Oops! Learning from the Mistakes of Others

Apr

2nd

It's great to learn from your mistakes, but it's even better when you can learn from the mistakes of others. Here (in no particular order) are 47 posts from bloggers who share their blogging mistakes, and what they've done to correct them:

I Almost Ruined Everything by Annie
Mr. Frisky Retreats with his Tail Between his Legs by Rory
My Biggest Blogging Mistake is not Updating Often Enough by Julian
Lack of Persistence by Blake
The Ad King by Jason
The Biggest Blogging Mistake I did was not Blogging by Francesco
Copying, Mimicking, Duplication by Paper Bull
Don't Ignore the Basics of SEO by Simonne
Lack of Predictability on Your Posts by Roberto
5 Things I Regret About March by Bill
Should've Gone WP Yesterday! by Jimbo
DYH isn't perfect? by Cory O'Brien
Not Commenting Enough on other People's Blogs by Somu
Why Blogs and Blogging Will Ruin your Self Discipline by Dave
Don't Underestimate the Commitment by Andrew
Delete Your First Blog Post by Mark Alves
Don't Handle Important Matters Lightly by Amanda
How to Not Run a Contest by Robert
Move to your Own Domain Now by Gaurav
Starting Too Many Blogs by Mohammed
Common Blogging Mistakes by Vijay
I should have included media contents by Madhur
Failing to Realize the Importance of Relationships with Readers by Ronald
Always Install Wordpress on the Root Diretory by Daniel
Careful on How You Tag your Posts by Shankar
Why this Blog Looks this Way by Ben
Not Having Drafts Saved for Rainy Days by Inspirationbit
Don't Forget to Use Blog Carnivals by Andrea
A Star for a day. What I learned by Clever Dude
Don't Change the Name by Denise
What is Wrong with my Blog. An Honest Self-Assessment by Bret
My Blogging Mistake: Too Many Blogs by Green Llama
A Clear Point of View is Crucial to Increase your Blog Traffic by George
My Biggest Blogging Mistake: Posting Frequency by Chris
Internet Explorer vs. Firefox Issues by Mark Paddock
What to Do When You don't Have Anything to Say by Philip Liu
My Blogging Mistakes and Their Outcome by Thilak
Get your Own Domain and Wordpress for your Blog by Andrew Flusche
Be Careful how you Choose your Domain Name by Calvin
Don't Make the Mistake of Monetizing your Blog Too Early by Maki
Spending Too Much Time Link-Begging by David Paul
Use a Smart Permalink Structure on your Blog by Leftblank
Why you Should Own your Domain Name by Engtech
Trying to Promote my Blog without enough Traffic by Nathan
Leaving the Amateur League of Blogging: the Hosting Lesson by Rene
Your Blog Will Perish for Lack of Vision by Shawn
Learning from Mistakes: Opening Links in New Windows by Nirmal

Whether you've been blogging for years or just started today, you're bound to learn something from such a variety of stories, or at least be reminded of some tips you've forgotten. Visit, comment, and enjoy.

by Kevin Henney -

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DanyO wrote:

Fabulous post. I always enjoy reading about other people's mistake, so I don't have to make them.

(Comment added Mon, 04/02/2007 - 11:13)

J.B.Slife wrote:

This is honestly one of best posts I have seen. Great job!

(Comment added Wed, 04/04/2007 - 00:54)

julian wrote:

Hi,

I have just completed a summary of all the tips here: http://dfinitive.com/blog/blogging/32-common-mistakes-that-can-kill-your...

It should save everyone having to wade through 48 posts, but all the links are there just in case you want to. :)

Julian.
Dfinitive.com

(Comment added Wed, 04/04/2007 - 04:15)

Kevin Henney wrote:

That's a nice list Julian, but I wouldn't say it includes all of the tips. Mine is missing, and I only see links to 39 of the 48 blogs...

(Comment added Wed, 04/04/2007 - 09:53)

Thea Westra wrote:

Hi Julien,
I'll be linking you at my Favorite Resources in a post on 8 April also.
Namaste, Thea

(Comment added Sat, 04/07/2007 - 01:04)

Aniela wrote:

I'd say this is a pretty complete list. There's a lot of mistakes to be made :)

(Comment added Wed, 04/04/2007 - 20:10)

blogpaul wrote:

I LOVE this post but frankly I am disappointed you did not link to anyone of my many posts in regards to why I will never date a topless dancer again!!!

(Comment added Fri, 04/06/2007 - 07:42)

BillyWarhol wrote:

Some excellent Tips*

did anyone mention Politics + Religion??

;))

(Comment added Fri, 04/06/2007 - 11:10)

Thea Westra wrote:

A wonderful post.
Thank you.
I'll be linking to it at my Favorite Resources tomorrow, 8 April.
Have a great weekend.
Namaste, Thea

(Comment added Sat, 04/07/2007 - 01:02)

Robert Irizarry wrote:

Excellent post! There's so much to chew on! Where to start? Having just migrated from Blogger to Wordpress I'm particularly excited to read about ways to leverage Wordpress functionality. I see that quite a few of the writers use Wordpress as well.

(Comment added Sun, 04/08/2007 - 02:37)

origami rose wrote:

Holy smokes.

I've got this one bookmarked!

(Comment added Thu, 04/12/2007 - 20:31)

Adriana wrote:

Indeed a great list of posts that will teach you what to stay away from.

BTW, the site the fist link points to is messed up (there is no text/content)

(Comment added Wed, 04/18/2007 - 12:32)

Kevin Henney wrote:

Thanks. The first link looks OK to me, it must have been a temporary outage.

(Comment added Wed, 04/18/2007 - 12:51)

TeamTutorials wrote:

I agree, I would rather learn from others mistakes.

(Comment added Wed, 04/18/2007 - 16:19)

Health Club Fanatic wrote:

Good resource. I do like experimenting though and finding out things on my own computer wise. Outside of that, just don't get drunk in Tijuana and pass out in the street. You will end up with a limp and your organs wind up on eBay.

(Comment added Tue, 06/19/2007 - 05:45)