This blog is moving!

I apologize for the lack of posts the last week or so...I've been programming my brains out.

For a while I've been considering moving this blog to its own domain, and since I'm a step ahead of my partners on finishing off the DI site, I've got a week to kill and I'm taking care of a lot of little things that I've been putting off. Those subscribed to the Feedburner RSS feed (http://feeds.feedburner.com/SportsLizardEntrepreneurBlog) should have a seamless transition. Everyone else can find me at the new URL, which I'll announce next post.

Here's WHY I'm doing it:

• Blogger sucks ass. I started this blog in 2005 as my first blog and Blogger was a simple setup. Now I use Wordpress for everything and I can't stand Blogger. The new blog will have all of the Blogger Archives, but will use Wordpress so thankfully I don't need to worry about Bloggers' crappy FTP and commenting anymore.
• Both SportsLizard and this blog have grown considerably in the past 2 years. I want the SL domain to be 100% sports and sports collectibles, and I want the new site to be 100% young entrepreneur. It just makes sense that way (and won't confuse search engines so much about the topic/focus of the domain).
  
• I started another blog on this domain about sports collectibles earlier this year, and it's confusing having 2 blogs on one domain.
• My entrepreneurial journey has led me to do much, much more than just SL, and I don't want to have this be my primary association any more. It's just a piece of my life and Pure Adapts' overall business.
• I think I'll be more honest. I mentioned recently that I was struggling with blogging, and I think having a separate place to vent my thoughts will be good for me. I also hope to share more detailed solutions, such as specific sample code I used to solve a problem.

As soon as the new blog is ready, I'll post one last post here and then be done with it. Being the SEO that I am, I'm going to 301 redirect every post to it's counterpart on the new site (the archives will look almost exactly the same). It'll be interesting to see how my SE rankings are hurt because of the move. Hopefully my link juice will be passed successfully...it'll sure be interesting to track how the move impacts both SL and the new domain.

To my advertisers and sponsors: I checked, and nearly all of you will expire in the next month or two. I've decided to go sans links/ads on the new site, so how about this: I'll leave your ads up on the archived version of this blog indefinitely and we'll call it even? Of course, if you want a pro-rated refund I understand...just email me and I'll take care of it.