There is no blogger that does not have their own top 10 list. In fact most cases this post of the top 10 list is the most popular (also for link baiting) and the post with the most views.

Why are they so popular? Several reasons exist, but most particularly they are easy to digest and some actually are real value.

So if you a community manager and see a host of discussion on a single topic, its almost an automatic that you can create a top 10 list, and most likely that will stir debate, commentary and be the one with the most number of page views.

If you are however reading a top 10 list on anything and want to review it to use some of the suggestions (e.g: top 10 ways to improve comments to your site or 10 steps to get more visitors to your site. Here is what I have found works:

1. Try upto 3 (not more since you want to measure the effect) of the items recommended. E.g. If the best way to get comments in your blog post recommended is to ask an open question then try that with your next post.

2. Tag or save it with a reminder to go back and read it in 2 weeks. What did you learn from the 3 items of the 10 you adopted? Is it time to try 3 more and leave 1 away? Yes, some items in the top 10 DONT work – I have personally adopted many top 10 suggestions to improve my blog and I have learned again and again that the audience matters most when implementing anything new.

3. See if you can make your own list of 10 by putting together the best things that worked so you can have your personalize list to share.

What are the best top 10 lists that you have liked so far?