We have five more supporting sites to mention for our BIG Thanks post today. BIG Thanks is a regular series we publish here at eCommerce Optimization on Fridays as a personal thank you to sites, blogs and authors who have mentioned our site in a post, linked to us from a blog or add us to their blogroll. For those of you who have not already seen our previous BIG Thanks articles, you can access the BIG Thanks archives, and other site related updates, in the eCommerce Optimization Site News and Updates section.

Note from eCopt: I have been asked by a few of the authors who have made our BIG Thanks posts why they were mentioned a couple of weeks after actually posting, linking or adding to the blogroll. I wanted to give an explanation here in case others have the same question.

I try as hard as humanly possible to get each BIG Thanks posted THE week they are actually live on the Net, however there are some sites, blogs and links that slip through the cracks or that I don't notice until later on. In addition, I recently just started adding in foreign blogs into the mix, so any foreign language blogs that linked to us in the past or mentioned us in a post or blogroll may be getting listed even though they linked to us a month ago. Hope this answers the question, feel free to leave me a message in the comments or through the contact form if you need a better explanation.

On to the thank yous…

Blogs that added us to their blogroll:

The blogroll thanks for this week goes to Jeroen Korving, author of Eye on European E-commerce…

Recently, Jeroen added us to his blogroll along with other trusted world eCommerce resources including Get Elastic, Techcrunch, Business 2.0, CSE Strategies and Comparison Engines. Wow, I am really flattered to be linked to in a blogroll with so many other great sites and eCommerce industry authors. This isn’t the first time I have seen and read this blog, it has been around since about July 2007 and continues to report top-notch news, commentary and happenings about the European E-commerce market. Topics include analysis, comparison shopping, e-business, acquisitions, statistics and unique ideas for merchants. I have added this blog to my watch list and will continue to check out what Jeroen has to say regarding overseas eCommerce. Thanks so much for adding our site to your blogroll, we really appreciate the link support and traffic you have sent so far, keep up the god writing and topical content. I look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future.

Blogs that mentioned us in a post or article:

A BIG Thanks shout out goes to Yan Bezugliy, author of ProBargainHunter.com blog…

This blog is one I recently discovered and took a liking to immediately, mostly due to the fact that I love bargain deal sites and news, but also because of his writing style and content offering. Yan has done a great job on the blog, which covers topics ranging from business, saving money and shopping to tips, tools and lists about bargains, deals and coupons. I have subscribed to ProBargainHunter and will be watching it for awhile in my feed reader as it looks like a great resource to have on hand. I really appreciate the support and link Yan, you have done a wonderful job on the blog, topics and content, I look forward to seeing more of your posts in the future. Keep up the good work and bargain reporting, see you in the sphere.

Next, we would like to thank Kim Roach, author of ZanyPixel…

This blog is rather new to the blogosphere (archives go back to October 2007), however Kim is certainly off to a great start, I have read quite a few hidden gems or content so far and there’s only a few months worth of posts to go through, not bad. ZanyPixel covers topics including link building, Photoshop, social media and more site tips or showcase posts. The article that Kim linked to us from is a great resource for link builders and actually gives away quite a few secrets of the pros and tactics that have been used, but rarely are brought up or spoken about through blogs or social sites. I have added Kim’s blog to my watch list and will continue to tune in to her new content. I recommend anyone interested in these topics to check it out too! Thanks so much for the mention and link Kim, we really appreciate the recent support. If you write one post a week like the 100+ post, you will certainly become one of my top blogs to read, good job. I look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future, plus I like you theme and colors.

The next author to thank is Jacob Wolfsheimer, author at WolfTrust, an Online marketing blog…

Jacob was kind enough to link to two of our articles this past week and barely made this BIG Thanks post as his Holiday tips article was written and discovered today! I recently found this blog, although it appears that Jacob has been posting off and on since October 2005 (posts have been more steady over the past 5 months). I have added it to my list of blogs to watch and will continue to tune in from time to time to see what Jacob has to say about the world of Online marketing. Thanks so much for not only mentioning one of our articles on your blog, but for going all out and linking to two of our posts, much appreciated. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the Holiday link roundup and discovered some great posts I hadn’t seen before, good job writing it. Keep up the quality writing and content delivery, see you around.

Well, I think that’s it for this weeks BIG Thanks shout outs. It’s great to be able to thank so many sites, blogs and authors each week (when we first started this series there was literally only one or two each week, now we get five to eleven pretty steadily). Remember, if you happen to mention eCommerce Optimization on your own blog, or add us to your blogroll, we might just feature you in one of the BIG Thanks articles here.