Comments on: List Posts: Lazy Linkbait or Great Resource

By: SE7EN

SE7EN — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:17:58 +0000

long list with images (for case stydy) like Smashing Magazine and other design-related blogs is ok
but longggg list with just text/link to other blogs is useless for me
10-20 bullets per list is enough

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:23:23 +0000

List posts certainly have a place and a role that they fulfill. A number of the original weblogs would have been full of links.

I recommend that within any single blog, however, that they should be used sparingly or else be damned useful, otherwise they start to slide down the continuum to lazy.

Reminds me, I need to write a new list post soon. Maybe I’ll call it the top ten ways to screw up a list post.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:55:39 +0000

For me it depends on two things:
1. How serious it is. Lists can be very thorough or very shallow.
2. How useful it is in a long run. Some lists only justify short look, some are good resource to bookmark and study.