Hey Everyone,
A corollary to having lots of good news is that bad news is just around the corner...and here it is, I guess.

For a reason that only the little elf who lives inside of our server knows, the site went down after the host server hiccuped. At the moment, I'm optimistic that we won't be down for too long, but any amount of downtime is a pain in the butt for everone.

So until we get whatever this problem is fixed, we're going to have technical difficulties. Let's hope the elf is in a better mood soon.

Apologies all around. I'll post news as I get it.

UPDATE: We've narrowed down what's wrong with the server and are working to get the site back up ASAP.

UPDATE 2: And we're done. Wasn't our fault, it turns out. So now I'm going to publicly name and shame the party [our host server] responsible (Site5.com), I'm looking at you... For killing a half day's worth of customers' attempts to get to the site, you should be taken to task.

Once again, sorry everyone for letting you down. We'll start looking for a new hosting solution in the morning.

While I can't say that the budgetEDGE team is letting this free media go to our heads, I can say that the stars must be lined up in our favor this week.

We've just been named the Cool Site of the Day on the website of the same name (you can see the site here). The New York Times says that Cool Site is the arbiter of taste on the internet, so it's great to be noticed by them.

Since Cool Site plans it's featured sites a few weeks in advance, you'll have to wait until November 20th to vote for us there. But please do take a minute and go to Cool Site now and again on the 20th.

We hope that you'll help us to popularize budgetEDGE so that more people can understand what is happening to their money. We want to help you regain their financial freedom. That's our mission. Help us spread the word.

Thanks!

Well it's a good week here at budgetEDGE HQ.

When we checked the statistics for the site's traffic late last week, we found a sudden spike in traffic. After a little head-scratching and some research, we traced the root cause to a Pittsburgh area news clip that featured budgetEDGE and Wesabe as two of the best personal financial management sites on the internet.

Your budgetEDGE team loves free press, especially when it's good. You can watch the video segment here.

Ashley Diparlo and staff at WTAE Channel 4 in Pittsburgh, we thank you for helping show budgetEDGE to the world!