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List posts are popular. Give me analysis.
I’ve never been a huge fan of posts with topics such as “top 15 tools to…”. You know, I’ve found some blogs that successfully made those lists useful, but I feel that the added value is usually very low. Sure they do well in the search engines and are easy to read and share on social media platforms, but I much prefer a good analysis instead of a list and here’s why.
I stumbled upon an article on Mashable that express my feeling about “list posts”: Twittermania: 140+ More Twitter Tools!
I understand the funny reference to twitter with the 140 tools, but what really is the added value of such posts? I highly respect Mashable, but they do post a lot of similar articles and they spread viraly and I’m sure you know a lot of other blogs doing so. It’s not an isolated case.
I mean, what is the benefit of listing 140 tools, do you really expect me to try all of them? Of course not. That’s why I want an analysis. It’s easy to break down this post into 10 other posts that could be called something like “10 twitter clients compared”. Now that’s a useful post. But more work.
I can’t take any action with 140 twitter tools listed in a post, but I can surely take action after reading a comparison of 10 twitter tools. I don’t want to know every tool that is available to me, I want to know the best tools and why.
That’s the same reason why companies are ready to pay a lot of money for experts’ advices: they don’t have time to evaluate every single solution, they simply pay someone to do the evaluation and give them the top 3 options in a nice report.
You know, there are reasons why lists are popular and you might like them, but I just prefer a good analysis.
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I definitely agree with you on this. A lot of list posts really don't contribute much content at all, they're just intended to generate traffic.
Yep. It's OK in a certain way as they are popular for a reason. I'm just not a fan because as you said, for the vast majority, they don't provide added value.
anyway I shun active using of twitter , it waste time …
Yes, you are right. Before i had also ignored many these topics but later found it some of them really true and useful. Thanks for this info. It really helps other people also.
I agree. I think its because they are trying to optimize their site, even when the content is ridiculous.
i also agree with you..
i also go for good analysis before doing anything with side
they're just intended to generate traffic.I agree with you said.
Yes, I agree with this post, They jut want to get more traffic from there and nothing more they pretend to do with that. Nice info
There are times when lists are good, and there are times when an analysis is good, but most of the time… I think an analysis is the better route to go. Lists are just fun… but an analysis is for the real players.
Till then,
Jean
I think a list post is great, give me a lot of option to choose from and know what could be useful.
Hey this is really awesome. Nice source of info
I agree with you. I am a newbie in this field. Thanks for sharing this, I really don't know how to use tools in twitter.
they're just intended to generate traffic. I agree with this post. Marketing have change it face.
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