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Round 8 update
Written by Tyme White on November 17, 2008
Just a quick update on my progress. I’ve gone through the list once. What I normally do is wait a couple of days to a week (or so) then go through the list again. Usually the sites that weren’t working during the first pass (or have broken feeds, etc.) are working the second time around. I do this to try to block out what I saw the first time and have a fresh perspective the second time. Going through so many sites at once can be draining.
I know you guys are anxious but look at it from this perspective. From the amount of sites we receive each round in submissions if I went through them as quickly as many would like it would mean I spent seconds on each site.
You don’t want that.
When I go through a site I browse it just like a reader would. I read a random selection of your articles then I take notes on my experience on the site. I use those notes to give feedback later. It takes time to read the sites that were submitted. This is why we don’t have a cookie-cutter rule book on what articles “should” have because each site is different and the author(s) are unique. What works on one site can bomb terribly on another.
I’m not prepared to give an exact date on when the results will be posted but I will keep you guys update. In the meanwhile, next week is Thanksgiving. If you are indulging, have a wonderful holiday and enjoy the time with family, friends and loved ones.
If you have any questions…you know what to do. Yes, that’s right – don’t throw them out on Twitter and pray I see it. Write a comment or send me an email where you KNOW I’ll see it. You guys are so smart!!!!
November 17th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Tyme,
Thanks for giving us all a little insight into your processes.
And double thanks for spending more than a few seconds on our sites.
Even as anxious as I am, second time around, I would rather wait than have you all make premature decisions.
Also, if you have any more feedback for me I’d love to hear it.
Thanks again Tyme and to the rest of the 9rules team.
November 17th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Thank you for the update Tyme. Now all we have to do is have some patience. To quote Alexandre Dumas Père “All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope.”
November 17th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Sounds like a good process to me.
November 17th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Tyme, we all appreciate the update. I’m sure everyone is anxious to learn the results of who is accepted, but we’ll all be patient and wait it out.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Good luck to all!
November 18th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Thanks for the update!
November 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
I’m curious to see the kind of websites that get through this round.
I’m also surprised that you actually go through the list twice. Very sound thinking in my opinion. Also very tiring.
I like to have an Iced Tea with mint (tall glass) when doing things like this.
Cheers!
November 19th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Oh well! We have to wait some more so in the mean time, I’ll go and bake a batch of cookies since it’s getting quite cold on the east coast.
I hope my site fits all your criterion … I worked really hard to include the list you had published during the last round.
Miss Gisele B.
November 19th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Thanks for the update too!
November 20th, 2008 at 4:13 am
Very impressive work and quite an effort.
It not only shows the potential blogs the quality of 9rules network, but also visitors that what they are reading isn’t some random stuff from random blogs, but they’ve actually been through quality control.
Keep up the excellent work!
November 20th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Thanks everyone and you’re welcome!
November 20th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Thanks for the update.
November 20th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Thanks for the update Tyme =D. And hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving too.
November 21st, 2008 at 8:13 am
It shall be intresting to see what the approved list looks like
Thanks for keeping us updated. are you doing anouther video run down of the sites once the list is complete?
November 21st, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I was waiting for such “update post”.
Thanks for the update, Reviewing that much sites will takes time
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Take your time! We know there are a lot of blogs to read and chose.
Thanks for the update!
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Hallo Tyme
Thanks for letting us know about the status. It seems like you are having a hard time going through them all. Do you want to share your load? jk. 
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Thanks for taking the time our blog content deserves in the review process!
November 24th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Well i like the way you people give attention to quality. Keep up the good work.
November 26th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Thanks for the update. I’m really looking forward to the results and to think that you will go through the list twice, wow! That would be really hard.
December 1st, 2008 at 9:47 am
What’s that? Results this week? I hope so.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:06 am
Cannot resist myself to wait anymore..
Type can you suggest us some tentative date for round 8 results..
–Chris Martin
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 am
Cannot resist myself to wait anymore..
Tyme can you suggest us some tentative date for round 8 results..
–Chris Martin
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
I’m glad you guys take a second look. Mine changed a lot after I initially submitted it. Hope that was before the second look.
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Nice post. Thank you for the info. Keep it up.
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
How do we find out if we’re still in the running? Or do you just let the sites that are selected know at the end?
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
To spare you guys, I haven’t even started the 2nd pass and won’t until December 8th. I’d just finished pass #1 when I made the entry and the entry prompted people similar to Justin above to say “Wait! Working on my site!”. Then a couple of hosting companies had some issues and I got the “OMG my site is down RIGHT WHEN I WAS CHANGING THE DESIGN” panic emails.
To be fair I just figured I’d wait until next Monday to start going through them again, especially since last week was a traveling holiday where many were unable to verify and check that their sites were back in working order. If their site(s) borked they weren’t in a position to do anything about it.
@Adam – No decisions have been made yet. We will announce the new members on the blog. No news is good news.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 pm
I’ve made a few tweaks, and I’ve already got a spot reserved for the leaf!
December 4th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Thanks for the update – good to know. I’ll be waiting anxiously pacing the floor…
December 5th, 2008 at 5:41 am
I should make this time. I hope the results in next week
December 5th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Thanks for the update… Excited for the new batch
December 7th, 2008 at 2:34 am
Tyme, we are all going nuts, loosing sleep…..your killing us!!!!!!!!!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:14 am
The suspense is killing me…
December 8th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Wonder if we’ll get to hear before Christmas? Would make a great Christmas pressy if I get accepted.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Any update on the progress of pass #2?