Well, after months of following the news, and waiting for it's debut and alpha testing, I was finally able to sign up for SocialSpark. It's the next step that Izea is undertaking for those who write posts for money, but SocialSpark is a lot more than that. It's also a social network where you can check out fellow bloggers, and even ask to be their friends, much like those other social networking sites, but without the spam and getting slammed big-time for friends requests, a lot of those not being actual real people. And Izea has taken the next step from PayPerPost to address any concerns and objections thte online community has had about their service. They have a code of ethics that they require their bloggers to subscribe to. And they want to make sure that everything is up-front and honest in those matters when bloggers write for money, and even when certain search engines want to hunt these sites down and penalize them their page rank for doing so (unless it's for one of their services that they offer), they have created RealRank, which is a blog ranking system that is based on actual readers and page views, and employs calculations that are based on that, and doesn't serve any agenda that would benefit their company more than reporting accurately who's reading your website. They're even 100% search engine friendly. And the posts are written by the bloggers in their own words about products and services that they believe in, which is something that they're doing anyway, and if they can make some money, and be totally honest with their readers about it, so much the better. And the bloggers that are on SocialSpark have such varied and interesting opinions, it's a lot more than whether J.J. Abrams is going to ruin Star Trek. So why not check out SocialSpark today and see what all they have to offer? You might find yourself pleasantly surprised.