Naturally, you only want to read my opinions on things, right? No? Well, then...

Links to outside sites referenced in stories on the front page will now have a [b] link following them. This enables you to query Blogdex see other blogs that are discussing the same link.

So, for example, if you'd like another opinion on NeCoRo, you could find additional commentary from other blogs by clicking on the [b] symbol right there next to the link.

This feature comes to you courtesy of the Meta Linker code, at ThinkBlank. It's an elegant little piece of JavaScript. I highly recommend it.

Note that this only works on the front page. If you're reading the archives, or a specific topic area, it won't work. That's not a limitation of the code, it's just the way I set it up to avoid too much JavaScript running all over the place.

Then again, this entire site is essentially powered by JavaScript, so maybe I'll rethink that at some point. But for now, only on the front page.

Right! Time for more new goodies!

First, you'll notice the much more professional title bar up top. (Also, no Studio Ghibli copyright infringement, so that's good, although they probably would never have noticed.)

Second, and much more fun, there's now a list of recent referrals to the site in the left sidebar, below the photo portfolio.

For now, the list will probably be a pretty boring rehash of people I already link to in the "Like Falling Off A Blog" section, but if/when the site ever pops back up on search engines, it'll let you know what kind of weird search terms people are using to get here. Pretty nifty.

So...any time, Google....

The site has fallen off Google again. Apparently I am no longer relevant.

Never mind that there is precisely one site listed that contains the text of my site title, and that's because it links to me.

However, you can see here that Google thinks there are no links to this site.

I'm a big fan of Google as a user, but as a site operator its workings are beginning to mystify me.

On a related note, for the other Antville users out there, you might want to take note that Google and other search services, as well as sites like Blogdex, are probably unable to parse the Antville &lt% link %&gt tag correctly to identify your links to other sites.

As a result, I've taken to using standard &lta href=...&gt syntax for all links, except those rare cases where I thoroughly dislike the linked site and don't want to promote it as a relevant search option.

I'd recommend doing likewise if you want your links to friends, news articles, etcetera to factor into services like Daypop, Blogdex, and Google.