Best advice I can give you is, don’t read the people you don’t want. If they keep popping back up in front of you, then maybe there is a reason. Otherwise, do not bother to stress it.

At the same time, I am incredibly frustrated with how so many blogs are lacking any personal touch. If someone is going to tell me how to live an awesome life…get fit…or improve myself in some way…that is all well and good, but I would at least expect to know a little bit about their own experiences, goals, struggles and successes.

Everyone is claiming to be an expert but few are willing to be real about where they are at in their own lives. I am not expecting anyone to be perfect, just honest.

This is my issue.

When bloggers write as if they are a top-notch expert, with nothing to back it up….that is where I tune out.

Catchy headlines and top 10 lists are fine….just don’t lose the personal aspect of the blog.

btw…funny that you thought I was alluding to you with this post b/c I most definitely WAS NOT.

You agree and disagree with you on some levels. I almost feel like you were talking to me in that post (not at all offended) since you mentioned “How to become an outstanding person” (my exact title), and top ten lists, etc.

For me, blogging is an absolutely great way to express myself and document what I’m saying. Not everyone is born a problogger, with the marketing/technical skills to have a blog that doesn’t look like “the back of a VW bus”.

I haven’t noticed anyone specifically acting like a personal development guru, but it’s great that everyone can chip in, give their 2 cents about what they’ve learned. I don’t care if the person is a teenager, as long as they have great content, I’m going to read it.

I too notice a lot of people in this niche, but that doesn’t bother me or drive me to post about it. I just make a mental note, and consider the fact that I’m not the FIRST. Even if I was, I wouldn’t be territorial.

I think the last person I heard complaining about all the PD bloggers was The Probabalist. I believe he mentioned he was running an experiment to see how many of these newbie PD bloggers would be left after a few months. I thought it wasn’t the nicest thing to say, since each blogger gets a chance to grow from their writing. Long-story short, he’s one of the people that walked away and stopped blogging.

I think it’s one of those times where worrying about oneself, instead of ranting about others, is the best move to make.

No offense to your Ravi, you know your my buddy.

I come up with catchy titles myself as it is part of a good link building strategy. However, the major tips for writing good headlines are so well-known anymore that I have personally stopped reading almost any blog post whose title has a number in it, or promises me the “secret” to something.

Again, to be fair, I use some of those techniques myself, but I use them sparingly, and I back up the title with good content.

As far as there being too many gurus, I think it was Darren Rowse who said that if your blogging niche seems crowded, just wait it out. In a year, only the people who bring true value to the niche and who write in it because of passion – rather than just profits – will even still be around.