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The SXSW Web Awards Finalists were announced last week. Congrats to everyone that made it as a finalist…including two 9rules members:

Blog Category: The Bygone Bureau
Student Category: Think Artificial

Congrats! Thank goodness they aren’t in the same category so they can both win.

Emails have been sent out to the new members that were listed the other day. If your domain is not on that list you will not receive an email from me today.

In the email there are specific instructions you need to follow so I can set up your site. It’s not hard but I need you to follow the instructions otherwise it delays the process in setting up your site. I will be processing them in batches as they come in.

If you did not receive an email from me, please let me know at 9rulesTyme@gmail.com (that’s the email address it was sent from). If you have any questions, you know what to do.

***Read this very carefully: if your blog was accepted but not on this list linked above you will get an email later. Do NOT email me saying you didn’t receive an email. It’s coming later…promise.***

Thanks!

Below you’ll find the list of new members from Round 8. We will not be releasing statistics on how many sites submitted, the percentage of sites accepted vs. submitted, etc. This moment is about those sites that were accepted without the drain of analytical observations.

I’ll be talking about blog/site improvement later (you might want to follow my Twitter if you’re interested in that topic), so let’s get to the list shall we? I will be contacting new members this week to get them processed. I will make a separate entry to let everyone know once the emails have been sent.

On with the list…Congrats to the new members. I look forward to working with you.

http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com
http://athertonbartelby.wordpress.com
http://www.autumnatoakhollow.com
http://www.billmuehlenberg.com
http://www.billshrink.com/blog
http://blogsessive.com
http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/
http://buildingbrowsergames.com
http://bygonebureau.com
http://chrisberryonthe.net
http://www.eatingwellanywhere.com
http://www.elysekufeldt.com
http://freebies4mom.com
http://insightsandingenuity.com
http://lifeforbeginners.com/
http://mom-blog.com/
http://mythology.ourgardenpath.com/
http://www.neonesoft.com/blog/blogs/cmullins/default.aspx
http://www.noobcook.com
http://www.onsimplicity.net
http://www.pharmastrategyblog.com
http://www.psdrockstar.com
http://www.semanticallydriven.com
http://www.subversiveinfluence.com/wordpress/
http://therestofmylifesofar.blogspot.com
http://thinksimplenow.com

Just a quick update to let you guys know we’ll be making the announcement after New Year’s. I’m more than 1/2 way through the 2nd pass. I must say, it’s a darn good thing I took a second pass because many of you changed your sites around completely (which is a good thing, improvements are a good thing, right?). Thank you for making your sites easier to navigate and find your content. I’m sure your readers love you for that. Anyway, I’m looking at the first week in January tentatively. I need to nail down a date with the guys.

For those of you looking to increase traffic to your blog, I wrote an article about extending your blog on 3by9. End of the year is a good time to fiddle with your site. Start the new year off with a bang. Remember there are many tools available to assist you in achieving your blogging goals. Use them wisely.

Have a wonderful holiday (if you celebrate) and a safe New Year’s. Scrivs wishes that you guys would stop blogging. yes, that’s a joke - no one gets his jokes

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Hm? Guess that means our leaf that we created 4 years before them isn’t unique or innovative…at least their grammar is unique.