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One of the joys of a website like this is that I get to say whatever the fcuk I like… And I get to have some fun at other peoples expense. The site I’m going to review here is one thoroughly deserving of this. One of the worst sites I’ve seen in a long time.

What drew it to our attention? Well, the owner left a pretty snide comment on the site of a friend of mine – a young guy from England who recently set up a blog aimed at the male market – you know the kind of thing, along the lines of the ‘male interest’ magazines seen all over the world – girls, cars, sport and just the stuff that guys like. Nothing wrong with that – at least he isn’t another “I know fcuking everything even though I’ve been on the Internet for two minutes I can tell you how to get rich quick if you send me some money” type….

Here’s the comment

Juvenile and pathetic as only a site called blokebuddy could be – scared of women then huh? Not too hot on English either, ’spending there time’ should be ’spending their time’ by the way.

To be honest I think the owner of the site the comment was left on may well concede his grammar is not always perfect. However, knowing his blog – he is a bright guy and has some interesting and informative information on the site… And, in terms of design and navigation – it’s a pretty good site. It’s a big market and a sensible choice of content for a guy who’s interested in – well – girls, cars, and other stuff guys are interested in… If you’re a ‘regular guy’ Bloke Buddy is well worth a visit. Read the rest of this entry »

With so many people now setting up blogs under the illusion that it is an easy way to get rich and famous – it’s nice to see someone who is learning quickly that it isn’t so easy as the get rich quick scammers make out whilst selling you freely available ‘advice’.

Here’s a post from a guy in India with a suitable touch of humour and cynicism…

1) Throw a shoe whose sole is emblazoned with my blog url at a V V I P. It will earn me the respect of fellow countrymen, besides increasing the number of hits to my blog.

2) Get detained, on purpose, at an airport for questioning and kick up a fuss about it. Oh wait. I am not travelling by air anytime soon. How about getting detained at a bus stop?

3) Hold a swayamvar or swayamnari or whatever it is called when a man is choosing a wife.

4) Write a book praising any of the past or present politicians. It’ll kick up a worlwide debate and within days my book will be the number one bestseller and my blog will have the maximum number of visits.

5) Go and punch a few pub-going girls.

6) Just die while bathing. People will realise that they have lost a great legend and my blog will get popular. My name will be the most searched on google. My possessions (including my glittery, but moth-eaten socks) will be auctioned off for millions. But wait, I am not as famous as Michael Jackson. Yet.

There is so much truth in humour! I can’t see him breaking into the big time any time soon – but good luck to the guy – at least he has realistic expectations, unlike so many…

Here’s the original post if you want to have a look at it.

Here’s an article I found via Facebook. Suggest you read it, and then never do anything like it!

This is an example of “doesn’t matter about the quality – lets just bang it up there – it’s more content”. The old adage that Content id King certainly doesn’t apply here.

Many companies think that if they put a blog on the back of their site the content all helps from the point of SEO – yes, it does… But when people find it and the quality isn’t there it then reflect poorly – as this one does.

This blog is on the back of what at first glance is an American web design company (they are not – they are in India, once you start reading the content). The main site, and the blog are well designed – but the content of this article is, to say the least basic.

“How to promote your blog” – sounds an interesting article from the title – but, read the article and it says virtually nothing – nothing anyone with half a brain wouldn’t know or be able to work out for themselves. The main points being;

“Firstly if you wish the online users to spend some time on your blog,then stop compromising with your content. Build a very useful and informative content for your blog so that people wish to learn from your blog post.”

This content is so basic in the extreme it does not achieve this…

“Secondly update your content on the blog. The interested users would be coming to your site looking for more information. Unmodified content would make them deviate to different sites. So,always update your content.”

State the fcuking obvious why don’t you!

“Thirdly site examples from your previous experiences in your blog so that it looks genuine to the reader.”

No examples (or substance in this article!

If you are going to Blog (especially if your main site claims you are experts) do the job properly and don’t write drivel like this. Learn to write interesting and INFORMATIVE text!

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I stumbled on Ashley and Me on blogcatalog.com what a strange little site, on the face of it, you’d believe that it’s on mans tales of all the exiting experiences he’s has with his extra-marital affairs started through the Ashley Madison website which specializes as an introduction agency for married people who want to have affairs and ‘”discreet adult fun”.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with that for me (though not my thing). What I really don’t like about this blog is that it’s DISHONEST. Once you start reading the content it seems that this person is simply either writing (or more likely re-hashing) soft porn encounter stories.

So what is it then – it is simply a blog set up to push traffic to the Ashley Madison website based on pure fiction and lies. Somehow I picture a couple of rednecks playing with their boyhood fantasies (and probably themselves) and thinking they are going to make a fortune – maybe they think if they make enough money to join they can get to sleep with people they are not related to.

The reality is more likely that this person is probably someone (male or female) that describes themselves as a professional blogger – who has many such sites specifically written with their “personal experices” (i.e. made up personal experiences) of such affiliate programs – why in the hell can people not be honest. It really is pretty transparent to most readers…

If it is your thing and you have a suitable site – Ashley Madison offer an excellent affiliate program. I’m suprised they let a moron like this drive traffic to them through this type of low value content.

If I could give you any advice in writing a blogs, (be they for the purpose of making money or just for fun) it is this…

• Be honest and truthful – it builds trust and makes you believable
  
• Be yourself (unless you are a really dull character who can’t write – in which case, don’t bother starting a blog!)

This dishonesty is something I loathe about many bloggers – I’m getting laid, I’m making a fortune, I’m achieving everything I want in life because I’m blogging. In 99.9% of cases this is bullshit!

What a crock of shit!

I found this on looking through mybloglog.com – typical of the kind of useless generated crap you find around the planet. Why this moron thinks that anyone will be fooled by the tale that they happen to be an attractive large breasted girl I do now know. Okay, so the avatar got me to look! I am only human after all (though some may disagree).

The fact that this is a large breasted, attractive blonde behind this is about as believable as a Nigerian scam letter…

This user lays claim to a number of blogs, such as… affordable-insurance, lcdflatmonitor, smallbathroomdesigns… Don’t know about you but these aren’t the kind of topics I imagine a small town girl would focus here enrgies on if blogging.

I won’t even bother writing about the content – as its clear that none of it is written by the site owner – look s like distributed content from the likes of ezinearticles.com – without the copyright notices and links to the authors included! Scroll further down the page you see hear and you’ll find all the usual suspect Clickbank links for get rich quick schemes and miracle software you don’t need.

Each article has, yes, you guessed it a pretty girl attached to it that bears no relevance to the content of the article. And as if we weren’t stretching the bounds of credibility already the blog links into other such similarly nonsense blogs (I guess owned by themselves) through menu items such as….

• Naked Cigarette
• Naked Breast
• Easy Earn Money
• Handbags
• Lady Without Bra
• Get Car Free
• Lasik Eyes

This isn’t a blog – its fcuking spam…!

Why do people do this – it simply does not, and can not, work…

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Why the fcuk do people think their daily routine to be of interest to – well – anyone else… Get this boy he’s one sick puppy! If this is his daily routine he some fcking weirdo. His day consisted of…

1. A shower and a shaved (fairly normal until you see how he shaves on his picture – I don’t think he’s quite got the hang of it yet)

2. Listened to a Hilary Duff CD (okay, so fairly normal to listen to a CD in the morning but the choice, coupled with a number of other posts about Britney being his idol are starting to bring his sexuality into question)

3. He went to the pharmacy to find his blood type and my height and weight (is that a normal comment to be headed routine?)

4. He ate Kinder Bueno (big fcking deal, how interesting), which he described as “paradise of pleasure” (gay? I´m not sure, as I saw that he was Spaish, so he may well just be camp as so many of them are…)

Now for the “pièce de résistance” – tha name of the blog? “Rodelicious”. The boy is a pig, nobody but their mother could think a bozo like this “Rodalicious”. The blog seems to have died in mid-2008 – I guess he found out that he wasn’t as interesting as he thought it was.

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“This blog is all about me, family, daily adventure, idea, opinions, experiences, inspiration etc”.

…this is the blog of a happily married Filipino woman who lives in Nashville – it’s all pink and fluffy – she got big cuddly toys on valentines day…

What’s the latest post?

A fcuking sales pitch (probably cut and pasted) advertising hotels in Canada. Doesn’t bear much relevance to her “mission statement” does it…? Why the hell do people think they are going to make money dropping crap like this post into their blog…?

Don’t worry though if sentimental ramblings are you thing there’s plenty of that crap on this blog if you dig a little further

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“How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven – Robert A. Heinlein”

That ’s how this post opens.  In which case I’m going to hell…! What the hell is it with cats that can turn what seem like sane people into complete morons…

This post written by a cat – it would seem – wishes it’s ‘mum’, who is apparently human (I´d love to know how that works genetically) a happy purrthday. What is it with these people that they have to pretend to be a cat – is life really that sad. Cat’s are useless selfish creatures and only good as semi-feral animals for controlling vermin.

If this really is the cat writing he isn’t living up to his reputation as “Derby – The Sassy Cat”. The post is just the kind of ridiculous sentimental nonsense you expect from a cat (owner). Barney is sassy compared to this crap!

The worrying thing about this post though is that is, at the time of writing, has had 28 comments within 2 days from other zoologically challenged weirdos who seem to believe they are also cats.

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Okay – the header threw me off instantly….

“A place where I can pause and take a moment to exhale,
To visualize my thoughts, express my feelings and share my ideas…”

Did that broad, self-obsessed statement meet up to the kind of pretensions it promised, I was quite looking forward to reading some drivel about this persons ‘inner-self’ for a laugh!

But I was disappointed to summarize, the random post I picked out was that the battery on her SUV went, and her husband fixed it… That was it. What an exciting life… A quick flick though the four other blogs shows the same pattern.

None of the blogs are plastered with advertising though – so I can only guess this “former banker, entrepreneur, accountant, tax professional and now a stay-at-home-mom” has a bit to much time on her hands…

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