Hi,
I don't have much experience with blogging nor do I have a blog on any of my websites yet. However, I have learned recently that blogs can be very effective tools for getting your websites links links out quickly and increasing your websites incoming links. Specifically, it is always best to blog on sites with higher PR. The other key is to include your keywords in your anchor text for the html link as I do below.

David Fairley
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