The time is now!  submissions are open for round 2, for the love of all that is Holy go and submit your site... help us make the network more diverse (read => site topic as well as all the mundane gender and race stuff) and deep!

The time has come my friends.  Round 2 of 9rules submissions has come.

Hey kids, its story time!

I thought I would take a moment to share with your what my experience has been like being a part of the Freshman class of 9rules.  When I joined 9rules it was for one reason, diversification of my readerbase.

Since joining 9rules I have seen a substantial increase in traffic, this month alone shows 9rules the second highest repeat referrer, second only to google.  And they are very close in number my friends, very close indeed.  But the funny thing is, the traffic increase isn't what I value most.

The proof is in the pudding

I cannot say enough about what the 9rules, Inc. team does on my behalf.  Colin, Scrivs, Mike and Matthew all work their collective tails off to give us the tools, exposure and support to conquer the universe.  Most of us have been laboring in what seems like a vaccuum... me, my website and the big scary intarweb.

For the first time we feel the euphoria that comes from knowing someone has our backs.  I am not sure if you can really understand what a gift that is until you have experienced it.  If you have you know exactly what I mean, unfortunately the opposite is more likely true.

It was bound to happen

There has been some talk in the past of the possible evil that 9rules is doing, or rather what good could ever come out of Galilee... err 9rules.

The biggest objection, and I think the sillyest, is that we are a closed network.  The only reason 9rules works is because it is a closed network.  By limiting the field to those sites that push (hopefully) excellent content you are doing a great service to your readers, and your listees.

A narrower field makes it easier for your viewer to quickly find quality content, since in our case we have set quality content as the price of admission, and you guarentee your listees a much greater chance of being seen and read.

And don't get me started on the idea that we aren't allowed to set standards for our community.  If that bothers you be my guest and go running to one of the many "we list anyone" sites and get lost in the crowd... I dare you.

The time rushes toward us

So, I am planning a more "in-depth" look at my first 2 months in the network, look for that in the very near future.  What else is there to say really, other than watch the skies and put your name in when the time is right.  There is nothing to lose, other than the 5 minutes it will take to submit your name... and think of what could happen if you are added.