- by Alena Hitzemann, Associate Web Editor

This morning, I decided that it was finally time to register this blog on the various blog directories floating around the internet. I started with Technorati, one of the most popular. Turns out that you have to post this crazy code to your blog in order for them to verify it. So here you go, Technorati...

I promise this is really me:

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(Shouldn't there be an easier, sleeker way to do this? I'm trying to build readership, not turn it away with posts dedicated solely to a meaningless strip of characters. Oh well...)

What other directories should I look into? Do these type of directories even matter? Fellow bloggers, where (if anywhere?) have you had success promoting your posts?