Yo, blink, wherefrom is that art on your layout? It's nice.

I don't consider it 'pushing for hits'... I consider it promotion. Which is a part of most endeavors, whether anyone likes it or not. :\ I'm my own PR manager; my own publicist. You want people to see you, you have to put yourself out there. There is NOTHING shameful about that, as long as you're polite and don't over-do it. And even then... the adage about no publicity being bad publicity is true.