The chat room is there for any Villagers who want to carry on a live conversation with other members,

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-14741599701123460162007-10-01T05:13:00.000-05:002007-10-01T05:29:19.213-05:00

Ordinarily I wouldn't bring up anything personal on this site, but I feel I need to offer a brief explanation about something, as I don't believe in giving idle threats to people. I have been warning over a hundred bloggers for the last few months that they were about to be deleted from our TopList, if they did not show the minimum participation of at least voting for themselves once each month.

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-57629764138149185102007-09-26T05:52:00.000-05:002007-09-26T06:29:37.558-05:00

Thousands of bloggers from around the world are joining together this Thursday, September 27th with a single message: Stop Abuse! We would love for our Villagers to be very vocal on this important issue, whether your personal concern is child abuse, animal abuse, elder abuse, or any other form of abuse that is an issue to you! On Thursday, September 27th, post about any abuse topic you care

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-34477099150544101652007-09-20T13:20:00.000-05:002007-09-26T06:35:30.629-05:00

At Jackie's suggestion, I've added a simple chat room to the Gateway page. You will need to register there, and the Login is there, as well. Maybe we should try to set a certain day for folks to come by and say "Hi!" What do you think? A forum would probably be more useful, but this will have to do for now, as I don't think I know enough to set one up, nor have the time to moderate it. If anyone

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-79516297048512512542007-09-18T04:42:00.000-05:002007-09-18T05:01:33.180-05:00

I'm still playing around with the idea of how to make the Gateway page of our TopList more useful, so I decided to try Anthony's suggestion of putting BLOG VILLAGE specific content there, rather than generic content. I can't move the voting button up to the top yet, as I am waiting on the gotop programmers to make that possible. In the meantime, please bear with me as you have to go to the bottom

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-74221726799973193172007-09-17T18:20:00.000-05:002007-09-17T18:39:08.069-05:00

Today was not a fun day for me, as I just finished deleting over 100 blogs from BLOG VILLAGE. But, we continue to gain new members each day, so our Village is still alive and well. I also emailed all the Villagers who have not voted FROM their blog yet this month, and I wrote to a small number of newer Villagers who have not put the voting link on their blog yet (those blogs are now marked with

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-91525916623015980932007-09-13T08:42:00.000-05:002007-09-13T09:00:51.101-05:00

Please be sure YOU vote for YOUR blog FROM YOUR BLOG before the end of this month, and each month, which is a requirement of membership. This is a copy of the email I sent out today to all the blogs that have the asterisk on their name on the TopList, just for your information. The September 15th DEADLINE is almost here. I have emailed each of you, posted on the Community News, put warnings on

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-33528370580311084332007-09-04T02:15:00.000-05:002007-09-06T05:24:44.906-05:00

I'm playing around with some ideas about making the front page of the TopList more like a PORTAL page. So, for the meantime, I've added a NEWS FEED and a WEATHER link. My thinking was that it might help you come up with something to blog about, or just be for your own personal reading pleasure. I'm trying to figure out some way to let each of you have an area where you could add favorite links,

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-60421540211037675142007-09-02T06:51:00.000-05:002007-09-02T07:34:30.026-05:00

If you want to remain part of the BLOG VILLAGE community, then you must show your involvement by voting for your blog FROM THE VOTING LINK ON YOUR OWN BLOG in the first week of each month. So, it's time to click on your banner on your blog. Don't have the banner on your blog? Then add it from the code in the left hand column of your control panel. Can't find the code? Email me, and I'll send it

Dirty Buttertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29210522.post-672134510772566762007-08-28T13:06:00.001-05:002007-08-28T13:19:34.567-05:00

You may have noticed that there are not as many blogs on BLOG VILLAGE right now as there have been. Well, I've been busy checking out each Villager's blog, making sure they have posted in the last 3 months, and that they have the BLOG VILLAGE voting link on their blog. If not, I have been sending each one an email, letting them know that they needed to put on a new post or add the voting link,

Dirty Butter