Bell...the main reason I use the blogger software..I can type a msg just like I do here on the board, including adding urls and formatting...click a button, and it publishes it in a template Ive made up, ftps it to my domain and Im done...in other words, I can worry about the text and not have to do any coding except for the initial template
outside of the typing the text part its about 5 seconds to get it up and published.
I know most peoples blogs Ive seen do some sort of affiliate advertising....from having a WMs page where they push referrals, to the actual ads on the template pages....cant see where any of it would be considered spam....someone still has to click a link to go to the site you're advertising...its done the same way as on this board or in a sig file