Comments on: Blogging Irritants

By: Chris Lodge

Chris Lodge — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:30:52 +0000

By: Faithfulmommy

Faithfulmommy — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:02:35 +0000

Hey! I love this list. Thanks for defending the Mommy Bloggers. Some of us are genuinely just trying to learn something new. You know, we get criticized for not being in-the-know with current technology trends and then we get criticized when we try. I’ve seen plenty of hideous “professional” blogs too. Bad spelling, terrible content, boring topics. You know what I do? I just don’t go back.

Anyway, thanks for defending us. I’ll certainly be back to this blog!

By: Chris Lodge

Chris Lodge — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:05:34 +0000

I’ll have to give my opinions more often

Maki, you make some excellent points, as ever. I did review JC’s blog early on, and it seemed like a good idea at the time, but you’re right, the main benefit is felt by the blog getting reviewed.

No.10 is obviously tongue in cheek - I don’t mind Top 10’s or any other kind of list as long as they show a spark of originality, or open up unseen facets of the bloggers personality.

Agree with the overly wordy blog posts. Both Maki and BAYB have made good points about using graphics and headings to break up long posts.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:16:08 +0000

I agree with all but #10

By: traceykkerouac

traceykkerouac — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:51:26 +0000

I agree with all of these 10 irritants, I’m still working on number #4 but getting better at it. And hey, Some of the best bloggers are older mommys, wouldn’t want to forget about us.
Momtheminx

By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:36:06 +0000

You have covered all the points man .

By: ltart

ltart — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:04:02 +0000

Hi! I came over from Nomas blog.

Great list. #8 trolls. I esp. hate trolls
& #11 the long wordy blog. I too will skip over long blogs, unless they can grab my attention right off.(like break it up with pictures, anything!)
I like to acknowledge when my blogging buddies put time & effort into their blogs by leaving a comment, it’s encouraging. & yes, #4 people who don’t respond…ARRRGH!

By: lyndonmaxewell

lyndonmaxewell — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 14:19:37 +0000

Wow. That’s a whole lot of list that irritate you! Yea, even if it’s a linkback, the minimum had got to be a link exchange. That’s only fair.

By: Maki :: Dosh Dosh

Maki :: Dosh Dosh — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:03:42 +0000

I really don’t like people who ask someone to review their blog for a linkback. It’s selfish and silly.

Other bloggers will take the time to write a nice review of your blog while giving you a fat and juicy in-content anchor text link and you return it by placing their link among other links with no comment at all. Even worse when we dictate what specific anchor text people should use.

I’ve never written a review to get a link back from anyone and probably will never do it nor hold such silly contests.

By: No Mas

No Mas — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:46:20 +0000

Right on Kai - I so dislike those on-line novels! One of my favorite reads “Wide Lawns & Narrow Minds” does the novel thing alot of the time. While she is a great writer and makes me laugh, I sometimes have to skim her work.
WORD VERIFICATION: boo, hiss - can hardly read that mumbo jumbo.
Chris: I like this post so much, I am going to reference it in a post.