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Are You a Pro Blogger? Take The Test and Find Out

written by John Chow on September 6, 2007

How one lazy bum made $176,697.50

While surfing over at Daily Blog Tips, I noticed an ad for a Pro Blogger Test. The test is actually put on by Daily Blog Tips and asks 20 questions about web design, SEO, online marketing and more. It shouldn’t take more than five minutes to do.

Do you think you have what it takes to a professional blogger? Take the test and find out. This is what I scored.

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You can’t get more pro than that. :twisted: What did you score? By the way, this test is great linkbait! I should create some kind of test as well.

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Well keep up testing yourself
someday for sure some of you'll get 100% ...

Useless tool. I dont think it is anyway related to blogging stuff

I did this a while ago..i don't think i did well.....wow..100%..

Hmm, I got 70%, not bad really!

Well only 30%... that is not good... I have to improve. :roll:

I got a 70%. I'm glad my paychecks aren't coming from them :P
The ones I got wrong don't really bother me.

Excellent link bait idea. Tests and quizzes work well.

Besame, Besame mucho, como si fuera esta noche la ultima vez, hehehe. do I sound like andrea Boccelli or what :lol: ? I come singing to Mr. Chow's blog. Dave, what's up Dave? you don't get it dave, these people blogging about politics probably are rotten with money that they don't have to put ads to make a buck or two a week to pay web hosting and domain name registrations. another thing dave, Technorati is a blog search engine, unlike NY times and the post which are newspapers and they promote who they choose to, I rather use technorati and feedburner to catch a reader or two, instead of trying to get the post and the NY times to publish one of my posts even though I only get mediocre readers. are you republican?

If the test is rather simple-minded (and narrow-minded), is it really good link bait? People get tired of gimmicks, especially when the gimmicks actually take the target's time. There are some really popular political bloggers on the web who get articles written about them in major newspapers such as the Globe and Mail, but they do not use ads or things like Technorati and Feedburner, and their educated audiences would be turned off if they did. (And as an aside, do the really major informational websites, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, use likes of Technorati and Feedburner? These big newspapers do contain and/or promote blogs. I mean compared to the Times and the Post, Technorati is pure junk.)

I am so embarrassed!!!

I fell at the first hurdle. I have so much more to learn. The test was a great way to identify what things I ought to know in order to run a successful blog. I am on a huge learning curve but am benefiting from Johns blog and from the great comments from fellow, more experienced bloggers.

Thanks everybody. I'm watching, learning and putting into action your fantastic tips.

70% for me, but I knew I was good :)

Wow, I just blew an hour on Daily Blog Tips. What an excellent site. I grabbed the feed!

45%, but I am disappointed in the question simply because they deal with SEO and Money Making Questions. Where is the writing and grammars stuff?

I tried to focus on related topics like SEO, online marketing and web development. I think writing and grammar deserve a separate test.

Woah. 25%.

I was looking at those thinking, "why the heck don't I know this stuff?!?!"

One of the best links you've ever posted.

wow, I am NOT a pro! I got a 50% :!:
:sad:

I took the test but failed the physical :lol:

55%
Is that like being a solid player on a Triple A baseball team?
Not a pro, but fairly good.

I'm not even going to take the test because a starter I know I can never pass as a pro blogger, but just wanted to say what great content you have on your blog. Keep up the good work!

I got a 20, not bad for a month that I've been blogging, that means that in less than 2 month I will be a pro blogger. let me check, mr Chow has been blogging since 2000, Darren Rowse since 2003, and it only will take me two months? life is good, will I get invited to the annual blogging conference in new York? or I'm not quite there yet? heheheh. good test though.

25%...I'm 1/4 on my way to being a pro blogger, rofl. :lol:

I got a 65%. Then again, I just started my site 5 days ago.

Damnnn! I've got only 35% :oops:
causes my bad english? :???:

Man, your RSS number just shot through the roof!

And I got a 60%.

Rolled in at an 85%... just like most of my college courses :lol:
Really though, I'm not sure what some of those questions have to do with problogging. I mean yeah it's nice to know but, you wouldn't NEED to know that stuff to make it as a blogger.

I got 60%, but it should have been higher. I misclicked the social bookmarking one. So 60-60%

Got 40% ! Oh well. As long as I do better in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I can live with that =)

Are biochemistry and molecular biology more fun than blogging?

V

Good test. Got 70%, i guess not bad. I never knew Digg was behind Reddit in Alexa ranking :mrgreen:

50%. Damn! A quiz like this made into a site would be an interesting concept. Sure would help freshen and sharpen SEO / Web 2.0 knowledge.

I want such test on Johnchow :roll:

100% here too.

Wasn't THAT tricky :)

What do you read to get 100%?

V

I think I got 80% myself...

Got 60% - I guess I have some work to do.

Why am I not surprised that Mr. John Chow got 100%. Shocker! My score on the other hand was pathetic, but I already knew I wasn't a pro blogger.

After taking the test 100% is actually very impressive - as long as you didn't look anything up!

70% - not too bad I guess.

Me too :razz:

Damn that is still pretty good. Better than me :)

V

LOL I got 20% hahaha :lol:

Lets see the aftermath lol I am gonna take the test now! :oops:

35% ouch! I guessed on just about every one of them. I see these things (like trackback) - I have yet to find a decent definition. Sometimes there is TOO much information.

So much to learn.....

Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com

Don't feel bad, I got 25% :oops:

Then again, I only been blogging for only a little over a month. :roll:

Well, if you looked at the correct answers, you've already learned more!