Darren Rowse, the ProBlogger, Doesn't Check His Work

Darren Rowse doesn't check his work and I can prove it. Even though I just said that, don't let it stop you from reading ProBlogger. Most of his articles are worth reading at least once.

As I was perusing 31 Days to Building a Better Blog, I spotted some errors that even a beginning blogger should have caught. I didn't even have to look very hard. Here's what I found:

Find "2 Seconds to Convince" under "Days 6-8". You'll find it again under "Days 9-13".
Find "Pillars support your blog success." under "Days 9-13". You'll find it again under "Days 14-19".
Find "Adsense Optimisation, Straight from the Horse's Mouth". You'll find it two times in a row under "Days 9-13". The first one links to a WordPress edit page on the writer's blog. The second one has the correct link.

There may be more errors, but I think I made my point. I have to say that I'm a bit disappointed. Darren should have spotted these errors as he compiled the page. I'm hoping he'll fix these errors when he finishes adding in the last batch of links for his group writing project.

I'm also disappointed that Darren accepted every link that was submitted without checking each one first. Was every article submitted link-worthy? I seriously doubt it. I was excited when he included mine. That excitement waned as I noticed how many links from the same bloggers were appearing in each batch.

Regardless, as soon as the last batch is published and as soon as I can compile it, I'll publish the complete list of links (sans my own, the duplicates, and the ones with errors) by blog in an article of my own. It'll be my way of showing appreciation for the effort that went into the project.

(Update: Darren responded in the comments. Perhaps I should take a nap before I write things like this. If I had waited, I probably wouldn't have sounded so nasty.)

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Snoskred on 2007-09-02 at 8:14 am (Reply)

I'd like to do the same thing, re putting all the links together in one place. I think I might make a special webpage for it on my fraudstars space.

Snoskred
http://www.snoskred.org/

RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-09-02 at 4:53 pm (Reply)

I'm more than halfway through the links. I have no problem giving you a copy when it's all done.

Gaje Master on 2007-09-02 at 1:37 pm (Reply)

I noticed a few of these but I kept reading because I enjoyed his blog. There are a lot of blogs with mistakes but I have to admit that after reading the title of his blog, I would have thought that he would have caught this one. Who knows, maybe he will catch your post and rewrite it.

RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-09-02 at 4:54 pm (Reply)

Perhaps. I wouldn't know it if he caught the post unless he commented. I have a lot of Aussie readers.

Bryan from OneMansGoal.Com on 2007-09-02 at 5:53 pm (Reply)

Darren is fantastic. I'm sure he was just too busy to catch all of this. Between updating several blogs and running a pretty successful media network, I'm sure he stays pretty busy.

I don't think it's all that disappointing. Big bloggers make mistakes too. They just have a bigger audience to point them out.

Darren on 2007-09-02 at 6:47 pm (Reply)

thanks for pointing out the errors.

Can I make a couple of comments though:

1. With over 600 links submitted there are sure to be a few errors.
2. I did accept all links (with a few exceptions) because this whole project wasn't about me judging what others were writing - but it was about us learning together as a community. My opinion on what is link worthy is one thing but perhaps some would have had their links deleted that others would have found helpful (like your post).

While the way I did it might not have been perfect - I think the spirit of the project being so inclusive helped a lot of people. Sorry that it might not have been your cup of tea - but the feedback I've had has been overwhelmingly positive and I guess a few small errors were overlooked by the majority.

My last comment would be that you're always welcome to shoot me an email with any errors you find on ProBlogger - probably a simpler way to get things fixed than having to write a whole post about it.

RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-09-02 at 7:45 pm (Reply)

Thanks for commenting, Darren. I wasn't picking on you or Problogger. I wrote it as a post to point out that even the "big guys" make mistakes.

I only do stuff like this once. I'll point out anything I find in the future by email.
RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-09-02 at 8:03 pm (Reply)

Come to think of it, I really shouldn't have written this post. I think I was a little tired after going through a lot of the links.

I'll delete this post in its entirety if you ask me to (I don't normally delete my own posts even if I make a huge blunder).

Darren on 2007-09-02 at 8:40 pm (Reply)

no - not your fault - I probably shouldn't have written my comment - I'm tired too and stumbled upon your post after reading some pretty nasty posts about me earlier today and shouldn't have reacted to yours after seeing those

Appreciate you pointing out the errors as I do want to provide the best resource that i can to readers - if you find others I'm happy to fix them too.

An American Living in the Philippines

Darren Rowse, the ProBlogger, Doesn't Check His Work