I Hate Me-Me’s because they put you in a spot. First of all you have the obligation to the person that just praised you and included your site, providing you with the ever beloved back-link. Then you have to link back to the originator of the list. Finally you have to link to 8 more people to pass the Meme on. A pyramid scheme preying on the politeness of others to return a favor. The guilty party today? None other than Chaindrop.com. While I am thanking them, I should probably link to Sam Freedom’s original Meme just for having the courtesy of not including me.
Let’s get on with the shameless promotion. Here are the Meme rules.
- Create a post on your blog that links back to this post
- Tag eight bloggers not listed in this post who display their Entrecard widget Above The Fold AND have great content.
- Leave a comment on this post and share the link to the post you made
So without further ado, below are 8 blogs in no special order that have been included in my “TopBlogs” category, which you will see next time I update my Entrecard Bookmarks.
- Evilwoobie - The Queen of Evil herself. I’m hoping she sends me funny messages and dirty pictures if I link to her. Sometimes we even discuss marketing things. Her blog’s not bad either. I guess that’s how she got in my favorites.
- Technet News - An SEO guy that stands by his opinions. I listen to his advice when it comes to search engine traffic.
- Kopidunia - The site that inspired my latest project. For all I know I’m the only reader. No matter, “If all you can think about is Nescafe” then I too want to make a niche blog about some crazy topic using a really classic WordPress theme. Sometimes you learn more by just looking and reacting than by reading. This site even smells like coffee.
- Rollerblog - Know why never comment on people’s blogs? Because I’m busy commenting on Rollerblog. Go ahead, dare you to count my comments there. If you were born after 1976, skip this one. Any earlier, you owe yourself a visit.
- Shopdogdiaries - I’m not even sure about what this blog is about. Just a dog and a Mom blogging about marketing. The one thing for sure is that they are good people. I’ve been communicating through email with the owner about my Secret Project #2 (not the niche blog). I’ll post about it here when the time is right, and she will blog about it too I’m sure.
- Yimto - A smart affiliate marketing blog. Why smart? Yimto was the first person to link to my site in an article about Entrecard. For that he was rewarded a spot in my blogroll. Now I punish him by sending him this Meme.
- Impnerd - The nerd that keeps on giving. I forget why I’m friendly to the Impnerd. He must have agreed with me in the forums about something. I drop on his site twice a day and still can’t remember. He runs a nice site, so go visit.
- Affiliate Lounge - Anyone else notice this guy just passed Saphrym for the highest priced advertising in Entrecard? He also advertises on my site. Go to his site if you want to see how he accomplished his rise to power.
OK, this is the first and last Meme post I hope to ever write. Do not tag me, Do not Pass go, Do not collect $200. Oh yeah, I also owe Black Tennis Pro’s site a link for abusing my Right to Parody in the picture at the top. No subliminal messages there, just always wanted to put those two images together.
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14 users commented in " I Hate Meme’s "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback **********ROFLMAO. I feel your pain, really, I hate memes too for all the reasons you said. And still get pressed into doing them. (Sadly, I point out that following the instructions and giving them what they want. And the image of Sam swatting Sheila with her own racket is Priceless.)
Thanks for being such a great sport about it.
Alan
Toooooo Freaking funny man. I love memes, myself, but I have to say I really enjoyed the way you participated.
And the… erm… enthusiastic… Sam pic is just hilarious. Though for the record I don’t think Sam would ever club anyone with a tennis racket. Not enough weight to them.
Glad you liked it. Ever check out the advertising rates for a web cartoon site? I might have to branch out into a new business.
If you ever do make a go of the web cartoon site give a holler. I hereby promise to give it a 100% meme free rave review. Too funny, man.
Hi,
Quick & very interesting fact:
I also advertise on tylercruz.com and I get more traffic from my ad on your site than my ad on his site.
I guess I will advertise with you for a while
You’re the fourth one to enter me into this memes thing :\ I hate doing them, so I haven’t returned the favor in exactly the same way. Since you read my blog already, you may know that I do a ‘link love Thursday’ post, so I’ve included some in the past.
I already planned on doing it this week so it may not exactly ‘count’ for this occasion, but I am including your niche blogging experiment in it this week.
Hey Turnip, I accept your tag, and vow revenge one day… ok not really
Here’s my entry,
http://www.yimto.com/chain-drop-8-above-the-fold-meme
Good commentary by the way
Thanks, take care!
Gary and Tim, I don’t mind if anyone breaks the chain. I realize not every site can fit posts like this into their content. I hate them too. So I appreciate you guys for being good sports, just like I was.
Phillip, Tylercruz and I are both blessed with zero page rank. Lets see how long until I pass him in Alexa. I like his site, both the look and the content. He does have over 1000 more RSS subscribers, but he displays many more 125×125 ads vs my 4 up top. I thank you for the comparison though! Very flattering to be compared to a site I actually read..
Aaak! I’ve been tagged! Cough… wheeze…
Thanks for the link love!
Sooo… I don’t really do memes as the content on my blog is very focused on the seventies. However, I’ve decided that I am going to keep this one going… with a seventies twist. I’m going to keep you in suspense until Sunday though and feature my response in my “RollerBlog Sunday Surprise” post.
Turnip, turnip, turnip… you made me laugh. Now why’d you have to go and do that for?
The coincidence of the cartoon is amazing… have you been peeking in our inboxes? ;p
Not too shabby for a guy who hates memes. I think a good second name for you would be “The Reluctant Memer”
Well, I just finished mine (link above) and I’m fetchin’ to go get me some black tennis pro… nighty night y’all!
Sam
Thanks Katy: I stop by every night, So I certainly will catch your post
and Sam: Glad you enjoyed it. More than a few people expected you to explode with shouts involving lawsuits and copyright violations. Maybe now they will see you do have a sense of humor…, as long as we link back.
DONE!!!!
No, I haven’t forgot about this. I’m just stalling. Thank you *cough* for tagging me.
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