Apr 10, 2009

The Mother of All Lists – 600+ Lists On Anything You Can Think Of

by Paul Wilson

 

 

Darren Rowse over at Problogger is doing another “31 Days to Build a Better Blog.” In his second lesson he encouraged those participating to create a list post and then to submit the list into the comments of his post.

By the time I submitted my own list there were hundreds of lists already submitted (553 to be exact). Being that I recently became a father in the last few days sleeping has become a luxury. This being the case, I decided to take advantage of my sleepless nights and compile all the lists that were in Darren’s comments.

I won’t be modest, this was an insane undertaking. At this moment, my time on this project has taken so long I am embarrassed to say just how long (lets just say the hours spent on “the Mother of all lists” are in the double digits). However, I have enjoyed going through the mountains of lists. I am amazed at the diversity and depth of most of the lists

I stopped compiling everyone’s lists when I hit the magically number of 603 (the time stamp on Darren’s blog was April 9th, 2009 7:14 am). Once I decided to stop accepting lists, I then went through all 600+ lists and assigned them into categories. My hopes in doing this is to assist people with Darren’s third lesson—promoting your post. Obviously, the bloggers found on my list are eager to promote their work. Find the category you fit in and contact those bloggers. Network, build, and become friends. This I think is the easiest way to fulfill Darren’s lesson.

For those of you who made my lists, I did my best to not have any errors. With that said, I do not doubt that there are many. Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know, and as I have time I will fix them. For those of you who did not make this “Mother of All Lists,” you are welcome in the comments to leave your list and the category you best belong in. Maybe when we have another child I will update the list.

Happy Blogging! ~Paul W.

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93 Comments

  1. Lindy Abbott says:

    What a great idea. I love this! I looked through this wonderful organized list of lists! I am impressed, but sadly I couldn’t find mine that I commented on at problogger.

    7 Things You Need to Know to Save Your Life http://lindylou-abbott.blogspot.com/2009/04/7-things-you-need-know-to-save-your.html

    Maybe I just missed it.

    Lindy
    http://lindylou-blogspot.com

  2. Alex Stewart says:

    Hey! Thanks for featuring my site on your post! Great job!

    -Alex

  3. Starr Scott says:

    Not sure where my post is, even though I got a ping back. :-) But I really like your “list list” and I bookmarked this as a great resource. Tx

  4. Lindy Abbott says:

    Paul thank you for adding and for commenting back with an email. You helped me get finished my task for yesterday too…making a contact by email!

    Now I am heading back to problogger to find out where I put my comment.

    Thanks.

    Lindy

  5. DigitalAlan says:

    Great Idea – and Thanks for Putting me on your List – Phenomenal List of Lists – Wish I had thought of it.

  6. Raph says:

    Thanks for putting my post – 10 Industrial Designer worth following on Twitter – on your list.

  7. Fred Dupont says:

    Well done Paul! That is a great list & nicely executed; lots of work in that! I love the clarity of presentation/pagination/fonts/colors and the illustrations that separate each block.
    I like your about page as well
    Did you do that as part of Darren’s 31DBBB?
    Have a great day!

  8. One more list for photographers!

    189 business building ideas for photographers: http://is.gd/rFp5

    This list above is incredible, it should be a resource for years to come.

    Rosh

  9. Alpay says:

    Hi Paul,

    Thanks for including my post on iphone apps in the software list. Please feel free to check out my Twitter Sanity Checklist:
    http://unofficialmac.com/2009/04/08/17-things-to-keep-sane-on-twitter-and-enjoy-it
    Also consider developing a new list: “List of all Mother of All Lists on the web”. Well maybe I should do that :)
    Cheers

  10. Susan says:

    Thanks for this, it’s great. I definitely will save this too.

  11. Amazing list! Thank you for including my list.

  12. Scary Mommy says:

    Wow!! I’m so honored to be a part of this! I’m sure I’ll be referencing this tons– it’s a great resource!

  13. Thanks for referencing my post on Autism and Pop Culture! =)

  14. Thanks for including my post on starting your writing career right in your list. This is a great way to keep up with all the list posts.

  15. Bivek says:

    Hi fren,

    These are really “The Mother of All List”.

    Thanks a lot.

  16. Drolgerg says:

    Hi Paul

    Great idea!

    I saw this website by following a link from @problogger on twitter. On his blogging challenge I submitted my list post a bit late after initially putting forward 1 I’d prepared earlier. I think the new 1 is much better, & has already generated good traffic & comment.

    It’s tongue-in-cheek but based on real experience:

    Category: Twitter

    Title: 20 Ways to Annoy People on Twitter

    http://drolgerg.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/20-ways-to-annoy-people-on-twitter/

  17. Sandy Hilton says:

    Thanks for the list. In real estate I missed a list for corporate housing or furnished rentals . Thanks for my mention.

  18. Derek says:

    Great lists,

    Thank you for featuring my post in the marketing section.

  19. Lori says:

    Wow! This must have taken quite a while to put together, and what a great idea! I will have fun checking the lists out myself. Thank you for adding my list from Green Gigs. Going to go give you a tweet now!

  20. Thank you for including our list “Top 10 Social Media Outlets for Businesses in 2009″. Stay in touch – by the way, great blog, very clean, informative, and useful.

  21. Nielle says:

    The spirituality and relationship list could be expanded (really not much for the single person there). A lot of those links are biased. If you want some more diversity, I could help find more resources.

  22. mark taylor says:

    Great extensive list. Thanks for going through the effort.
    mark
    http://www.backyardbrewer.blogspot.com

  23. This is an amazing list. Talk about Link love!! Very well done. Thanks for putting me on your list. I am going to have to book mark this and come back to it again and again!

  24. Sue says:

    A great book list for mystery readers….Stop You’re Killing Me – http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/index.html

  25. MC says:

    Hey Paul,

    Thanks for including my “Top Ten Sites for Free Music” on your list! What a great collection of posts.

  26. Hey, thanks for adding the post about my JetBlue flight!!!

  27. Gerald says:

    Wow great list…if you want a father of all lists it’s

    http://www.topblank.com

  28. BJ Rakow says:

    There are lists and there are lists. This is THE LIST! Thanks for doing all the research. Would like to add you to my new ‘newbie’ blog – info for new bloggers like myself. Check it out. http://Ublog4money.blogspot.com

  29. Nikhil says:

    Hi,
    thanks for adding by post
    31 Best Logos of the March
    in the list.
    Really Large & Great List.
    It is Del.icio.us

  30. Lisa says:

    This is the list to end all lists. Very impressive. I will certainly be bookmarking this page. Thanks for including me in the “Inspirational List”.

  31. Heather says:

    Thank you so much for including my list in this! :-) I can’t imagine the amount of time this must’ve taken to put together. It’s great! :-) Thanks again!

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  33. Thanks a lot for including my article in this enormous list.
    You have really put together a great list with a great deal of thought in it. Really liked your categorization also.
    Thanks again. Bookmarked on Delicious.

  34. Thanks for this list!

    I’m using your link post to research for mine!
    I had to RT this one, it’s a keeper.

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  36. Bill Leikam says:

    I’m looking for a list that targets kitchen utensils and high end retail stores nationally. Does anyone know where to find such lists?

  37. jen says:

    This must have taken you ages. Nobody need go anywhere else to find just the list they want.

  38. Rachel says:

    What an amazing list! I can barely imagine how long it must have taken you. Thank you for such a great, categorised, index!

    Congratulations on being a new father and hopefully the sleepless nights won’t last too long (at least another 18 years or so…)

  39. Wow an awesome list! Thanks for the features of my blog. :)
    I believe that you’ve taken some times to collect this list, well done!

    Keep in touch!

    Regards,
    Lee

  40. Thanks for much for adding to your list of lists! Great post.

  41. sarah mae says:

    Seriously, that IS the mother of all lists! How long did it take you to compile?

  42. The perfect article, very useful for me. thanks

  43. Carol says:

    Hi. What a great idea! I’m adding this to My Favorites.

    I was wondering why my blog traffic doubled in the last few days, so I followed the link back here. Thank you for adding my blog to your list. I’m adding your site to my Helpful Links page.

    Carol

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  45. Mary H. says:

    thanks for including me in your list!

    What a great list by the way—I’m going to have to take some time tomorrow and check out quite a few of these links!

    cheers,

    Mary H.
    http://stalecheerios.com/blog — a serial for positive animal training

  46. In-sane!! I love it. I love list posts and this should keep me reading for days. I can’t believe the effort you put into categorizing, finding fun icons and linking to all of us.

    Thank you for the clever post and for including me in it. Good luck with the rest of 31DBBB!

  47. MrBen says:

    Wow Paul, that’s quite a list! Thanks for including my post, I’m off now to read all the others!

  48. Thanks so much for adding my post to the list. I only found out when I was looking through my recent traffic and there was a bunch from here.

  49. Wow. All I can do is say WOW. What a cool way to turn the comment list into a resource. I love the categories and that you put images on them as well.

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