[CaroleL]

She knows, but she won’t tell us (unless you venture to blogoland and give the secret handshake and click on their sponsors). The life of a blogger is very hard and they can’t convey information without first making a sale. I do not have nor want sponsors and make no sales. I simply post an excerpt which summarizes the article and leave a link for those who want to read more about the topic.

[humblegunner]

I simply post an excerpt which summarizes the article and

And cut yourself off in mid sentence.

This is called a teaser.

There is also a term for folks who practice this.

Do you know what it is?

[Larry Lucido]

Yeah.

Blog pimp.

[Eaker]

In more accurate terms you are pimping your blog.

In the beginning full articles were always posted so one didn’t have to give a hit and pick up a cookie from sites they might not ever visit. That was a big part of the draw not having to click on a site especially an “expletive deleted” blog that may be full of malware or viruses.

(Blog pimps suck)