Cut The BLOG Thing. You’re SO 1998 With Your Lists.
I got enough of it. I’ve just lost it. Cut it. It’s boring, it’s annoying and it’s nothing more than backlink, social bookmarking and search engine driven. It’s all about getting on top in SERPs and not about the reader.
Lists.
Lists published at a high pace.
Everyone loves lists. Lists can be very useful. Lists and speedlinking. They can improve my productivity. But please… I can only digest so many platforms, applications and blog entries.
Last weeks I’ve seen an increase in the number of lists in my feed reader. And not just lists, but lists aimed at being complete, leaving little to add. Lists consisting of more than 30 items, links, platforms, whatevers.
How will I digest all this information? How long do you think it takes me to visit and check out 30 comment plugins for WP, 20 code beautifiers and formatters, learn 200+ hotkeys and test 40 PDF tools? Do you think I really have no life? Do you think all I have to do s check your lists?
Have you decided I shouldn’t keep up with your content anymore?
No????
Well trust me, I CAN’T keep up with all your lists! I am still working my way through that list you published 3 weeks ago. And what awaits me??? 540 more tips, all nicely made up as lists.
And what about the blogging part? Where has that gone? Did a memo not reach me, but have you all commonly decided to ditch sharing opinions?
I get it, I get it! Your lists are your opinions… it are THE best tools according to you!
My list? It’s a new one. Actually, it’s my wife’s list. She noticed how much lists interest me and just shove me a list under my nose. She actually send me an email. An email about lists.
Subject: You should check out this TOTALLY AWESOME list!
I’m a sucker. A sucker for lists. Big was my surprise when I read following items.
- Take the garbage out
- Fold the laundry
- Take the dog to the vet
- Clean the aquarium
- Buy new socks
- Pick up the kids from school
- Do the dishes
- Put the kids to bed
- Have fun with me
I put that list at the end of the list ‘lists to check out’. I wonder if it will increase my producitivity!
Now that’s a good list!
jangelo said this on July 26, 2007 8:49 am