Lately I have fallen into the habit of checking the page rank of just about every website I find. 

I know that many people don't think that this measure is all that meaningful.  I suspect that some of these are embittered bloggers and webmasters who received a Google slap or two and then decided to ignore it and went on to succeed in their quest for monster traffic anyway. 

I do think that it has some use, however.  Google is God, after all.  So it must be worth getting some sort of endorsement from it.  Surely it's better to submit your URL to a directory with a PR of 7 than one with a PR of 0.

Anyway, here's a good tool for finding page rank quickly. 

Just a thought on balance: 

I have been surfing for blogs about online marketing.  Many of them are so far ahead of me!  They're all into widgets and SEO tactics that seem incredibly geeky and way too complicated.  I found it all a bit of a headache. 

Made me just want to get up and go for a walk.  That's why I'm glad I do this flyer stuff.  It gives me a bit of balance.  When I am feeling really tense from too much sitting in front of the computer, I can get some exercise while still earning a few bob from it.

Sometimes I wonder why the hell I'm doing it, since it doesn't translate to a great hourly rate.  But then it is good stress relief.  A lot of people pay a lot to a gym to get the same exercize that I am being paid a little for.  So, it's definitely worth it.