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Archive for March, 2009

This Blog Will Pay My Mortgage – Review

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

rate4 This Blog Will Pay My Mortgage   ReviewIn this day and age, knowing how to produce additional revenue streams can come in very handy.  At the This Blog Will Pay My Mortgage Blog, you will learn just that. This is a blog that has been created by the author to do just that – pay his mortgage with the income he makes from the blog. Not only will he pay his mortgage with it, but he’ll show you how you can do it too!  While at first glance it’s clear what this blog is about it’s also clear the blog is just what a helpful and informative blog should be: nicely laid out, easy to read, and full of great information that the reader can actually use! You can see this for yourself through any of the most recent bloggeries which include: Top 3 Youtube Tips, Seven Deadly Sins of Twitter Marketers, Make Money Online – Become a RAT!

The blog is very well organized and this makes for ease of navigation.  Bloggeries are left marginalized and appear in black font on beige background with a right sided navigation bar. In the navigation bar you will find subscription information, Twitter Updates, Latest Entries, AdSense, Archives Menu, Blogroll titled ‘Get Organized and Inspired’, Most Popular posts menu, Great Bloggers Menu, and Recent Comments Menu.  Although the blog may seem to lack uniqueness in a world that is full of money-making blogs, it’s so easy to use and navigate that any other additions may just impede on the site’s biggest strength which is its top notch content.

This blog gets a 3.6/5. The subscriber count seems to be on the low side, and this could be improved with daily content being fed to the blog (and ultimately, the search engines).  Navigation wise, the blog has all of the features a blog should have, which is important for all blogs but especially for blogs that are focused on making money.  The only suggestion I would have for easier navigation would be to make the header a clickable link, as many readers such as myself like to use that for a handy anchor when navigating a blog.  For appearance, the blog is good.  Though it is not the prettiest blog per se, you will overlook this fact when you get into its top quality content that is easy to read, easy to apply, and informative if you are serious about making money online. This blog could definitely use some kind of personalization as the theme is rather generic right now. I also like the random spattering of images, as this does not distract from the blog and the blog clearly does not rely on heavy images or other frivolous wastes of space but leaves the content to speak for itself in a nicely organized way. With just a few tweaks, this good blog could become a great blog and see some definite growth in subscribers and readership over time.

-Chrissie

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Gimmie Something to Eat Blog Review

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

rate5 Gimmie Something to Eat Blog ReviewIf you like getting free food, or simply like to hear good food reviews, then you may want to check out the Gimmie Something to Eat Blog. This is a blog authored by two bloggers who love to eat.  These bloggers are committed to eating one new food a day and reviewing it for advertising dollars.  That’s right, you send them your food and they will document the entire review experience on video and publish it on their blog.  So if you are looking for ingenious ways to find a way to eat for free, these bloggers will definitely inspire you.  Mind you, these same bloggers are giving back more than their reviews, but also offering a substantial fundraising opportunity for local food banks.  For every month that they ‘sell out’ of food reviews, they will donate $300 to a food bank, and for every day that is sold, $1 to local food banks.  This is an ingenious way of spreading the word about good food, and helping those less fortunate at the same time.  And for companies or food sponsors, there is no warmer way to get your message across than by receiving a review from this creative team, and giving back to the food bank at the same time.  Take a look for yourself at the good work this eating team is doing by checking out any of their most recent bloggeries:  Pictures: Season One Episode 26 – Fluffy Jon and Mama D Take a Voyage on the Sea; Pledge to End Hunger: Can 5000 Really Feed 560,000?; Does Fluffy Enjoy Goji Berries?, and Fluffy has an Oat Dream.

100 3372 300x225 Gimmie Something to Eat Blog ReviewThe blog is fairly new and is organized into a clean template making it very easy to navigate. You will find handy navigation systems all round the blog in the header, footer, and right sided navigation bar.  Bloggeries are left marginalized and are in black text on white background.  In the top navigation system you will find links to the Home Page, About Page, Contact Page, and a ‘Send us Food’ link!  In the right sided navigation system you will find a Search Bar, Testimonials, comprehensive Categories Menu, and a series of Information Links if you want to get more involved with the blog.  And if you are a food lover, you will love the comprehensive set of food categories that you can read reviews on, such as Beverages, Dairy Drinks, Dessert Items, Energy Drinks, Juice Drinks, Meat Products, and so many more.  You will also find more to navigate in the footer with Menus here for Categories, Archives, and Recent Comments Menu.  Each bloggery is associated with relevant pictures and even videos of the food review experience and these add meaning and relevance to the blog content.

Overall this blog gets a 4.6/5 at the time of review.  For such a young blog at only two months old, it has laid a solid foundation from which to grow.  The blog offers many navigation systems on a clean template that is easy to use and easy to move around.  The only suggestion to assist in navigation would be the addition of a Recent Posts Menu, as more episodes get added to the blog, readers will find this very useful in navigation.  From an Appearance standpoint, this blog does well with its easy to read and aesthetically pleasing layout.  Content is well done in a strong personal voice that is both creative but to the point, and this will definitely assist in reader retention.  Activity scores are right on track as well, with this blog promising daily content and delivering it well.  Overall, this blog is well done on every level, and should see some great success as it continues to grow.  Food lovers will definitely want to take a bite out of this one!

-Chrissie

The Thunder Dragon – Political Blog Review

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Political Blog Review - The Thunder DragonPolitical blogs are quite popular these days, and when well written, are a fun read regardless of what side of the partisan fence you are sitting on.  The Thunder Dragon blog is no exception.  When first landing on the Thunder Dragon blog, you will quickly appreciate the newsy articles this blog has to offer.  The Thunder Dragon blog is a blog written by Chris Hawes, who is a recent university graduate and political activist and enjoys writing about his political views and ideas, and what you can expect of the blog, which is a blog that covers global politics, with a focus on the UK and the United States. See this for yourself through any of the most recent bloggeries which include: Cameron Direct to Watford, Lib Dems And A Hung Parliament, I don’t like driving in my car and A Tax On Chocolate.

I don't like driving my carThe blog is well designed into a clean and organized template which upon first glance, makes navigation very simple, however navigation becomes a little cumbersome as you move through the blog.  Bloggeries are left marginalized and appear in black text on white background with a black border around the blog giving you a newspaper feel.  There is also a double wide right sided navigation system where you can find all of the blog meat.  In the navigation system you will find very little in the right sided bars, as the navigation moves with you as you scroll down the page.  Content contained here includes some blog widgets, a Recent Posts Menu, Comments Menu, and Blogroll, however the font is very tiny on these features and it may take you a few minutes to see them enough to use them.  The blog also offers a top navigation system under the header where you can travel to the home page, About, Blogroll, Comments Policy, Copyright, Email, and RSS information.  Most bloggeries are accompanied by relevant pictures to the content which makes for an enjoyable read and adds some definition and life to the overall appearance. I don’t understand why the sidebar slides with you as you scroll down. It looks to me like it’s stopping us from accessing some of the data such as “Recent Posts”

Overall this blog gets a 3/5 and needs a few tweaks to make it an exceptional blog, however, this blog does not have far to go in that respect.  Although it does have the basic features that make a blog easier to navigate, the sliding sidebar kinda confuses me and cheapens the appearance.   Placing these different features on the home page in a more static location would make much more sense.   Also, the blog features are too small to read and a different sized font would change this.  Further, some additional blog meat needs to be added such as the standard Categories Menu to make reading easier for the readers if they are looking for a specific topic.  The color scheme also makes it difficult to read the different features and focus on the content and black text on blue background in the navigation system is very hard on the eyes, and may make readers wander elsewhere.  However, the blog does have a lot of information and the content is quality enough to carry this blog.  Activity is great as well with new bloggeries many times a day, which is always great to see in a blog.  Overall again, just a few tweaks mainly to appearance and navigation to make this blog more user friendly and this blog is well on its way to successful growth. If you’re reading this and you change your layout be sure to contact us so Rob can add you to the directory; also with a simple change this blog could easily be a 4+/5.
-Chrissie

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