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Step 6 of 101 Steps to Better Blogging

2nd August 2007

Step 6 of 101 Steps to Better Blogging

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According to Lifehack.org, step #6 is to add your blog to 9Rules. I have mixed feeling about this step, particularly after Marcus at My Thoughts was accused by 9Rules of spamming when he was actually trying to get his site registered. You can read his full account at My Thoughts . I then went to 9rules myself to see what was going on. I read their about page and checked out a couple of listings. Everything seemed okay although I felt they were a bit vague in what their function was. Are they a dirctory, a forum, what? Well, I decided I would attempt to register and go from there. After clicking on “create my 9r account” I then had to read the About Membership page. Way at the bottom it said the following:
Due to the number of submissions we received, we are no longer accepting submissions at this time. However, we strongly advise signing up for notes and interacting in the community. At this time we are not accepting submissions from those who are not participating within the community. Thank you for your interest.

After reading my way through all of this I was not feeling very welcomed and was not feeling comfortable about registering, so I opted not to. While this was my decision, you may feel totally different about it so check it out for yourself.

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There are currently 4 responses to “Step 6 of 101 Steps to Better Blogging”

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  1. 1 On August 2nd, 2007, marcus said:

    I totally know what you mean. I wish I had read the About Membership page too.

    posted on August 2nd, 2007 at 2:24 pm

  2. 2 On August 2nd, 2007, lynne said:

    From the sound of the comments you’ve been receiving I think Step 6 should be eliminated from the 101 Steps!

    posted on August 2nd, 2007 at 4:34 pm

  3. 3 On August 6th, 2007, Embracing constructive criticism said:

    [...] Marcus writing his opinion, it prompted others to express their opinions, which Lynne did. Reading what she said we’ve addressed many of those things in Ali2 (phew!) but that [...]

    posted on August 6th, 2007 at 12:45 pm

  4. 4 On August 6th, 2007, Tyme White said:

    9rules is split into two parts - the 9rules member area (where we aggregate a member’s content) and the my.9rules area where anyone can join and participate in the conversation. With the new version of the site (coming out shortly) we addressed this confusion about 9rules members vs. my.9rules users. One reason why I’m glad Marcus wrote his entry (and yours as well) is that it provided me another perspective. Having thousands of submissions to go through it can be easy to miss that there could be confusion about submitting a site. :)

    Thank you for posting your thoughts. I created an entry based on your entry (and Marcus’) about embracing negative criticism. As I learned from you perhaps others can learn as well.

    Tyme White
    The one that goes through the 9rules submissions. :)

    posted on August 6th, 2007 at 12:53 pm

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