As previously mentioned, Blogbadly.com did a review of my site. Since he was the first to respond to my offer of Free Website Reviews, I decided to return the favour and “Review” his design, content, etc.
BlogBadly focuses on how not to blog by posting absurd unique articles about the subject. It’s sort of like a reverse psychology blog, by telling you how to blog badly. His latest post is about how sponsored posts can “benefit” your blog.
What has been done well:
- The logo looks like it has been done by a professional. Is easy to look at and gets the name and purpose across very well.
- Posts are twisted from what an average reader would expect.
- The sidebar has no unnecessary widgets or other annoyances that draw away from the content.
- Images in every post are a plus and add variety to the articles.
- Has a slight Web 2.0 look with the striped backgrounds on the Navigation Bar and Sidebar.
- Easy to see RSS Icons which increase subscribers.
What could be improved:
- The “Advertise” Page offers a stripe ad where the Navigation Bar is and isn’t very practical. I don’t think very many people would want to buy an ad space that small.
- When you click a link to go to a certain post, the sidebar gets shoved all the way under the end of the comment form because of a Google Adsense Banner. See this screenshot [Dialup users beware!] to see what I am talking about. This destroys the look and should be considered the highest priority to be fixed. (Or perhaps this is one of his strategies on how not to blog…)
- The tag cloud has some odd tags (eg – I am clever?)
- No Favicon beside the URL. They add a unique touch to the website and is a lot easier to see in your book mark list.
Overall this website has some unique content to offer that you will not find anywhere else. I can only wait to see what Max talks about next.
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One Comment
Agh! I’m using Rubicon Project and it takes three hours to set up. I must’ve put the line in the wrong place and didn’t check it. Thanks for pointing that out – ad removed for now
Oh, great review btw