This week’s ‘Lists’ Group Writing Project is going off – below is another 86 submissions (bringing us to a total of 151 so far (with a couple of days to go). Here’s 5 reasons why I’m enjoying it so much:
- The variety of lists is amazing (where else would you see a list of Chuck Norris Facts sandwiched between a list on saving money by helping the environment and a list on how to manage time by mastering conversation stoppers?!?)
- The diversity of bloggers participating is wonderful (bloggers of all types, locations, both genders, different topics etc)
- Bloggers are Reporting big traffic (a number of bloggers have had their lists on the front page of delicious, digg, reddit and other major blogs)
- People are linking up (I’m seeing lots of interlinking as bloggers find other bloggers that they’d not seen before)
- I just love lists (there are some great reads in the list of submissions and I’m having a ball reading them all)
Each blogger who has submitted a post is in the running for one of five great prizes from Blake Schwendiman, The Umdum.com Web Directory, URLTrends, The Gold Pages Directory and Earners Forum (see below for full details of each of the five prizes).
Here are today’s 86 Submissions (the complete list of all submissions are being added here):
- 5 Easy Steps to Snag a Date with Me by Sasha
- 9 Steps to Transform Stress into Strength by Alvin
- 5 and a half reasons why Internet trolls are awesome by Yvonne
- 10 ways to waste time on the internet by Jul
- 5 Ways to Block Your Creativity by ShadowsEdge
- 6 Reasons I love Blogging by Leroy
- Top 20 Sports Movies of All Time by Jeff
- My Top 10 NJ Favorites by Jersey Girl
- 10 Tips on Leading a Balanced Life by Allen
- How to Achieve Peak Performance by Basil
- What are your online creations and activities next to your weblog? by Jan
- 11 Custom Start Pages by VerusNova
- Signs of the Upcoming Blogamageddon and 20 Things Every Blogger Should Know to Prevent it by engtech
- 10 Fantastic Faith Festivals by Scott
- Get traffic to your blog – Top Ten by Muthu
- 11 Linux distro’s (plus one) by Wintermute
- Top 10 Women Real Estate Bloggers by Rudolph
- 10 Rules to Live By by Spencer
- List of Important Financial Documents by Jim
- Beyond YouTube and Google Video: 5 Great Video Sites on the Web by David
- 10 Things You Find in Every Office by Tao
- 10 Questions to Ask Before You Work At a Startup by Nate
- Get More Done in a Day: Do Little Things, Achieve Big Things by Tim
- Ebay Scam/Hoax Avoidance Tips by Thatedeguy
- 3 Ways it costs more being a man by John
- The architects Pen by Calvin
- Why Craft? by Helen
- Three Reasons Why I Might Be Poor When I Retire by HART (1 800-HART)
- Top 5 Lists of All Time by Bald Man
- Three Reasons Why I don’t Give Good Comment by Jeannette
- Disney Favorites From the Disney Dog Blog by Deb
- Top Ten Janeane Garofalo Mistakes by BoreAmerica
- Manage your time by Mastering Conversation Stoppers by Julie
- 14 Amazing Chuck Norris Facts by Chris
- Top 10+ ways to Save Money and Help the Environment by David
- How to Organize Your Debts by Donna
- 10 Signs You Might have Crafter’s ADD by Rete
- How to Screw Up Hiring a Newbie by Pawel
- Strategies for online reputation monitoring by Nathan
- 10 Reasons why Computers and the Internet are Out to Get us by Chris
- The Top 10 (heck, maybe more) Streaming Piles Even I Can’t Believe I Sat Through! by The Gooch
- Tech Tools/Tips for the College Bound by Dave
- My Top 10 Favorite Desperate Housewives Moments by Leora
- The Secret to Blogging for Baby Poop by Ken
- Extended Car Warranty Do’s and Don’ts by Stuart
- Falling from the Stairway to Heaven by Chris
- by Financial Freedumb
- 7 New Ways to Use Google and Gmail by Sergey
- Become a Consultant – Big List of Reasons by Andrea
- The Homemaker’s List of Lists by Maricar
- How to Keep Spam out of your Blog by John
- The 10 Best Ways to Win an Argument by I Can’t Say That
- Sam Adams Top Ten Beers by Justin
- The Secrets to Getting Your Thread Noticed on a Busy Forum by Shamess | Random Blogger
- Pan Pacs 2006 – What to Watch For by Scott
- Top Five Mistakes When Buying Lingerie for Women by Danae
- 7 Reasons Why Joining a Blog Network Might Take You to Another Level by Martin
- Driving from Ontario to Florida… Five Ways to Keep Me Quiet by Southern Byways
- You Know You’re Addicted to Games When…. by Kitarist
- Top Six Mushroom Baby Names by Nancy
- European Honeymoon List Fun by Mincus
- 5 Most Trivial “How to” Searches in Search Engine by Arnold
- 12 Great Reasons to Become a Bird Watcher by Mike
- List of Free Image Hosts by Sophi
- 11 Teams I’d Love to See on the Amazing Race by Kent
- 6 Reasons I’m Blog Breaking Until September by Nick
- Top 5 Reasons I’ll Never Make a Lot Of Money Out of TheGeoffRe(y)port by Geoff
- Best Blogs for Web Publishers by Tolvo
- 10 Reasons Why I’m Selling Brangelina.net by David
- A List of Lists for Listing by Curt
- 7 Hollywood Blockbuster Blogging Movies Not Coming to a Cinema Near You by Vincent
- Ways to Make People Always Remember You by Costa
- 10 Cool Features of the Google Search Box by Rob
- How to Drive Husbands off the wall… Effectively by Renee
- Top 10 Most Expensive States to Close a Home Purchase in by Tom
- How I am Going to Get What I Want by Jennie
- Top 5 Keys to Success by Ian
- Nine Signs You Think About the San Diego Padres Too Much by Geoff
- The Top Ten Traumas of My Childhood by Matt
- Quickly Greening Your New Home by Ian
- 10 Things I hate about budget Traveling by Melissa
- 9 Weird Words That Amuse me by Erik
- Sailing Magazine by Tillerman
- Top 10 Things I’d Tell My Younger Self by Ray
- Breaking the News To Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Customers by Clay
- 5 Sites to Promote Your Open Source Design by Mike
Five of this week’s participants will randomly be selected to win a prize from the following list:
- The Umdum.com Web Directory have donated a Sinic Eye and Brain Massager (just what every ProBlogger needs). They’ve also kindly offered every participant in this week’s group writing project a free listing in their directory. Thanks to Loren Baker for this donation.
- Blake Schwendiman has donated a $100 gift voucher from Amazon to be used in any way that they see fit. Thanks Blake!
- The Gold Pages Directory has donated $500 in digital cash that can be spent on products and services or withdrawn to a prepaid ATM card and used as cash. The Gold Pages Directoryis the largest online currency/digital gold directory on the web and is now three years old. Thanks to Mark Herpel for this donation.
- URLTrends have kindly donated a Premium upgraded account worth $90 that will help them track their search engine ranking over time. Thanks to Joel Strellner for this donation.
- Earners Forum have kindly donated a new Dell PC and LCD monitor – to the value of $500. Earners Forum is a great place for discussions around all kinds of topics of earning money online. Thanks to Lee Dodd for this donation.
There’s still time to participate – to do so simply follow the instructions on our ‘Lists’ Group Writing Project central page
Thanks Darren. It is not often you get a sports blog mentioned on a Problogger site. But maybe because it is swimming and you are Australian (and a fan!) it helps a little, or maybe it is just becaus I submitted a list for your group writing project.
Thank you very much for including my post. I think I might have made a typo when I submitted yesterday. The title reads as “Get traffic to your top – Top Ten by Muthu” can you please change it to “Get traffic to your blog – Top Ten by Muthu”.
Thank you very much,
Muthuvenkatesh
HaHa Darren … I told you this was going to take off. Did you write up all those links yourself? Lots of copy n’ pasting I suspect.Totally unproductive for you but a blast for us.
I was going to do a “7 Reasons Why Carlton Will Win the Wooden Spoon … in ’06, 07 and ’08” but thought better off it. ;-)
Great idea…
Do it again! Do it again!
Holy cow!
There goes my day…so much for writing another chapter in my book today…I’ll be glued to these submissions now! Huge response!
hehe – Martin – yes I did it all myself. Took a good hour. I think I’m going to have to pay someone to write a script for the next writing project to automate it – either that or hire an admin assistant.
If you wrote the Carlton post I’d have to use my discretion and blacklist it :-)
Now – I’m off to bed…. think I might be dreaming of lists tonight.
Hey Darren,
Great job., I think there was a minor (maybe not to David) cut and paste error…
“Top 10+ ways to Save Money and Help the Environment by David”
links to
“How to Organize Your Debts by Donna”
(Donna’s post links correctly however).
I really hope that we do this again soon. I love lists. I especially liked this one
http://shrigley.blogspot.com/2006/08/10-tips-on-leading-balanced-life.html
I think it is important to have balance in your life.
Thanks for the entry on my blog post. I love these little projects. They are a lot of fun, and it gets my site out there.
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Thanks much, Darren, for including my blog and for doing this project. I am enjoying reading the others on the list!
Thanks Darren!
Hi Darren,
Is there any acceptance criteria? I had submitted my entry yesterday (USA time) and I don’t see it in the list, just curious
Its on “How to become an Oracle ERP consultant”
http://www.appsbi.com/2006/08/15/10-minus-3-steps-on-how-to-become-an-oracle-erp-consultant/
thanks
Nilesh
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Darren, thanks for posting the link to my blog and thanks also for the cool contest. I’m spending way too much time checking out all the lists!
Okay…4 hours later..and i’ve made my list of lists that caught my attention….there were a bunch…i read them all! i commented on tons…there was some great stuff yet again…here’s my list if you’re interested in what “Caught My Attention”
http://survivingnj.blogspot.com/2006/08/more-lists-that-got-my-attention.html
I guess I won’t plan on getting anything productive done Thursday or Friday either!
Thanks for including my blog. I will make a note to write a list of lists I like!
Thanks for the include Darren. As I said when I sent my entry in these are quite fun and I think I spend more time thinking of what I want to write about then what I actually write about.
I tried being different and funny with my list but after looking back I’m sure I failed HA.
Jersey Girl — you’ve definitely maid the rounds, I’ve seen comments by you on most lists I’ve read (except for mine, I did fail at comedy!)
darren – wonderful list. i’m humbled to be a part of it.
i’m sure our talented list of top 10 women real estate bloggers are also enjoying it!
blog on!
-rdb.sellsius°
Great list of lists again!!
http://joshmaher.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/top-ten-reasons-you-should-not-blog/
Yay! I made the list. Coolness. Thanks, Darren!
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Great set of lists, Darren! I picked some useful lists to feature at my homemaking blog:
http://www.keepingthecastle.com/helpful-lists-from-the-problogger-project/
Thanks for the include, Darren! I’ve gotten some nice hits and comments for my blog, and some great reads for myself from this list alone.
There are some hysterical things on here.
Great concept and lots of interesting links. Especially those involving blogging and money of course, but I could not help but take a look at the top 5 tips on how to get into your skinny jeans as well!
I had some problems with submitting an entry through the e-mail form. It may be a computer problem on my part, anyway, I think my post about 5 reasons why some beggars are successful may be interesting for others:
http://www.moneymatador.com/2006/07/26/good-to-great-5-reasons-why-some-beggars-earn-more-money-than-you/