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Firefox 3 was officially released last month and has been impressive regarding some changes, fixes, and especially speed. I downloaded Firefox 3 the day it was officially released, June 18th,  and have been impressed on the improvement with web page loading times. I’m sure those who have it downloaded will agree with me! You won’t notice it when loading Google or Yahoo, but when it comes to widget-heavy, poor hosted, blogs- you’ll definitely see the difference!

Firefox 3 has decreased my time spent dropping a lot. I get more drops than I did a month ago, but I’m dropping faster than I did a month ago as well! Perfect timing! With Firefox 2, the website I was browsing on would become laggy after opening three or four blogs that I would drop on once they completely loaded. Now, I can open, in tabs, more than 6 blogs and never experience any laggy. With Firefox 3, you get faster loading times, and no lag. Horray!

So, I recommend that you download Firefox 3 to help improve your dropping experience. Especially if you are one of those 300 drops a day people! I can guarantee your drop time will be shorter. I feel like I’m trying to sell you something! Haha.

If you aren’t a Firefox user already, now is a great time to become one! It is the most popular web browser, and not to mention the best as far as speed, safety, customizable, and the list goes on! Normally, I’m a skeptic when it comes to trying something new and popular, like I was with Entrecard! I didn’t join until a few months ago. Firefox was something I surprisingly got into early and and relieved I chose to do it sooner- I can’t stand Internet Explorer now!

There will always be a rivalry between IE and FF, but not a competition.

With the recent post, “Promoting Your Blog With Digg“, Graham is looking to form an Entrecard community on Digg consisting of at least 200 members. Graham’s digg username is EntreLangdon, and we are well on our way to achieving the 200 member goal. Graham currently has 55 friends and I’m sure by the end of today he’ll have around 200.

Join Digg!

Digg is a great way to find interesting articles and even submit your own in hopes of getting “Dugg” and noticed. The goal here is get fellow Entrecarders using Digg and start Digging posts they enjoyed reading from blogs they’ve dropped on. Digg is free to join and use and can provide you with a new source of traffic.

The Entrecard Community on Digg

Having friends on Digg makes helping your peers and getting your posts dugg even easier. Once you have created a Digg.com account, make a comment on the post “Promoting Your Blog With Digg” or on this post with your Digg username. I’ll be compiling a list of Digg usernames here making it easier to add fellow Entrecarders!

The List
Below is a list of Digg usernames belonging to Entrecard users who have submitted it to this post or the Entrecard blog.
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