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As with any religion or society there are a basic set of guidelines by which people adhere to. Christianity has the 10 commandments, United States with the Bill of Rights and Constitution, or the SEObook and Aaron Wall for search engine optimization. Now it is time for the 10 Blogging Commandments, those set of instruction by which we bloggers can live and judge by.
- Thou shall not think that you are the best. With over 175,000 new blogs a day popping up it is only a matter of time before someone knocks you off your pedestal.
- Thou shall not take the lord’s name in vain, “Oh, Googledammit!”
- Thou shall take time away from the computer. Great ideas come even when you spend time away from blog and even your computer.
- Thou shall not forget who got you to success. If you stick with it long enough you will be successful blogging online, never forget those who helped get you there.
- Thou shall not kill thy fellow blogger. Believe it or not online grudges can make it to the real world. The same laws that apply offline exist online.
- Thou shall not cheat on your blog. People see right through the phony posts and generic reviews, so don’t force that upon your patronage.
- Thou shall not steal others content. Stealing others content just makes you look stupid and leading to you becoming an outcast very quickly (not worth linking to the cheats sites).
- Thou shall not post comments in secret of under other names. Given enough time or slander someone will find you out and call you on it.
- Thou shall not covet another’s blogs. Try as you may if you are a copy cat blog you will always be labeled as so.
- Thou shall not covet another bloggers wife or girlfriend.
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Hey great stuff josh.
googledamnit!
What about coveting other hot bloggers ?
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Wonderful Post!! Had me giggling even if it is true. Googledammit will be my word of the day!
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Those were both true and hilarious. 2,8 and 10 were the funniest IMO.
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Hey Josh, Great post! Good list I must say. I love the “another bloggers wife or girlfriend” part haha.
PS. Just thought I would give you a heads up, you forgot the D in Commandments in the title
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Thanks for the heads up, I am glad everyone seems to be enjoying the post.
This one made my day. Very funny, well done.
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Not only funny, but a good list I think everybody should follow. Everyone needs help in the beginning, and if you burn your bridges you won’t get any. Great post
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Very funny and true! I especially like the “not think you are best” one.
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Great post i wrote a similar article in october last year. i called it the ten Blogmandments. here is the link.
http://www.bligblogblag.com/journal/2007/10/18/the-ten-blogmandments.html
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Hilarious! That was fun, particularly #10.
A little note regarding the formatting; it’d be more readable with the “not” part bolded as well (IMHO).
As to #1… well in my world I’m the best, since I’m trying the subjective reality experiment and I really have to be the best (or pretty darned close) for $10k a week to fall in my lap. But let’s not confuse that with self-deception.
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Great information I will have to pop back now and then for your wonderful post
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I was going through your archives and found this useful post…. thanks for the great content.
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Amazing article! Detailed and very interested. I am going to recommend this blog to my friends.
great post, I couldn’t say it better. Everyone should read this.
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Funny post but so true. Thanks for sharing.
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#1 is so important, some thinks they’re superior to some sort.
its amazing with so many 175,000 new blogs a day, I really want to know how they manage all blogs.
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Can’t be more agree with point 3. We shall take some time away from the computer.
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And oh, I’ve done the number 8 before. I did it without special purpose but it ended up in a mess.
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@wiehanne, what type of mess?
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@Sherry,
If I start ranting about it, this comment might turn into a blog post. 
Er, it’s a long story and hard to explain.
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@wiehanne, thanks for explain.
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Nice! I never heard the term Googledammit before, that’s pretty funny!
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Oh D*mn G00gle.
@wiehanne: Hhhmm, commenting under other’s name… that’s BAD.
I hope that ‘name’ you used didn’t find it out.
Anyway, I don’t know the whole story so hhhmmm ok.
@BM you have the point there.
@BM
It’s just a random name that I used and not a particular person name. So no biggie.
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no.4 is very important to me. I never forget that!
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Nice explanation btw i don’t know what does mean this “googledamnit!” and in which manner?
@Web Development India, Googledammit is like taking the lord’s name in vein. Online Google is god.
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Are there any rules about taking Yahoo’s name in vain!?