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1. CAPITALIZING RANDOM WORDS
Do you know how annoying it is when you write like this: “learn how to make money online by Using This free Guide”? No? It makes it seem as though you’re a first grader just learning to write.
Annoyance Factor: Red Alert!
Most Commonly Found… on splash sales pages.
2. NOT CAPITALIZING ANYTHING
writing like this is for angsty emo kids on myspace. i really hate this style and so does pretty much everyone else.
Annoyance Factor: As annoying as an angsty emo kid
Most Commonly Found… on Myspace and blogs written by “rebels who don’t follow the rules.”
3. HUGE CHUNKS OF ITALICS
Why would anyone want to read a huge block of italics? Making your words all slanty may seem cool at first, but eventually you’ll have your readers start suing you for the neck injuries caused by tilting their heads.
Annoyance Factor: That biker that cut you off at the intersection
Most Commonly Found… used for long quotations.
4. VARYING FONT SIZES
Some people think that using ten different font sizes in one paragraph adds flair and emphasis. It doesn’t.
Annoyance Factor: Not finding your favorite cereal at the grocery store
Most Commonly Found… on splash sales pages.
5. NO SPACE BETWEEN IMAGE AND TEXT
Not as much of a writing as a formatting thing. Your image and text should not overlap - unlike chocolate and peanut butter combining to create delicious Reese’s, pictures and words don’t flow together to create a commercial candy masterpiece.
Annoyance Factor: The ticking of your clock at night.
Most Commonly Found… on the blogs of ignorant Wordpress users.
6. ASKING TOO MANY QUESTIONS
Two questions per post is okay, you know what I mean? When you start to exceed that number, you’re just starting to sound annoying.
Annoyance Factor: Not being able to think of a blog post
Most Commonly Found.. on philosophical blogs.
By Germz on Apr 19, 2008 | Reply
“3. HUGE CHUNKS OF ITALICS”
AWESOME DUDE! lmao this is your best frigging post so far. I love it I’m still laughing lmao “suing for neck injuries.” You are a genious.
By barbie on Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
LOL too funny, I find my self making these same mistake but not on purpose.
By Damien on Apr 20, 2008 | Reply
Great post. I especially hate to see the all lower case blogs. sheesh, are they ee cummings?
By billyboxergirl on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
nice… another funny cat…. meow… lolzz
By bbrian017 on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
I loved and.. this was so funny thanks for sharing the picture!
I love cheese!
By Bob Younce at the Writing Journey on Apr 22, 2008 | Reply
You got me. I couldn’t get picture/text spacing right to save my LIFE before Wordpress 2.5. It’s been a Godsend.
By Eliza on Apr 24, 2008 | Reply
Number seven: don’t be an idiot.
Also covered in numbers one to six…
By Futon-Matt on Apr 25, 2008 | Reply
Great post, I see you’re still sticking to list approach (lazy tips).
Nice image by the way.
By One Year Millionaire on Apr 29, 2008 | Reply
I agree with all of these. I especially like how you added the annoyance factors. Which reminds me that the main point to this post is that it sucks when you don’t find your favorite cereal at the supermarket…
By Wakish on May 3, 2008 | Reply
Hey there.. how you doing my friend? Haven’t seen you for a while, hope everything’s alright..
- Wakish -
By Link Building Bible on May 4, 2008 | Reply
Dude? Where’d you go? You wrote this hilarious post and then you haven’t been around! I hope all is okay, and I look forward to more posts!
By Futon-Matt on May 5, 2008 | Reply
Yeah, where did you go? This post had me rolling and then nothing!
By Timon Weller of make money online ramblings on May 5, 2008 | Reply
Thats a great one, i agree with them all too…lmao…
By Susie on May 5, 2008 | Reply
Great call out there for so many! I am sure I am quite guilty of one or two of those before! Those fingers get on a ti raid and off they go hitting the cap’s button! Damn those hands!
By Briongloid Media on May 9, 2008 | Reply
tbh one could easily write a whole blog about bad writing on the internet. Or even a whole blog about blogs that write about bad writing on the internet - or has that already been done?
Probably…
Found this post by complete accident but it gave me a chuckle, will be keepin an eye on this place it’s cool.
By Wii Fit Accessories on May 23, 2008 | Reply
Great article man….. thats awesome!
By Yan on May 25, 2008 | Reply
BTW how did you arrive at choosing the image for this post?
By The Baron on Jun 1, 2008 | Reply
Excellent tips. Another annoying thing I see is when “the” is spelled “teh”. I know its a simple typo but it drives me nuts.
By coral Snake on Jul 1, 2008 | Reply
haha : not finding your favorite cereal at the grocery store
, that is an annoyance . i do hate italics or fancy and hard to read font as well