Hi Jenn,
Such great advice from the other forum members that helped me too because I'm so new to IM.
I was touched by your entry and want to share something that might be of interest. I just joined a program that is in beta testing now that will bring a website (affiliate sites,too) or blog up to the top of Yahoo and 39 other search engines for free until the end of March. They'll hold your position in the top of the search engines for 1 week before they ask for payment. Their track record so far has been about 180,000 clicks per site.
You can submit as many sites for free (until the end of March) as you want but each site has to have a separate email and backup email address.
As if that's not exciting enough, the affiliate program offers points for referrals that can be turned into cash or to pay for keeping your site in top position after your proven week is up. They have already been offered a buy out from another company but are holding until the fall when they will go public (IPO) and all the affiliates' points will be worth 10 times as much as now.
My girlfriend turned me on to it and she's got a good eye.
Here's my affiliate link:
http://www.1on40.com/77753445Keep on keepin on.
Fay