In this hectic world of blogging where all we want is acceptance, we often tend to do things out of the ordinary to gain this feeling of “fitting in” and “success” into our heads.

As redemption for these things we do, it’s time for someone to stand up and make fun of these people. That’s going to be me, and in this post I will point out five funny things that we do as bloggers to give us that professional look.

Some of the things listed below are that which we do subconsciously, and others because we think someone will be impressed.

1. Referring to themselves as “we” instead of “I” or “me”

This may not be the case for some bloggers who have multi-authored blogs, but I read a lot of blogs who have just one author that often refer to themselves as “we”. I always thought this was funny, and wondered why they did it. I mean, I have done it myself a lot in my time so I can understand on some level.

Why We Do This

I think for the most case we all do this because it sounds more reassuring. Come to think of it, saying that there is a group of people trying fix a massive possibly-blog-ending problem is way better than saying one person is working on it.

But is that always the way we use it? When there’s a problem to fix? I have seen it in site slogans “We Strive For Your Success”, on About pages, “We here at…” and so many more places. Maybe it happens out of impulse – we don’t even know we do it (did I just do it!?).

2. False Labeling

We’ve all seen those annoying self-proclaimed “guru’s” before telling us how we can become an expert at the field just like them if we read their blog. The funniest thing about this is that those “guru’s” don’t know jack and instead have been preaching stuff they think might work instead of stuff that will work.

Why We Do This

It’s just like if I was to say I am “we” in a blog post, we do this to build trust and possibly a name for ourselves. No one would read a blog of the person was honest and labeled their self as “Make money online with stuff that might work”, but more people will buy into “Make Money Online with a Guru” title. It’s a shame the honest guy won’t get much attention, but I think it’s kind of funny that people buy into false titles!

3. Going Into Specific Versions

This is probably the funniest thing I will ever see in the blogosphere. People who constantly upgrade their blog feel the need to get into the specific versions. I understand “Version 2″ and whole numbers like that, but it always interested me that people would start going deeper and saying they are at Version 2.5 of their blog.

I think if you decide to “Versionize” your blog, stick to whole numbers. Unless you are developing software, plugins, or a theme – don’t get into the specifics.

Why We Do This

I know not everyone does this (hell, I know I don’t). But this is why I think people do it to feel more like developers. Developers (people who make themes, plugins, software, etc.) are usually very organized when it comes to their projects. Bloggers who are supposed to be extremely organized as well can sometimes get specific with what version their blog is at.

Even if it’s for a good cause, I always find it funny to read a headline stating that someone has just “performed heavy maintenance” to their blog (which I guarantee is not much work at all) and are now at Version 2.4.6 BETA. Adding BETA to their title always confused me more, but it’s even funnier in my opinion.

4. Part of the “Name” Network

I always thought it was cute to see people put their blog into a network of what I was promised to be “amazing super blogs”. You know how you see in some blogs footers “A subsidiary of the Whatever Network”. Don’t get me wrong, there are tons of successful networks of sites on the Internet, but there are always those networks made of like one blog.

Why We Do This

Again, so we can be looked at as more than just a blog, but as a very trusted site. People see you’re part of a network, you earn some respect (hopefully).

5. Conforming to the industry’s “standards”

I just wrote a blog post about conformity and blogging the other day. Pretty much everyone is a conformist to another blog on some level, and most of the time we don’t even know.

Why We Do This

Often, we see what others are doing as the “right” way of doing something rather than our own way of doing something. Every blogger wants success, and by looking at other blogs with that success (but what is success?) we try to copy them in hopes of getting what they have achieved.

So maybe it’s not always funny, but kind of sad.

What Are You Guilty of?

Besides point #1, what else are you guilty of? How do you think these little pet peeves I have mentioned here have an effect on your blog and how a reader intakes your message?

“Pet Peeves” Image by Zara Gonzalez

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