Round 8 emails sent

Emails have been sent out to the new members that were listed the other day. If your domain is not on that list you will not receive an email from me today.

In the email there are specific instructions you need to follow so I can set up your site. It's not hard but I …

Round 8 New Members

Below you'll find the list of new members from Round 8. We will not be releasing statistics on how many sites submitted, the percentage of sites accepted vs. submitted, etc. This moment is about those sites that were accepted without the drain of analytical …

Round 8 Update

Just a quick update to let you guys know we'll be making the announcement after New Year's. I'm more than 1/2 way through the 2nd pass. I must say, it's a darn good thing I took a second pass because many of you changed your sites around completely (which is a good …

Foxweb Are Innovators

From foxweb:

Our innovative creative design team spends hours ensuring that your unique and suited to your needs.

Hm? Guess that means our leaf that we created 4 years before them isn't unique or innovative...at least their grammar is unique.

SXSW Web Awards: Submissions

If you know 9rules you know 9rules members usually attend SXSW. One of the nice things about SXSW is finding new sites via their awards (yes, I hear the parties aren't too shabby either!). People can submit their sites and during SXSW maybe your site will be a winner. …

Round 8 update

Just a quick update on my progress. I've gone through the list once. What I normally do is wait a couple of days to a week (or so) then go through the list again. Usually the sites that weren't working during the first pass (or have broken feeds, etc.) are working the …

Round 8 Is Closed

Thanks to the 90 million people who submitted. It took us a while to write down all the information on index cards, but we were able to do it. I am proud of us. More so I am proud of myself because I only suffered five paper cuts through the process. Thank you for …

Reminder: Round 8 starts tonight and a site tip

Round 8 opens tonight at midnight. It ends on the 5th at 11:59 PM EST. Feel free to browse the tips written in the past for ideas on how to improve your site. Continuing the tradition - a tip before the round opens.

One of the things that is very clear interacting with …

Round 8 Is Open

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Round 7: Site Feedback

Reviewing the feedback via emails and comments most people preferred private feedback but did not necessarily have access to an instant messaging service today. Let's try this instead:

1. Send your feedback requests via email (9rulesTyme@gmail.com) for sites that were …

9rules Round 8 in 7 days

You know I am not one for a lot of talk unless there are Swedish twins and Vodka involved so let us cut to the chase. Round 8, our final submission round of the year is going down next week, November 5.

Spread the word so we can add a ton more amazing sites for the …

Summarizing content (excerpts)

On Twitter today I noticed a comment I thought would be good to address in a blog entry. WebFwrd says:

Seriously, 9rules should enable at least summary in their Feeds instead of just title.

I'm going to explain why we don't do that.

On 9rules we use the writer's RSS …

Quick update

I might not be processing the new members for the next couple of days. Ike did a job on my city and I'm at a library sending this. They are estimating a couple days until power is restored. No clue when it will be restored.

I am keeping track of those I processed and …

Round 7 members: contact has been made

Emails have been sent out to the new members that were listed the other day. If your domain is not on that list you will not receive an email from me today.

In the email there are specific instructions you need to follow so I can set up your site. It's not hard but I …

Round 7 Accepted Sites

Well, it's that time. Below you will see the accepted sites. You'll notice the list is short. It will most likely expand over the next month. Once again we had sites that were too young to add now but we had a slew of sites that had good content but finding something on …

Round 7 results will be posted 9/3/08

Many people have been asking when we will be announcing the results from Round 7. We will be announcing the results Sept. 3, 2008 (Wednesday) on this blog. The holiday will be over, most will be back at school/work so the odds are higher everyone will be available so I …

The countdown to 30 for Scrivs is getting closer....

Well, it's that time of year again. Scrivs inches one year closer to 30. A few hours ago we did a superstream going through some of the sites that were submitted. Fun times - one of the people in the chat is going to be a member. Everyone wished him happy birthday …

We're streaming!!!!!

The guys are going through sites. I'm monitoring the chat. Come join us.

Streamcast: Wednesday 9pm Eastern

This Wednesday the crew will get together and go over some of the submissions live so you can get a feel for what we look for in submissions to 9rules. It will go on for at least an hour so there will be plenty of quality information flowing throughout. Make sure to be there.

More Than 10 Submissions

In my last post it seems that some people actually believed that only 10 sites submitted to 9rules for Round 7 and therefore only 5 in Round 6. Sarcasm is sometimes lost online or you just don't know me or the fact that 9rules rocks the boat. I won't report the number …