Written on July 16th, 2007 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
The Three Little Blogs: A Cautionary Tale
Bloggrrl had insomnia last night and so write herself a great little bloggytale - The Three Little Blogs: A Cautionary Tale - very creative.
Which little pig blogger are you?
I think I’ve been all three on different blogs over the years.



22 Responses to “The Three Little Blogs: A Cautionary Tale”
Jason
July 16th, 2007 12:34 am
Hopefully the third!
Dan Cole
July 16th, 2007 1:02 am
I think it was a nice story and fits a lot of blogs right into it.
Chee Kui
July 16th, 2007 2:04 am
Michelle did a great job at that ;) Everyone should aim to be the 3rd pig, eh? :)
BeachBum
July 16th, 2007 2:30 am
I try to be #3, but it is easy to slack off when testing a new market.
BeachBum
nika
July 16th, 2007 2:39 am
I am the little piggie she didn’t write about, the one on the end of a reeeallly long tail.
Brown Baron
July 16th, 2007 2:40 am
I hope I turn out to be like the third pig I mean blog.
Tips Of All Sorts
July 16th, 2007 2:40 am
Umm…I want to be the big bad blog! lol
Catherine
July 16th, 2007 4:08 am
Currently I’m the second piggy but hopefully in a month or two I will be the third piggy :) Here piggy piggy piggy!
Casey
July 16th, 2007 4:51 am
I’m the third little pig!
More Merchant
July 16th, 2007 5:31 am
I love posts like these that offer some creativity! Also to get Darren and john back to back comments to start it off is great!
Bloggrrl
July 16th, 2007 6:35 am
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, and I certainly appreciate the mention! I’m still trying to figure out which one I am…pig 2.1, perhaps?
sister2brother
July 16th, 2007 8:16 am
Well the first thing that caught my mind in the story was why even bother to leave Blogger.com - but hey that’s just me
I’m in the third category though but there have been times that I have been tempted to go the “faster” route. Mind you I said “tempted” because if I have learned anything its that the longest route is usually the best route.
Kishore Duddekunta
July 16th, 2007 10:32 am
I have the first pig for a couple of months and now iam the second pig and hoping to be the third pig …
Jared Schwager
July 16th, 2007 12:15 pm
I think I may be a combination of numbers two and three.
I love that post though. I especially like the “The big bad blog stumbled upon the first little blog.” part where he inserts a StumbleUpon link.
Jen / domestika
July 16th, 2007 12:48 pm
I always enjoy bloggrrl’s sense of humour — she’s getting really wicked with the web-based allegories! …Which pig? Some days, truly, I think I’m just a barnyard character in another fairy tale altogether! Hey, it’s all good fun.
Terra Andersen
July 16th, 2007 3:03 pm
probably 2+3 - good post!
William Profet :: OneJobTwoSalaries.com
July 16th, 2007 6:57 pm
All of us are trying to be the third blog/pig! :)
But the Big Bad Blog could be the Big Good Blog. Depends on the approach and focus of the third pig/blog. :)
Mason from SmallFuel Marketing Blog
July 16th, 2007 8:36 pm
What about the Fourth Little Blogger: the one who posts lots of personal content and forgets to write articles that benefit his readers.
I think it’s a lot easier to fall into that trap than it is to post infrequently.
Razvan
July 16th, 2007 9:53 pm
I’m the second little blogger.. :)
Susie
July 16th, 2007 11:15 pm
Hehe… I am also trying to figure out what blogger I am.. probably the second one. Although I love blogging, going pro is not my ultimate goal but I do hope that I will keep it up for years just because it’s fun and I love writing and I want to promote the cause of green. :)
topSPINme
July 16th, 2007 11:34 pm
Very effective writing! How about Jack and the blogstalk…there would be this poor kid who wanted to make money online…so he took a risk and traded his donkey for a domain to which he can plant his seeds of ideas in his little blog. One day, his blog grew readership, and started to produce some profits. Eventually though, a selfish giant recognized the potential of this boy’s blog. The giant then stole his ideas and posted in his own bigger blog…. ok, maybe my story isn’t going well….I wish I had Blogrrrl’s talent.
Jan
July 17th, 2007 2:18 am
I loved reading “The Three Little Blogs: A Cautionary Tale” and at the same time felt really baffled because I actually played with idea of writing my post about what you can learn about blogging from reading fairytales based on The Three Little Pigs just like that.
Only was I thinking about it a week before this article was published and not because I couldn’t sleep, but because I was trying to come up with a great idea for a post revolving around the number three (for a Daily Blog Tips project).
Instead I chose to summarize the original and then write about what you could learn from it and how you could interpret it. Not as much fun to read as this one I am sure, but perhaps (even) more enlightening? You find my story by clicking my name. Should you be so inclined.
I would absolutely love to hear what you think about it, how you value the differences and which you think will teach you the most…
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