Hey, can he do that? Give a shout-out to his own site? This is like that time he made himself the featured blogger on humor-blogs.com. Man, this guy has a big head. What? Oh, why didn't you say so? I didn't realize this is what they meant by "synergy." Carry on.
When I first started blogging, I read that one of the ways to promote one's blog was to submit it to blog directories. So one day I spent several hours submitting my site to every blog directory I could find, and then I sat back and watched the hit roll in.
The fact is, blog directories suck. Mostly they are just lists of blogs in order by the amount of traffic that they drive to the blog directory site. Essentially they're popularity contests: Popular blogs get ranked higher, so they get more clicks, so they get more traffic, so they refer more traffic to the blog directory site, so they get ranked higher.... It's like a movie review website that tells you, "You should go see Spider-Man 3. Lots of other people have seen it, and some of them even liked it." Thanks.
So I did what I do whenever a game is going against me: I changed the rules. I created my own blog directory site, and set it up to show excerpts from five of the funniest bloggers I knew. Then I issued an open invitation for anyone with a humor-oriented blog to join.
Humor-blogs.com now has nearly 200 members, and it keeps growing. It's been so successful, in fact, that it's in danger of becoming just another blog directory. I had always planned on developing some kind of system for objectively ranking blogs by quality, but I hadn't figured on needing to do it so soon. Anita from Say No to Crack pointed me to Bloglaughs, which utilized a group of reviewers to rank funny blogs in various areas. I contacted the owner of the site and arranged to use Bloglaughs' scores to rank blogs on humor-blogs.com. Then the owner of the site decided to close up shop, and I was stuck with an ever-growing list of blogs and no way to rank them in any sensible order.
I know, some of you are probably thinking, "Just display them in random order. That way everybody gets a chance." Well, screw that. I want to reward smart, funny bloggers who aren't getting enough publicity, and I want to help readers find those bloggers. And I want lousy, unoriginal bloggers who think they're funny but aren't to go do something more productive with their time.
So what I ended up doing is stealing the Bloglaughs review system (and reviewers), automating the process a bit, and relaunching it as part of humor-blogs.com (well, I guess it's not really stealing since I did it with the blessing of Bloglaughs). Every blog on humor-blogs.com has a score, which is determined 50% by referrals to humor-blogs.com and 50% by the tabulated reviewer score. Every blog's reviewer score has been set to a default of 50 (on a scale of 1 to 100), and the blogger can keep that default score if they don't want to be reviewed.
Gradually, the reviewers will be working their way through all the bloggers who have asked to be reviewed (3 blogs per week), so in a few weeks the list of blogs should be sorted in some vague relation to quality. And no, I haven't figured out yet how or if I'm going to get Mattress Police reviewed, since it would be pretty hard to ensure objectivity. I'll figure something out eventually.
Why am I boring you with all this? Well, first of all I need more reviewers. I've got about 30 active reviewers right now, and I'd like to get several more. The more reviewers, the more objective the reviewing process is. So if you'd like to be a reviewer, please send me an email at diesel -at- mattresspolice.com. There are no special qualifications, and no minimum number of blogs to review. You don't have to have a blog or anything. Just an appreciation for funny blogs and a minimal grasp of the English language.
Second, if you have a funny blog please feel free to join by going to the signup page. If you want to join AND become a reviewer (and my NBFF), you can specify that on the signup page (well, not the NBFF part; that's implied).
Finally, thanks to all the reviewers who have submitted reviews of the first three blogs queued up for review! You guys really took your job seriously and provided some great feedback. You will begin to see the fruits of your labor early next week....
I'll be back tomorrow with a post that has less words. In the mean time, if you want to hear something really funny, check out Spicy Pony Head at Central Snark. You'll thank me.
Diesel out.
Did I mention humor-blogs.com?
When I first started blogging, I read that one of the ways to promote one's blog was to submit it to blog directories. So one day I spent several hours submitting my site to every blog directory I could find, and then I sat back and watched the hit roll in.
The fact is, blog directories suck. Mostly they are just lists of blogs in order by the amount of traffic that they drive to the blog directory site. Essentially they're popularity contests: Popular blogs get ranked higher, so they get more clicks, so they get more traffic, so they refer more traffic to the blog directory site, so they get ranked higher.... It's like a movie review website that tells you, "You should go see Spider-Man 3. Lots of other people have seen it, and some of them even liked it." Thanks.
So I did what I do whenever a game is going against me: I changed the rules. I created my own blog directory site, and set it up to show excerpts from five of the funniest bloggers I knew. Then I issued an open invitation for anyone with a humor-oriented blog to join.
Humor-blogs.com now has nearly 200 members, and it keeps growing. It's been so successful, in fact, that it's in danger of becoming just another blog directory. I had always planned on developing some kind of system for objectively ranking blogs by quality, but I hadn't figured on needing to do it so soon. Anita from Say No to Crack pointed me to Bloglaughs, which utilized a group of reviewers to rank funny blogs in various areas. I contacted the owner of the site and arranged to use Bloglaughs' scores to rank blogs on humor-blogs.com. Then the owner of the site decided to close up shop, and I was stuck with an ever-growing list of blogs and no way to rank them in any sensible order.
I know, some of you are probably thinking, "Just display them in random order. That way everybody gets a chance." Well, screw that. I want to reward smart, funny bloggers who aren't getting enough publicity, and I want to help readers find those bloggers. And I want lousy, unoriginal bloggers who think they're funny but aren't to go do something more productive with their time.
So what I ended up doing is stealing the Bloglaughs review system (and reviewers), automating the process a bit, and relaunching it as part of humor-blogs.com (well, I guess it's not really stealing since I did it with the blessing of Bloglaughs). Every blog on humor-blogs.com has a score, which is determined 50% by referrals to humor-blogs.com and 50% by the tabulated reviewer score. Every blog's reviewer score has been set to a default of 50 (on a scale of 1 to 100), and the blogger can keep that default score if they don't want to be reviewed.
Gradually, the reviewers will be working their way through all the bloggers who have asked to be reviewed (3 blogs per week), so in a few weeks the list of blogs should be sorted in some vague relation to quality. And no, I haven't figured out yet how or if I'm going to get Mattress Police reviewed, since it would be pretty hard to ensure objectivity. I'll figure something out eventually.
Why am I boring you with all this? Well, first of all I need more reviewers. I've got about 30 active reviewers right now, and I'd like to get several more. The more reviewers, the more objective the reviewing process is. So if you'd like to be a reviewer, please send me an email at diesel -at- mattresspolice.com. There are no special qualifications, and no minimum number of blogs to review. You don't have to have a blog or anything. Just an appreciation for funny blogs and a minimal grasp of the English language.
Second, if you have a funny blog please feel free to join by going to the signup page. If you want to join AND become a reviewer (and my NBFF), you can specify that on the signup page (well, not the NBFF part; that's implied).
Finally, thanks to all the reviewers who have submitted reviews of the first three blogs queued up for review! You guys really took your job seriously and provided some great feedback. You will begin to see the fruits of your labor early next week....
I'll be back tomorrow with a post that has less words. In the mean time, if you want to hear something really funny, check out Spicy Pony Head at Central Snark. You'll thank me.
Diesel out.
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Good info, I'll sign up.
My blog, it's only occasionally marginally funny. Maybe. At best.
But I can think of a couple others I'd like to nominate. Is there a way to nominate someone else's blog? Or do I need to persuade the funnies to sign up themselves?
I have no idea what you just said. (That's what my kids say when I talk overlong about a subject. Or they just say, "I missed all that, could you repeat it?")
Do we have THIS blog on our humor blogs list?
(I'm a retard, so please forgive if this link doesn't work. And blame my teacher, ba Doozie.)
Useless Advice from Useless Men
Well hell. That didn't work. It worked on the comment at my blog.
I've decided that I hate the link world.
*Teri jumps off a cliff*
Hammer - Great to have you aboard!
Kate - Good question. You can suggest a blog, but it's really better if you suggest to the blogger than they sign up. Otherwise I have to contact them, and then it just seems like I'm another spammer trying to get them to sign up for something. Which, um, I guess I would be.
Teri - Were you trying to link to a domain that has no website on it? Because then it worked.
Ha ha.
Was my pleasure to post your spiderman diatribe link at my blog. In fact, I have emailed the content to several people here at work. (Hope I didn't violate any copyright laws!)
One guy said he could not believe the way you nailed EVERY SINGLE THING. He said, "I hated Spiderman 3 when I saw it, but when I read what he wrote, I hated it more!"
You have changed some lives, my friend.
Great! Now we can get some of those talentless hacks off of the top of the humor-blogs blogroll.
Wait....
hold on to your the tank, Sherman. there are only so many NBFF's to go around, and i believe a certain Lampshade and I (and yes, you) have the corner on that market.
i, for one, cannot wait to see the humor-blogs and/or humorous-blog reviews come to life. especially since i happen to know ours isn't among the first. ; ) xox
You changed the rules huh. Didn't Kirk do that in one of the Star Trek movies?
Humour is so subjective.
Plus, it has a u in it.
I like your idea behind teh whole thing and to me your system sounds very thought through...minimal grasp of teh English language? hey I could apply...*ponders endless possibilities*
spicy pony head...
Will I get paid?
So Spiderman 3 sucked? But you liked Spiderman 2? I liked SPidey 1 (after totally not expecting to) but I thought Spide y2 was kinda lame. Were you drunk or something? Or maybe I was, and I should watch it again. At any rate, I think you've saved me the trouble of seeing Spidey 3, and I'm REALLY glad now that I gave away my voucher for 2 free tickets. ^_^\
Spicy Pony Head is a funny -- albeit strange -- name. ^_^
Cathouse Teri - The one good thing about terrible movies is that they are a lot more fun to write reviews for than good movies.
Joel - Exactly. Wait...
Neva - Maybe my NBFF stands for Nazi Boyfriend Falafel Fork.
Harmonica Man - You have no idea how close I was to making that reference. Scary.
Jay - It is subjective to a point. But it's simply an objective fact that Army of Darkness is funny and Failure to Launch isn't. Whenever somebody tells me humor has a 'u' in it, I ask them whether they are still writing cheques for items they ordered from catalogues.
Minka - Have you signed up to be a reviewer yet? I think I sent you a couple emails....
G - I ask for money, if not... spicy pony head.
Candace - I can see why you would think Spider-Man 2 was a little annoying, but I actually loved it. I didn't much care for Willem DaFoe's Green Goblin in #1, but I thought #2 has some real emotion in it (plus Doc Ock is my favorite villain). The scene where Spidey stops the train had me on the edge of my seat, and then when the passengers carry him back into the train I got a lump in my throat. Can't ask for much more than that.
Hey, have you heard of humor-blogs?
going over to check out humor-blogs
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This from CNN:
• Movie has so much going on, however, hard to follow
• Special effects great, plot falls apart
... The movie? Pirates of the Caribbean!
Sounds familiar, though, doesn't it?
I'm in on the reviewing thing, did my three tonight. :)
It's a great idea, but do the reviewers have to share your sense of humor? Remember, humor is all in the laughter of the beholder.
I signed up as a reviewer a few months ago, got a response back and then I didn't hear anything. Email me D man.
Mist1 - Doesn't ring a bell. Maybe you should blog about it.
ieat_snowmanpoop - I guess you need something to occupy your time during the summer, huh?
Glacial Spain - Sounds like most summer blockbusters, unfortunately. Sigh. I have less and less interest in going to movies.
Chris C. - Sweet, thanks!
Theresa - I don't expect you to use anyone's sense of humor but yours.
furiousBall - Ok, now you're just making stuff up. I only just set up the whole reviewing thing a couple weeks ago. I'll send you an email.
I guess I can review for ya as well. Let me handle the porn blogs. My specialty!
What about a place for those of us who are not funny? Does funny looking count?
Deal!
dude... as long as you and your Nazi Boyfriend enjoy Hot Sex on the Snark, with or without that spicy pony head, it's all good.
wait, did i just do a "shout out" for myself and/or that other blog we write for? why yes, i believe i did! ; ) xox