Signing up for technorati is a great way to promote your blog. Technorati is a blog search engine that allows people to find blogs related to certain key words. By signing up for an account you can register your blog and define it with a list of 25 key words. After you post to your blog and categorize your content, follow the below link to get the code that can be placed at the bottom of your post:
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While most major blogging programs use categories that can be sorted through technorati, use these links to add key words that will make your post stand out. On inamirrordimly.com, I have received the most technorati hits through very specific tags at the end of my posts.
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