Hello guys, it’s been half a year since our last blog post, so we’d like to take this opportunity to greet everyone happy holidays!

On our side, the article directory is going very strong — we have breached the 200K Alexa traffic rank (Article Crux is now at ~171,000), and our articles are nearing 30,000.

Thank you for the support!

In our last post, we mentioned our wish for our free article directory to breach the 500,000 Alexa traffic rank mark. Well, just half a month since that entry, Article Crux’s Alexa traffic rank has jumped by 300K and is now hovering around 400,000!

To all our readers and loyal authors, thank you for the support! Rest assured, we’ll be aiming for even higher marks in the future.

We’re proud to announce that our free article directory has just surpassed 1000 article authors. These expert writers have published more than 7,100 high-quality articles, with thousands more in the review queue.

Also, Article Crux’s Alexa traffic rank jumped from obscurity to around 700,000 in less than three months. We’re hoping we can breach the 500K mark in the next few months. Wish us luck.

That said, keep on submitting articles!

Millions of people are addicted to the Internet, and you can count us owners of Article Crux among them. Learn how to combat this modern day addiction by reading today’s great article.

Instant messaging, text messaging, email, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts. With technology moving faster than a T1 connection, every day brings another way to keep in touch without actually having to show up in person.

What started as a fun pastime has turned into a modern-day obsession unlike any other. It seems that the more connected we are, the more disconnected we become. Because of the obsession, people have become more overweight and relationships of every kind have disintegrated under the spell of computer games and chat rooms.

In addition, people of all ages are developing at a staggering rate:

1. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
2. Computer Vision Syndrome
3. Back problems
4. Financial problems
5. Circulation problems
And more

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Jaci Rae is a No. 1 Best Selling author of Winning Points with the Woman in Your Life One Touchdown at a Time. Book Jaci for your next show: and hit contact button for her publicist.

We like today’s article not so much because it’s packed with info, but because it’s written in a narrative style that’s interesting and entertaining. Here’s an excellent business promotion article for all businessmen and marketers out there.

How the woman with a restaurant promotion strategy came to work in the flagging restaurant of a small rural town is still unclear. Some say the owner contracted her right from the big city, but others say her car simply broke down at the door. One story claims that the owner didn’t even want to hire her at first, that she volunteered to do restaurant promotion if he did, that it had nothing to do with business sense.

As a former army cook, he was used to insults. Provide the juiciest burgers and the coldest beer and they’ll come in droves. At first they did, probably for its novelty, but then they came less and less and about the time she showed up, they were hardly coming at all.

She changed all that.

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Restaurant Edinburgh Website is an informative resources site on everything Restaurant related. Find out how Restaurant Edinburgh can expand your horizons.

Tax time is just around the corner, are you ready for it? We know you’ll be needing all the tax help you can get, and that’s why we picked this article about costly tax return preparation errors.

April is a dreaded month for many people, all because it’s tax month. Many people cram their tax return preparation, and this can result in many costly errors. In this article we take a look at some of the tax mistakes that millions of people commit. Avoid them, and you ensure yourself of a more peaceful tax month. You also get to save cash!

Typographical errors — Misspellings (such as in social security numbers) will cause delays in processing your tax return. It’s more deadly when you transpose digits when writing cash amounts (e.g. writing $42,903 instead of $42,093). You can lose cash or earn the ire of the IRS with this kind of mistake.

Math errors — According to the IRS, basic arithmetic errors rank as the number one mistake of taxpayers. Sometimes, these errors just involve simple addition and subtraction! A great way to avoid math errors is by using tax preparation software.

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The author recommends an article on Costly Tax Mistakes for a more in-depth discussion and the best practices after tax season. He also recommends Tax Information for general info about taxes.

To all our loyal expert article authors and readers, it’s our pleasure to announce that we’ve reached 6,000 free articles in less than two months’ time!

Six thousand articles might not sound too many, considering there are many article sites our there that reach 20 to 30K in just a few months’ time. But remember that our 6,000 articles have been manually approved, and at times re-placed in the proper categories. Our editors have also made grammar tweaks here and there. We’ve endured the hardwork just to provide you with the best high-quality free articles on the Web.

Thank you for your continued support and patronage. On to the next 6,000 articles!

Glenn Heitkoetter’s article on domain names is an imperative read for any webmaster and internet marketer, and that includes us here in Article Crux. And that’s why we liked this article so much.

There are some basic measures I did not know about until recently and had to make some changes. Some call this domain hijacking and can be a mess to try to get it back. A domain can be taken if it is not locked.

You must go into your control panel of your website to find the domain locking area. If it cannot be found you must contact your support. When your domain is locked, you’ll be substantially protected from unauthorized third parties who might try to misdirect your name servers or transfer your domain without your permission.

Overlooking domain names is icann.org and the rules of this are there. The FAQ section has a good start with internal links about transfers. They have the updated legal and technical requirements about transfer notification requirements and times.

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For specials and discounts on web hosting visit: www.amazing-adventure.com/Hosting/Discounts.htm Glenn Heitkoetter is a part time writer.

To all our loyal authors, if you’ve submitted an article and you’ve still not seen it published after a day or two, please bear with us. We’ve received thousands of articles over the first few weeks of our free article directory, and while we’ve been religiously approving hundreds of free articles per day, we still have a small backlog.

Rest assured, we’re doing our best to approve your articles as soon as possible, without sacrificing the quality of the article directory. Just keep on submitting, as Article Crux is fast turning out to be a popular information site! Many of our articles are ranking great on Google, and we’ve already obtained a steady stream of traffic this early. This just means that you’re submitting to the right directory!

More power to you and your articles!

Good news for webmasters and ezine publishers looking for free content. We’ve just approved more than a hundred new articles in the past hour or so in our free article directory!

And the fun doesn’t stop there. There are thousands (yes, we’re not kidding) of articles waiting to be approved, which you’ll be seeing gradually introduced to the article site. We’re going through every submission very carefully to make sure proper English is used, our guidelines are followed, all links work, the article falls into its proper category, and most importantly that it is packed with information. All in our quest to bring you free high-quality articles.

Drop by Article Crux in everyday to see what new articles our expert authors have in store for you!