abbyjo

Wordpress is definitely the best overall package. You can also use Google's Blogger or even Tumblr. Not sure why you would want to create your own - leverage what's already out there ans save yourself some time!

Guest posting / blogging on highly-ranked sites is the best way to go about this. I've had limited success with directories and forums, even with those that are not do-follow. If anybody is looking to post do-follow links, I welcome (relavent!) posts on my [health and wellness forum](http://www.germtrax.com/Forum.aspx). Finally, creating …

I'd also suggest creating and submitting an RSS feed to different syndicate consumers. This is a quick and easy way to get the word out. I created an RSS feed for my site's and immediately saw a bump in Google's search results. Good luck!

I had similar issues and switched to the javascript library (you can see an example here at my [health map](http://www.germtrax.com/Map.aspx)). I'm not sure if you will have better luck, since it sounds like you are doing a fair amount of layering, but it might be worth a quick try / …

There is a learning curve when installing and configuring TFS, but it is an excellent system. Bug tracking capabilities are great (you can completely customize workflows, alerts, requirements, associated test cases, etc...), and the TFS system scales into other areas of QA - automated builds, unit testing, and GUI testing …

Check out Trent Richadson's awesome time picker addon to the JQuery standard (http://trentrichardson.com/examples/timepicker/). It allows you to pick both date and time with a slick UI. You can see an example of it in use at my [sickess tracking website](http://www.germtrax.com/Log-Sickness.aspx). Hope this helps!