How to write a popular blogentry in ten easy steps

Use one, several or a combination of the tips below:

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Tip
Fictitious Example
1
Start your blogpost title with
How to” and end it with “ in ten easy steps
Look right above
2
Make a preposterous claim about
bloggers
“34% of bloggers forced
to medicate themselves in their quest for a lay”
3
Reveal sensational facts about
popular companies/applications
“Sure, Google is useful
for finding information at the tip of your fingertips. But sources reveal
that Silicon Valley insiders have started rumours about a serious scaling problem in their Santa Monica servers. The party just might be over for Sergei and Larry.”
4
Throw in a SEO-tip “Improve your ranking
by commenting any weblog with an IP-number lower than your own”
5
Be sure to link to a free service Banco de Sonidos: One of the largest ressources of free sound effects in the northern hemisphere”
6
Criticize one of the A-list
bloggers, but be sure to make it easily refutable so you’re sure they will (they’re busy people too)
“What’s John d’Addario doing on the A-list? He hasn’t linked to original material one single time
since he began blogging in 200X!”
7
A CSS tutorial will always
make it into the popular list on delicious
Square Corners with CSS, a
beginners guide: Paste the following code into your stylesheet:
{.squarecorners
/*rounded = none, nada, niet*/
}
8
Proclaim to the world that
you’ve solved the spamming problem
“The secret to getting
rid of spam is simple, yet effective: change your e-mail adress every day.”
9
Connect information technology
to a human dimension
“In the long run, mastering
the skills of interface design will make you a better parent. Children need the same simple guidance as the average computer user.”
10
Tag your entry profusely Look further below

And if that doesn’t work: Do the opposite of what Jason Kottke suggests combined in one, single entry.

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  1. Ha! Den er fed. en must-reader, f

  2. rad,

    I love this site. Good work…

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