Comments on: How to Improve Your Blog – Learn to Take Criticism Well

By: dvd rohlinge

dvd rohlinge — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:34:10 +0000

Great article. I always make sure to process criticisms I receive with close friends who know me well. This helps me separate the wheat from the chaff and know what criticisms to embrace and which one’s I can shelve. You cannot really know yourself well if you don’t know how to hear and receive constructive criticism.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:14:26 +0000

See how quick it becomes personal, also it’s criticized not criticize in your post. Hope that helps you write better.
It’s about blogs not your manhood.

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ps3 for free — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:29:19 +0000

If you can’t take criticism you shouldn’t even be blogging. We all get criticize at some point, best thing you can do is take it like a man, learn from it and move on.

By: Jason Su

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By: Louis

Louis — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:14:11 +0000

Negative feedback is good for improvement.

The worst is no feedback at all.

By: SURVEYS FOR MONEY

SURVEYS FOR MONEY — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:42:21 +0000

I’d rather take a negative comment over no comment because it offers the opportunity to improve my blog.

By: Nicholas Z. Cardot

Nicholas Z. Cardot — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:33:45 +0000

How true. We get some great feedback in the form of criticism. We always want to know why we can’t keep readers and then when one of them finally tells us we get upset about it. We should accept it, learn from it and drive on.

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hard drive recovery — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:51:44 +0000

yes this is true that it is not compulary that all readers like your post . Anyone can give negative comment if he/she doesn’t find that blog is not fulfills his/her requirements. At that time Blogger also take these kind of comments very positively. To take criticism is also an art.

By: Blogger Make Money

Blogger Make Money — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:02:35 +0000

Criticism is dealt with in altered means on my blog depending on the blazon of comment. If it is not absolutely accordant to the column and is absolute an advance adjoin my blog, column or content, I just adjudge not to broadcast the animadversion at all. If the criticism sheds ablaze on something that I may annual the column and chat in comments, I acknowledge the clairvoyant for commenting and either explain the purpose of the post, angle or agreeable that they are criticizing or I assure them that I accept taken their annual into consideration.

I accomplish an accomplishment to try not and broadcast any criticism that contains profanity and capitalized argument throughout the absolute comment. These two usually go duke in hand, do not accept any actuality and serve no purpose to my blog or its readers.

By: Charles - Big Idea Blogger

Charles - Big Idea Blogger — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:24:40 +0000

I think taking criticism from everyone is not wise at all.

I do take criticism, but I’m very selective on who I listen to. If he or she is my mentor or a friend I trust, then I’ll listen, because I know they genuinely care.

But if it’s an anonymous, I’m more careful, especially if the tone is that of a personal attack. It’s like what happened to Yaro Starak some months back, but to a much smaller degree.

We should learn to judge when to accept criticism and when to ignore it.

By: BloggerDaily

BloggerDaily — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:47:53 +0000

I treat my readers and commenters as friends and I accept all the critics from them. Believe me, you’ll improve your writing after that!

By: Royal Blogger

Royal Blogger — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:04:41 +0000

Hi Darren,

Yesterday I received a very bad comment from an unknown person because I have made a spelling mistake in my article. I have written Advantage in place of advance. It’s hurts but after correcting the error, I replied him as “Thanks for the error notification, I have corrected the spelling;- but litter politeness is at least deserved…”

“I believe in a saying that say : Those trees that gives more fruits also have to take more stones. If you are doing something better, then there will be 50 % of people who will like you and will appreciate your work and 50 % will be those you will hate you and always will be ready to knock you down. This is what call the natures balancing. “

By: Jacob Stoops

Jacob Stoops — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:13:03 +0000

Criticism is definitely a tough pill to swallow sometimes, especially if you’re putting a lot of time and effort into your blog. I think one of the most important things to remember is, never say anything you wouldn’t want repeated when responding to critiques. Many people have gotten into hot water by lashing out at people…

By: fas

fas — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:42:32 +0000

Usually such anonymous comments are from none other than, your competitor :S

By: Game Site Builder

Game Site Builder — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:34:35 +0000

As long as they are commenting, its a step in the right direction :).

By: Kat Eden

Kat Eden — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:31:06 +0000

My first instinct, unfortunately, is still to go on the defensive. But I’m learning. And in the case of my most recent critical comments I’ve (almost!) seen it as truly welcome feedback. What I keep telling myself is that every critical comment helps me better understand and engage with my readers. Plus – it’s a huge ego-boost to know my writing is stirring enough to evoke an impassioned response from someone!

By: mike

mike — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:43:28 +0000

It is important to listen to others in forums that give advice about your blog.

By: Vivian Love

Vivian Love — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:21:35 +0000

May be some criticism not for construction but for destruction. May be it’s from another niche competitor or someone who really don’t like you , not things that you write per se. I got negative criticism all the time, from school, work, blogs, forums, college essays, making coffees, etc. You get used to it. If you think it’s reasonable, improve. If not, ignore them. You are not a doormat, you can’t please everyone. Have anyone watched the “Yes Man” movie with Jim Carrey yet? Hilarious, isn’t it?

By: Ben Moreno

Ben Moreno — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:20:40 +0000

What ever happened to the good old days when, you just simply told someone to f**k off.

Well, maybe it wasn’t like that but, one thing to note Jannie and Darren is that the person left the comment anonymously.

That tells you right there that the person is afraid of criticism their self. I am sorry but if you are going to criticize someone, have the courage to put your real name or blog address so that the person has an opportunity to discuss why you left the criticism.

Jannie, you should have just moderated that stupid comment out. People are usually stupid and are followers. If they see a comment like that on your blog it will probably turn them off to your stuff because most people don’t have the mind and courage to think for themselves.

Sorry for the negative rant but I just wanted to get that off my chest :)

By: Jogalrungkung

Jogalrungkung — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:00:03 +0000

Learn to take criticism well?
Yes, i like this one.