The blogging world as I used to know it is not what it is today.

Lately I've been noticing small changes to the blogging world, specifically our blogs. Is it me or does it seem like it's getting harder to get jobs from the advertisers? My wife does a good job in staying busy trying to get new advertisers to fill the gap, but it seems like the most popular advertisers are not giving out as many jobs as in the past and my wife is having to work harder to find work. I'm not sure if it has anything to do with this year being an election year for a new president, or is it because of the ongoing sluggish economy, or both. I'm sure there are other bloggers who are in worse situation than we are and we should be grateful for what we do get but it seems like blogging the way I learned it is not what it used to be. I had 2 blogs and recently google stopped by and downgraded my blogs from a PR-2 to a PR-1. Not good. I miss the PR-4 blog that I once had and it seems like reaching that point is so far unreachable at this moment in time. Linking to 366 BPC @ Pinay Sahm.