I just wanted to thank John Chow! I got a lot of extra publicity from him through his comments, links, and the occasional post. It’s great! He really is kind fellow… Anyway, one of the advantages of living in a different time zone is his Recent Comments Plugin, that allows things like this:

It won’t last long, but I’m hoping that I will rank among the top ten commenters soon. Such simple techniques can help drive traffic to your website, as long as you are contributing something of value to the discussion, not just spamming!