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Welcome to BlueRidge.Biz Posted by blueridgewebmaster (2009/4/28)

Welcome to BlueRidge.Biz - the "Web 2.0" website serving Albemarle, Amherst, Bedford, Campbell, Franklin, Greene, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Patrick and Rappahannock Counties, the Cities of Charlottesville and Lynchburg, and the towns and communities of these jurisdiction comprising the Blue Ridge region of Virginia. Watch this site as we roll out new features. Register as a user and take advantage of the opportunity we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Virginia's Blue Ridge region via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Virginia's Blue Ridge region.

This site will be primarily devoted to promoting local content contributed by local businesses, organizations and residents. If you are interested in being a contributor, contact us. We welcome the opportunity to provide you the ability to promote your local business, share the success of your local sports teams, promote your local club or charity. Register as a user and take advantage of the free opportunities we offer to promote your business, share news and announcements of your group or organization, interact with fellow residents of Virginia's Blue Ridge region via the internet, and keep abreast of whats going on in Virginia's Blue Ridge region.

The first step to use our features is to register as a user on our site. Then, as you explore BlueRidge.Biz let us know what feature or news you want to share. Upon verification, we can give you privileges to input and post your news instantly.

Local businesses may become "Link Partners" and receive free promotion via banners ads, links and the ability to post news and announcements. Local Businesses may also list themselves for free in our local Business Directory and grow their business via the world wide web.

Local organizations, charities, and contributing writers may even profit by contributing content as qualifying contributors can earn financial rewards via Google Adsense from clicks by visitors to the news, announcement and content you supply.

BlueRidge.Biz is what is known as a "Web 2.0" website - i.e. a feature that is composed of contributions by those who view and participate in the site. Anyone can participate. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News and policies applicable to various features as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religious, sexual orientation or other bigotry) or known to you to be untrue, and (iii) a representation by you that if posting on behalf of an organization or other person, that you have the right to make such posting. Violators are subject to loss of posting and/or website access privileges. If you observe any posting which violates our Terms of Use, please notify us via our contact link (on the Home Page) and report the abuse and we will endeavor to promptly investigate and remove if appropriate.

[2008/6/29] "Articles, News & Announcements from www.BlueRidge.Biz" versus "News & Announcements from the Community"
Understanding the difference between our "Articles, News & Announcements from www.BlueRidge.Biz" feature and "News & Announcements from the Community."
"News & Announcements from the Community" is intended to be an organized community "blog" which enables all registered users to submit and self approve for posting news and...

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Hints for Use - News and Announcements from the Community Subcategories (2009/12/23)
We have the ability to create subcategories under each of our main categories. If your organization, business, sports team, neighborhood, home owners association or other group desires to make regular use of this website feature, please contact us and request that we establish a separate subcategory under the appropriate category - this will aid visitors and your members to locate the latest news and announcements of your group. If you send us an electronic .gif or .jpg picture or image of your facility or logo, we can post that so that it appears with the Section devoted to your organization or group.
Hints for Use - Subcategories
How to make use of our News & Announcements from Blue Ridge Communities feature (2009/10/1)
One exciting feature of the new www.BlueRidge.Biz is our "News and Announcements from Blue Ridge Communities" feature. This feature permits registered users of the website to submit and self approve news and announcements in a variety of categories. Available categories include "Community & Civic Organizations", "Neighborhoods & Communities," "Churches & Religious Groups", "Charitable Organizations", "Local Business News", "Local Schools & Educational Institutions", "Sports & Recreation", "Death Notices & Obituaries", "Job Promotions, Awards & Honors", "Governmental", "Birth Announcements", "Marriages", "Fairs & Festivals", and "Local News." This feature also allows us, upon receipt of a request from you,...
Terms of Use for News & Announcements from Blue Ridge Communities (2009/10/1)
The News and Announcements from Blue Ridge Communities portion of www.BlueRidge.Biz is made available as a public service. In order to post, you must be a registered user of the website. Posting is subject to our Terms of Use as linked from the bottom of our Home Page. By posting, you adopt and agree to our Terms of Use and News from the Community Policies as a binding legal agreement. These include (i) a representation by you that the post is accurate, does not contain any copyright content of any third party unless you have the right to post it, (ii) a prohibition against any posting that is slanderous, illegal, containing "hate" material," (material expressing racial, religious, sexual orientation or...