MomDot Marketing Fail

Thanks to the anonymous blogger with the huge tits for bringing this to my attention.

Here's the front page of MomDot.com as of 11:53 PM EST:

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Notice anything interesting? Let's take a closer look:

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There are only three possible ways this could have happened:

1. In the interest of capitalizing on the trend to insert feminine words into already existing words, such as BlogHer, herstory, hersterectomy, hersteria, womanhole cover, and womanagement, the marketing genius chose to write "grocHERies" to indicate that shopping for food supplies is obviously something that belongs to women, and this would empower women further.

2. MomDot's advertising designer is a Nicaraguan man named Felipe who has a problem with the concept of the "ce" and "se" sounds, as evidenced by his constant request for women to have "the chex" with him and his worry about being laid off because of the "rechesshion".

3. Someone over there is pretty fucking stupid.

It's sites like this and Shitfully Domestic that make me weep for humanity. Some person or a group of people think that because they've been on the internet for many years and maybe took a class in advertising at some community fucking college that they can run an online business. And since the Internet is filled with sheep, the sites get traffic and the owners get egos and think that they actually do have some type of marketable ability.

But then they do something like MomDot, where they insult independent women by telling them to ask permission to buy a vacuum cleaner or have a misspelling of one of the easiest words in the English language no less than THREE times on their front page. Or in BD's case, they have an editorial policy that prohibits their authors from writing anything that might be critical of husbands, and they expect so much from their editors and writers even if they don't pay them a cent, while the owner makes money hand over fist through advertising. And eventually the world sours on them and realizes that these sites are being run by a bunch of airheaded fucking morons who don't deserve to run their goddamn household, much less any type of online endeavor.

And this is why even though I have many problems with BlogHer having draconian policies, supporting censorship, ignoring a large portion of women bloggers, and being way too conservative for an online community, they stand head and shoulders above the rest with their professionalism, intelligence, and integrity. Now if only they'd redo their fucking website.

Why doesn't the world just listen to me and do what I say? Everyone knows we'd be better off.


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In other Avita-news, for those of you wondering about "Clearly, You're Retarded", don't worry. The show is still around, but we're just taking a hiatus for the summer. We'll be coming back in the fall with new topics, maybe a tweaked format, and new episodes every week!

141 Responses to “MomDot Marketing Fail”

  • Sybil Law says:

    I completely agree with you.
    Shit.
    Must. shower. now.

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    @Sybil Law, oh, you agree with me all the time and you know it!

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  • Oh. Lordy.

    To be inside your head and shake your hand…

    Now, if only the "gurus" would learn that "a lot" is TWO WORDS. Seriously.

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    @Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing], that's one of my pet peeves, too. What about "for all intensive purposes"?

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    @Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing],
    I write "alot", but not because I don't KNOW it's two words. I'm just lazy and it saves me a keystroke. I have better things to be stroking. ;-P

    But what about the phrase, (ever so common in Florida), "I could care less". Logically, that's stupid. And accept/except. And "supposibly" though that's more often said than written. Which brings up then/than.

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  • Mental note to self:

    Always listen to Adam.

    Oh wait. That would never work. Cuz I'm smarter than you and all that shit.

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    @Redneck Mommy, yeah but once you take the Canadian exchange rate into account, I'm 1.5 times smarter than you.

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  • B.E. Earl says:

    I dunno. Grocheries sounds kinda nice when you say it out loud.

    Try it with me…

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    @B.E. Earl, it sounds like it should be a deleted scene from Scarface. "First joo get the wimmin. Then joo get the money. Then joo buy the grocheries."

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  • Hilly says:

    Grocheries? Are you fucking kidding me? How many people have seen that site and haven't even said something to their webmaster? Yikes.

    Even though I know people that still write for Blissfully Domestic, I refuse to read any of those blogs. How antiquated, moronic and naive to expect people to write something dishonest because basically, when you are asking women to frame their lives a certain way? You're actually taking AWAY from their femininity and woman power.

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    @Hilly, I totally wanna hump you for that.

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    @Hilly, it's one of the stupidest concepts out there. Censoring women who might have a complaint or two about their husbands is so opposite of empowering that it's basically enslaving women to the 1950s standards.

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  • Luckily, I've already learned that I can never fail if I follow the advice of the All Knowing and All Powerful Avita-oz.

    P.S. Yeah – I'll believe CYR is back with new episodes every week when I see, er, uh, hear it!

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    @Sheila (Charm School Reject), maybe we'll add video so you CAN see it!

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    P.P.S. I don't even buy the freakin' groceries in our house. Mike does that shit. I randomly pick things up as we need them but he does the heavy duty shopping. Sometimes I am nice and go with so that he has three annoying people saying "Oh, daddy, can we please get that? Please? Please?" and then if he says no, all three of us throw ourselves on the flooring screaming and attracting attention.

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  • Awaiting instruction sir, as always.

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    @SingleParentDad, first, bring me your loose women!

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  • CP says:

    I think grocheries has a nice ring to it. You're just mad because you didn't think of it first.

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    @CP, how deed joo know, ese?

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  • Robin says:

    This frightens me, a lot. I'm not the best speller but I at least usually can tell when something is obviously spelled wrong. This is just blatant. I wish people would check their spelling more, just because it's all online doesn't mean you shouldn't still check it.

    (I did spellcheck this btw)

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    @Robin, if you're going to do something professionally, especially involving writing, you should probably try using spell check. Or maybe someone who speaks English and has above a 6th grade education!

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  • Maria says:

    What bothers me more is how many women think that's cute.

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    @Maria, which part? The grocheries? Or the censorship?

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    @Avitable, Haha. The sticking her and mom into everything. (Uh, that's what she said.) But seriously it was clever the first few times. Now it just makes me want to nutpunch people.

    The people behind these communities are good people, I just think the whole damn thing has gotten out of hand. And I think we're going to start seeing more and more and more backlash. It's gonna get ugly.

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    @Maria, so you're saying that it herritates you? Makes you womangry?

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  • Lisa says:

    Unbelievable. I can't believe that wasn't noticed.

    Can't wait until 'Clearly, You're Retarded' is back! =)

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    @Lisa, I can't believe that it wasn't noticed and that it was approved in the first place.

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  • avatgardener says:

    Misguided marketing mavens (morons?) (maybe) manage multiple misspellings, making Man mad.

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    @avatgardener, mostly misogynistic morons.

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  • anonymous says:

    You is obviously a barbarian and do not understand subtle humor. Perhaps if MomDot were lowbrown and stupid like you it be to you level. Just because they it has readers more than you do mean you are better. Mom with Hitler in car that is what you want to see lol. How about you stay to minding your business.

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    @anonymous, Really?! Really?

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    @anonymous, If you're going to come here anonymously to support someone with improper spelling & grammar knowledge, at least use proper grammar in your own comment.

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    @anonymous, "you is" obviously a moron that does not know how to use proper grammar or spelling.

    Seriously, that website offends me. I am more than "grocheries" and forgetting to buy toilet paper. For realz.

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    @anonymous, Sorry, but anonymous comments never ever hold much clout. When the fuck are people ever going to learn that!?

    I could barely get past the part of your comment where you said: "Perhaps if MomDot were lowbrown and stupid like you it be to you level. Just because they it has readers more than you do mean you are better." .. makes me believe you're the MomHerMaven that used 'grocheries'.

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    @anonymous, Bwahahahaha! That will be all.

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    Non, no @anonymous, is a joke. right? right? please???

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  • cristina says:

    Thanks a lot. Now I'm going to be telling everyone I'm going Grow-Cher-EEEE shopping from now on.

    I have to believe that it's not BlogHer related. Otherwise it should have been GrocHerie Shopping. Right?? Right. I LOVE "rechession" by the way. I've been annoying the dog with it all morning.

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    @cristina, yeah, I'd think that if they tried (and failed) to be clever, they would have capitalized the "h".

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  • ML says:

    Nice! Informative stuff with a fun-bitter twist.

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    @ML, fun-bitter is my middle name.

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  • cat says:

    "Win a $500 worth of grocheries." A $500? Definitely sounds like someone who is still taking ESL is doing the writing here.

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    @cat, yeah, I didn't even bother mentioning that "a" which makes no grammatical sense.

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  • Bridget says:

    I'm gonna go with retarded.

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    @Bridget, there's clearly some mental deficiency at play.

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  • Faiqa says:

    "they have an editorial policy that prohibits their authors from writing anything that might be critical of husbands"

    What the hell else are we supposed to talk about, then?

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    @Faiqa, obviously, you talk about ways to make your home cleaner and how to cook a meal that will make your husband happy.

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    @Avitable, Pffft. That's for losers. I prefer making him clean up the mess I made while he was at work earning actual money and reminding him how lucky he is that *I* am both genetically contributing to AND acting as the vessel for his progeny.

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    @Faiqa, obviously, you should be put on a pedestal and worshipped.

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    @Avitable, Obviously.

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  • Hockeyman says:

    Let's start our own world. Our pledge of allegiance can be blah blah blee blow blah, and fuck you!

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    @Hockeyman, I think it's a winner.

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  • Finn says:

    I quit Blissfully Domestic after that whole husband thing. It really annoyed me.

    I hate "mommy" site or "women's" sites because all they talk about is groceries, clothes, makeup and kids. Blech. There's more to my life than that. Although I do enjoy clothes and makeup…

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    @Finn, yeah, that was pretty ridiculous. That and promising people they'd get paid but keeping the money for herself.

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    @Finn,
    AMEN! I have a friend who keeps telling me to promote myself as a mommy blogger. Um, no. I write about my kid sometimes, I write about my life all the time.

    Sites like BD just piss me off.

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  • Miss Britt says:

    Hm. It's not misspelled on the actual page for the contest.

    I actually don't have a problem with MomDot or BlogHer. Probably because I have a lot of respect for the people behind them who I've interacted with. (@ElisaC on twitter kind of makes me want to swear my allegiance to her and WHATEVER she's behind. She's incredible.)

    I think it's a bit of a stretch to make all of these assumptions based on a spelling error. Of course, I'm probably biased because I make them all the time.

    Ultimately though, if it gets traffic and makes money – it IS marketable. It's frustrating, sure, to see the shit that people respond to. It's even MORE frustrating when you see people respond to insincere, manipulative bullshit.

    But really, I think you're just mad that you don't have a vagina.

    Again.

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    @Miss Britt, I've heard you're a good kisser. After that comment I'm tempted to find out for myself.
    *ahem*

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    @moosh in indy., so, if i make an insightful comment about Adam's vagina, will you kiss me, too?

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    @Miss Britt, the assumptions I made was that either it was intentional or it was a mistake. Either way, my opinion is that it's stupid. And if you were running a site that purported to give tips to people on blogging, writing, and being a mom, you'd make sure that there weren't misspellings on campaigns on your front page.

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    @Avitable, i just wanted to correct that I don't run a site tips on writing. I only host and other people submit the articles. Its simply a platform. I push a button that approves an article, I don't actually write them. I let great articles and shitty articles through alike.

    I am not a professional, I don't run a business, and to be perfectly honest, I just don't truly care. If its justified, I'm generally content.

    Call it laziness. I suck. What more do you want? At least I admit it.

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  • *stifling laughter*

    You're KILLING me. OMG.

    If I die will you come to my funheral?

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    @sam {temptingmama}, we're all going to mommy blogger hell.

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    @Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing], Don't you mean HER-ll

    There's a special place for us bad mothers. I believe the hype.

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    @sam {temptingmama}, so not only am i a bad mommy, i'm also a bad blogger. fudge. well, hell, i might as well start saying FUCK.

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    @Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing], Yes, yes you fuckin' should. It's very fuckin' therapeutic.

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    @sam {temptingmama}, fuck fuck mother mother fuck mother mother fuck fuck mother mother fuck ~Jay

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    @Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing], See? Now don't you feel better?

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    @sam {temptingmama}, P.S. How fuckin' small is this box going to get anyway?

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    @sam {temptingmama}, I think it will do it 10 times.

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    @Avitable, this is a test to see how small the box will get.

    that's what she said.

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    @Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing], I'm furthering Angie's experimental efforts.

    @Avitable, i can't respond to Miss Grace, so i'll respond to myself an you?

    @sam {temptingmama}, only if I can be a pallbearher.

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  • Lyndsey says:

    I was on a mommy message board with the head honcho, "queen bee" of MomDot for YEARS. The chick is crazy. Seriously. She's nuts. It never ceases to amaze me how many people kiss her butt on a regular basis. But, she really goes through the internet friends, because at one point or another she goes batshit freaking nuts and those friends run away screaming.

    Also, the grocery spelling is nothing new and she is not doing it to be cute. She has ALWAYS spelled it like that. She just isn't all that bright.

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    @Lyndsey, thank you for supporting my conclusion!

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  • Jay says:

    I find the mommy cults to be very scary.

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    @Jay, most moms who blog are awesome. It's definitely the extremists who are scary.

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  • Grant says:

    It sounds like a combination of the words "groceries" and "crotch". I've read that in China, they sell dildos as impulse buy items in grocery stores. Maybe they're talking about stuff like that.

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    @Grant, you know, I think you're right!

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  • melissa says:

    hmm? maybe ignorance is bliss for mommy bloggers?

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    @melissa, or ignorance is standard for the people who run MomDot. I don't want to lump all mommy bloggers into that idiot pool.

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  • martymankins says:

    These are the kinds of post that everyone should pay attention to. You make some really good points about all of these mommy bloggers. Now I'm sure there's some good intentions out there and that's going to be the case with anything. But it seems like the whole BlogHer has grown so large, that it's the Wal-Mart of what was only supposed to be a local grocer.

    I can't wait to see ads for alcHERhol and diapHERs.

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    @martymankins, I like "alcHERhol". Nice one.

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  • Miss Grace says:

    Maybe they want you to pronounce it so it rhymes with crotcheries.

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    @Miss Grace, I love to think of crotches when I buy my vegetables.

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  • Ah weel start spellin' evrything the wayyy I sayyy it. Suthun axsent and all.

    Translation: I will start spelling everything the way I say it. Southern accent and all.

    PS. My comment has been eaten about three times since I first tried to post it.

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    @Amanda of Shamelessly Sassy, thank you for your persistence in submitting your comment. Not sure why it works so poorly sometimes.

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  • Tiffany says:

    My IQ dropped 10 points just looking at those sites. Oh well. Thanks for reminding me… I need to run to the grochery store.

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    @Tiffany, don't forget to buy some malk and heggs.

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  • A-mom-ynous says:

    I put the mom in anonymous! (OK it's less funny typed than in my head)

    I blame you that groceries will come out with a French accent whenever I say it from now on. Grow mon cheries, grow!

    This is the funniest thing I've read all week. Comments included.

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    @A-mom-ynous, I saw it more like a deep Hispanic accent.

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  • Mars says:

    Hey, I am going to Shursh's Fried Shicken. Will you pull my shair out for me?

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    @Mars, okay, this made me laugh.

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    @Avitable, I live in South Texas, there are ALOT of people that sound like this!

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    @Mars, remind me never to go to South Texas.

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  • This could make me cry but I deal this with shit every day, all day long. I am an English Professor and read papers that would send people less masochistic than me up to the roof to jump off.

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    @mountainmomma18, I get to read emails from ESOL people all day long. That makes me want to drive stakes into my eyes.

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    @Avitable, But at least the second-language speakers have an excuse since English isn't their native language. *waving to mountainmomma18 from one English Prof to another* because I also get papers from students containing errors that would make your hair stand on end. But my real pet peeve is websites offering editing services that have pages full of grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors. Nice.

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    @MommyTime, that's why I would make a horrible English professor. I'd be way too harsh on those idiots.

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  • i can't believe it took me all fucking day to get here and see this. hilarious. especially the part where ang and sam made their boxes small.
    fuck i love y'all.

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    @Karen Sugarpants, every woman should learn how to make her box small.

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    @Karen Sugarpants, sorry you're late to the party – we can start a new small box if you'd like.

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  • Nancy says:

    Yes she truly does spell it that way anytime she "types" it! Very annoying! But the self appointed queen bee is all knowing didn't you know that? I mean she is edumacated!!! LOL thanks so much for the laugh YOU made my day!

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    @Nancy, I'll stack my doctorate up against her AA in Business or whatever the fuck I'm sure she has any day. D

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    @Avitable, hey… i have an AA in business. what does that say about me? oh, yeah, and bachelor's & master's degrees. you still win.

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    @Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing], I'm an education snob.

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  • Lawyer Mama says:

    Just thought you'd like to know that I clicked over to MomDot (I couldn't help myself) and "grocheries" is still there! But there's more than a misspelling. The box says "Win a $500 in grocheries from MomDot." Looks like they need grammar check too.

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    @Lawyer Mama, yeah I decided not to even mention the "a $500" part. So. Stupid.

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  • You're a fucking idiot!

    Before you go calling MomDot admins airheads, why don't you talk to one of them, first?

    Yeah, I'm a member of MomDot.com. I guess I should be glad you didn't write about the controversy, huh?

    But, Blissfully Domestic does bug the shit out of me. Along with that Pioneer chick.

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    @Shan @Last Shreds Of Sanity, why would I talk to one of them? They have a blatant error all over their front page. So either someone there is a fucking moron or it was on purpose – in either situation, they're fucking stupid.

    What controversy? The stupid PR blackout thing? It amuses me to hear people whine about how upset they are trying to keep up their Alexa ranking or Technorati ranking. Fucking bunch of losers. Blog because you want to – don't blog because you want to make money.

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  • The Mother says:

    As the blogger who broke "husband-gate" over at BD (only shortly after I began blogging, mind you), I can tell you that I have learned a few things in the last six months.

    I have learned that there are a lot of truly talented mom-writers out there.

    But I have learned that there are a lot more women out there who truly shouldn't be writing. Some of that is just lack of talent, which is excusable. But SO much is lack of knowledge.

    When I taught debate and rhetoric, I had two rules: 1) Know your subject. 2) See #1; be prepared to back it up.

    Way too many mom bloggers just talk. They don't really understand the subject. This is especially true about medical issues, my own personal pet peeve. Spreading misinformation, hype and woo does your readers a disservice. DON'T.

    Rant over. I return you to MomDot bashing.

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    @The Mother, I remember seeing that post (and commenting on it). Do you think that I'm spreading misinformation or hype or are you just commenting generally?

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    @Avitable, No, I'm just commenting generally. If we're going to talk about mom blogs and what they do wrong, this certainly fits the bill.

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    @The Mother, yeah, that's what I thought but I wanted to clarify. There is a fine line between a blogger giving an opinion on her blog and sowing hysteria or untruths.

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  • Maria says:

    Oh, Blissfully Domestic. That's just shit. IT'S SHIT.
    Worst site in existence and the epitome with everything wrong in the blog world.

    I don't know much about MomDot.com except I was on a list last year and I TOTALLY Should have been #1, but I wasn't. Bah. And that this blackout thing is dumb.

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    @Maria, don't get me started on the blackout!

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  • Miss says:

    But I thought sites like this and BD were supposed to teach me how to be a good wife? I didn't do it right the first time.

    I guess my idea of consistant blow jobs is WRONG.

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    @Miss, I don't know if it's wrong or not. You'll have to demonstrate them for me and I'll let you know.

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    @Avitable, Oh good. I need an expert opinion.

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  • Y says:

    hahaha you said "shitfully domestic"

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    @Y, my cleverness was quite taxed. It was late. What can I say?

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  • Jessica says:

    I found this on their site. Maybe she should read it again. I know her from an old forum. She is just a bad speller.
    http://www.momdot.com/resources/17-blogging/492-spelling-matters

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    @Jessica,

    She obviously missed it! If you look at most of her posts – they are full of spelling and grammatical errors. I don't know why PR would want her writing about their products. And the woman is a narcissist. How many videos of her lip-syncing to Britney Spears, dancing around and how do I look in this? She seeks others approval.

    As for this PR blackout, o.m.g. she is such an attention whore and all her "followers" spend time on her site helping her build up her site and bringing her money… when she admittedly says she is too busy to go to other blogger's blogs. She is so self-absorbed. And as for her helping bloggers – yes she does help some bloggers and she does do a blogger charity (but thousands of people donate and volunteer everyday), but she also lets everyone know about it. So even if she appears to help she is getting something out of it. More recognition and power. She really is quite sad.

    Oh, this was MomDot bashing, right? lol

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    @Kathy, You nailed that one on the head LOL

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    @Kathy, the PR blackout is ridiculously stupid. I hope I have time to write a post about it.

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    @Avitable,

    Please, please write a post about it! -) She really does give "good" mom bloggers a bad name.

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    @Avitable,

    If you write about it… you should include in it how she is going around saying no one listened to the blog talk radio show where she insists the idea came into fruition (she didn't use that word, doubt she knows what it means). However, you can go back to her blog http://www.momdot.com/blog on page 4 on a post dated June 13 where she talks about be frustrated and stressed with blogging. She was already planting the seed. So she blatantly lied… the show in question where the idea was first brought up was July 11, a month earlier.

    I think she is burned out and wanted to bring a gang with her so PR wouldn't pass her by when she took her break from blogging. She also wanted the media attention – I wonder how it got leaked to the media to begin with?

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    @Kathy, She would never lie (I am full of shit right now). She and her buddies are pitch bloggers. Ethical blogging right? I think if someone can make a whole website to TRY and legitimize their ethical standing and even make buttons, well that should be good enough. And again I am full of shit (if I dont say this Trisha make take it as I am siding with her).

    Its VERY ethical to lie, right?

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    @Jessica, she should follow her site's advice before she looks even more like a fucking idiot.

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  • Scary Mommy says:

    Wow.

    Here I was wondering why my innocent little blog post prompted such a response from her last night. Now I get it.

    Snort.

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    @Scary Mommy, mainly because she won't come over here and defend her atrocious spelling, I guess.

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  • VDog says:

    Neither of those sites interest me. I'll read BD if Lotus, Jenny or Mishi points me to one of their articles, but otherwise, I'm not exactly their target audience.

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    @VDog, I wouldn't read BD even if Britt wrote for it, because the page view would give Worthington money that she would then not pass onto the people who are doing all the work she won't.

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  • For your further enjoyment, here is a comment that MomDot left on my blog earlier this year:

    "the one thing i dont agree with is that this is very judgemental to those that dont fall under this particular belief. I understand the point is to be confident in your own choices, but it can come off very condicending to those that are not with these choices. We shouldnt be talking about flaunting ANY choice, its personal and thats it.

    I agree to be confident in who you are and why you feel that way, you dont owe anyone an explanation, but I resent the whole “your a carrier not a stroller” kinda mentality.

    Whatever you are, you are a parent and we all do our best

    trisha
    momdot.com"

    From: http://www.phdinparenting.com/2008/09/05/flaunt-your-crunch/#comment-446

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    @Annie @ PhD in Parenting, I think I winced 10 or 15 times when reading that abomination of a comment.

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  • NYCWD says:

    There was Mommy Blogger drama.

    And I missed it.

    This is what I get for having my head crammed in reports and boring ass texts all week.

    Isn't this the same site that declared a "PR Blackout" for a week or something?

    Hypocrites as usual.

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    @NYCWD, yeah, but they'd probably spell it hippochrites.

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  • K-Ron says:

    And this is one their site now as a blog:

    Spelling Matters
    Written by Christy aka The Write Gal on Monday, 13 July 2009 00:00

    If you want to be taken seriously as a blogger, it is imperative that your spelling be flawless. How can you expect a company to allow you to review their product if your spelling is downright sloppy? Not only does it make you look bad, it can be a bad reflection on the company. Here are some tips to make sure your writing is error-free:

    * Print your text- It is easier to catch errors on the written page rather than the screen. Copy all of your text (Control + C) and manually paste it (Control + V) into a standard word-processing program like Microsoft Word which will allow you to easily print. That way you will be able to more easily detect errors and take advantage of the software’s spell check program. Just remember that spell check is not foolproof so it is still a good idea to consult an online dictionary such as Merriam-Webster.
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    * Read your text backwards – If you read your text backwards your eye will focus on the individual words rather than the sentence structure. This will help you catch spelling errors you might have missed the first time.
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    * Put some distance in between your writing and editing – If you allow some time in between your writing and editing it will enable you to look at your writing with a fresh eye.
    *
    * Let someone else read it for you – Two sets of eyes are better than one! Have a friend or family member review your draft for possible errors.

    Happy Writing!
    By Christy aka The Write Gal

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    @K-Ron, I saw that and had a good chuckle.

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    @K-Ron, I read that too. Very funny!

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  • trisha says:

    I have been trying to figure out why everyone on MD is calling Kim (the tech adviser) Felipe for the past week and now I see.

    It was like a big joke I was left out of….I was starting to feel left out of the joke. For the record, I hated college, failed math, and got out after 5 years, grateful to never go back. I have zero advertising experience and do not run a company.
    Just a site that consists of people submitting whatever articles they want and no, I do not edit and I dont differentiate between your and you're. I have way too much to do then that. Like kick my cats.

    Thanks for the mention!

    ~Trisha

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  • trisha says:

    And its not that I cant spell. Its that i cant tpe worthh a shit. All those pictures of "me" I stole from google images. Im really a bald chinese guy with fat fingers.

    Im off to fire Filepe. Bastard.

    Tirsha

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