Soliciting Donations – The Price of “Success”

With heavy heart I must state that the time has come to ask our much appreciated readers to – if they feel so inclined – contribute, to help defray the increasing costs of bringing Blogcritics.org to you.

Due to the “success” of the site – mainstream media attention, traffic increasing by the day, now over 460 writers, a fully searchable archive of over 16,000 stories, over 60,000 comments, and the complexity of an operation to accomodate all of this – we have had to greatly upgrade the server on which we reside, with a very large increase in cost, to met our ever-expanding needs. And as we have grown, all of our other expenses have risen as well, leaving us with no choice but to ask for your help. We hope you understand.

We are happy to accept donations in any amount with kind thanks – other methods of helping us out remain buying Amazon items that you see at the bottom of every story, and stocking up on super cool guy Blogcritics.org merchandise available here.

Without the support of our readers and writers, none of this would be possible or necessary – thanks again and we hope you know how appreciated you are.

Finally, our writers contribute to Blogcritics.org out of the goodness of their hearts, please help them out by visiting their home sites by clicking on the writer’s name at the top and bottom of every post, and don’t forget the Blogcritic of the Day, featured in the spotlight box at the top of the front page of the site.

We look very much forward to doing the best we can to make Blogcritics a better, more interesting, informative and amusing place to visit every day – thanks again to you all.

Eric Olsen