First, thanks to my guest posters, Robert Hruzek, Karen Swim, Drew McLellan, and Joanna Young (whose post will appear tomorrow). You definitely brought your “A” games, and sparked wonderful conversations.
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New Word Sell Widgetry
You will now see the famous Liz Comment Counter by Ozh on my sidebar. Since installation, there hasn’t been a single new comment. 
This handy plugin was inspired by the one and only Liz Strauss.
Also added is Comment Luv, a conversation/link love enhancer that displays a link to the last blog post of each commenter. Lots of folks are using it, and I’m glad to join the party. Thanks, Lara.
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Dig Your Job!
Thanks to G.L. Hoffman for awarding me the Dig Your Job badge. Coming from G.L., this is quite an honor, and I am in some excellent company.
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New Social Media Tracker
Found HowSociable? today, a new site that measures brand visibility. It’s a phenomenal idea — check it out and let us know what you think.
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Post Vacation Vacation
Taking a few days off to go completely offline. See you Monday!
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DOH! Forgot to mention, I added subcategories to the Word Sell blogroll, making it easier for readers to identify the exceptional blogs that comprise it. I apologize if I mis-pigeon-holed you — please let me know and I will fix.
Brad, have you heard of Back Type? It is a neat tool to follow comments by individuals – they say it is the Twitter of blog comments…just visit the site and search for your name in People
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http://www.backtype.com/
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Jeevanjyoti, It’s a new one – looks a little like FriendFeed … I’m checking it out now – thanks for the tip.
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Brad, have a wonderful vacation. We’ll look after the place when you’re gone
Joanna
Joanna, glad you’ll be keeping an eye on things!
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Hi Brad,
It took me a minute to get over here, but we can’t have you without a few new comments. Gosh, you’ve been a friend too long for that.
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Hi Liz, Thanks for stopping by! Looks like the counter isn’t counting, but we’ll fix that!
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Hi Brad – congrats on the reward. I love CommentLuv and the Liz comment counter.
And I’ll be checking out that new social networking site too.
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Hi Brad! Congratulations on the Dig your Job award! I want to thank you again for allowing me to be one of your guest posters. It was both a pleasure and an honor especially given the high quality of guests you invited. Talk about pressure to perform! LOL!
I have tried How Sociable and loved it. I am going to install the Liz plug-in too. Thanks for all the great info!
Brad,
Congratulations on your award and have a wonderful vacation. Are you doing anything special or are you simply having some quality relaxation time?
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Hi Cath, It’s interesting how word of mouth influences Web development these days, isn’t it? Karen, it may interest you to know your guest post got more comments than post ever on Word Sell. Kudos to you and your/our co-conversationalists! Andrew, nice to hear from you. How was your trip? My wife and I took a short driving trip and had a wonderful time, despite the rain thrown up here from Hurricane Gustav 1000 miles away to the south.
Brad,
Brad, I’m glad to hear that you had a great time away, and that you were able to avoid the Hurricane.
My trip was wonderful, thanks. I had a great opportunity to visit my brother, who lives in London, and also my sister and her family, who are on a two month “house swapping” arrangement in a rural area in southern France. My parents were also able to visit for a short time as well.
My brother and I also managed a three day driving tour of the south eastern part of Iceland.
Cheers
Andrew
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