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Quixoting – New Ideas Blog Review

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

rate4 Quixoting – New Ideas Blog ReviewFor those of you that like to mix up the pace a little bit and find the grind of the every day well, boring, then you may be looking for something fresh, new and exciting to add some spice to your life.  Here is a blog that feels just like you!  The blog is called Quixoting – A Blog for New Ideas, and is just that, a blog that is written by someone is on the constant search for new ideas, wants to hear about new ideas from the readers, and wants to spend time exploring and experimenting with those ideas. This is a blog that is on a quest for new ideas, and wants to bring new ideas to life and to release them to the world.  Still not sure what exactly that means? See for yourself through any of the most recent bloggeries: Seems Clear to Me – What about a See Through Car Cover?;  (Key-ho-ting) In Case You Were Wondering; When your ideas aren’t as obvious as you’d like…, What to do with your old and new ideas?, Google offers $10M for 5 great ideas…Ok, I’m listening; Please don’t drink and drive – really don’t; and How about a coffee mug that Fits in more places?.

donquixote Quixoting – New Ideas Blog ReviewThe blog is organized in a blogspot template, and this makes it very easy to navigate.  Bloggeries are left marginalized and are in black ink on white background with a double right-sided navigation bar. In the navigation bars you will find on the left the About Page, Contact Information, Categories Menu in the form of a Tag Cloud, Blogroll, and some Directory Widgets.  In the far right navigation system you will find an Introductory Post, Recent Posts Menu, Archives Menu, and a Recent Comments Menu.  A handy Book List is also available in this navigation system which is another great resource for those who are as passionate about ideas as the author of this blog.  All bloggeries are associated with relevant pictures or graphics that add humor to the blog and offer a unique element to each bloggery.

This blog gets a 3.6/5 at the time of review, and given that the blog is only a month old, that shows that the blog is off to a great start.  Content wise the blog does very well, with well written content in a personal voice that adds flavor to the blog.  Navigation is easy with the blogspot template as well, and all essential blog items very easy to find. The blog is also found in a unique niche, and this alone allows it to stand apart from many other humor blogs.  And the activity on the blog is consistent, and daily, which is enabling the blog to bring in much traffic as evidenced by its healthy amount of comments.  The appearance of the blog is the only thing I would make some tweaks to.  I would first change the size of the font in the bloggeries, as the small font is very difficult on the eyes when reading, and this same suggestion applies to the navigation bars.  The font in the navigation bars is so small, that essential elements such as the About Page may get overlooked.  There also seems to be quite a bit of white space in the navigation bars, and I would suggest that the blogger either move the two bars together, or find some filler to alleviate this white space as it can give the impression of an ‘empty’ blog.  Overall however, this blog is doing very well in its first month, and I would encourage the blogger to keep the pace of the consistent posting, as this is definitely an asset to a newly growing blog.  If so, this blog should see growth and success.

-Chrissie

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Online Paid Surveys Blog – Review

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

rate2 Online Paid Surveys Blog   ReviewIf you are one of those that have always wondered if those paid surveys actually do pay out to the user, then you may want to have a look at this blog related to Online Paid Surveys.  The purpose of this blog is pretty straightforward, and if you are looking for any information at all about online paid surveys, you should have no problem finding it on this blog.  The blog consists almost entirely of reviews on the various survey programs, and you can see this for yourself by looking at any of the most recent bloggeries:  Geenfield Online adds PayPal and Other Improvements, Earn Money Blogging for Online-Paid-Surveys.net, Make Money Taking Surveys – I Did It And You Can Too!, Share Your Thoughts on Online Income Opportunities and Test Your Stock Trading Skills with Wall Street Survivor.

ops logo Online Paid Surveys Blog   ReviewThe site has a fairly clean layout and thus from first appearances navigation will be fairly simple.  The more time you spend on the blog however you will find this blog to be somewhat disorganized and chaotic.  Bloggeries are left marginalized and there is a right sided navigation bar.  There is also a top navigation system under the header.  Bloggeries are in black text on white background with the blog being bordered in black.  In the top navigation system you will find links to User Reviews Home, Free Paid Survey Directory, Survey Panel Blog, and Online-Paid-Surveys.net.  As you go further into the blog, you will notice that the blog becomes more complicated to navigate. In fact, the more time you spend here you will find this is more a website about survey sites, rather than an actual informative blog on survey sites.  In the right navigation bar you will find categories, top 10 user ralted lists, popular posts and surveys.

This blog scores a 2.4/5 at this point, as it has very little to offer the readers in terms of what a blog generally is supposed to offer.  From an appearance standpoint, the blog receives its highest score in the criteria, as the blog has a clean template with very little distractions.  On all other fronts however, the blog does not do well at the time of review.  The content on this blog is lacking, period, in the sense that there really is no content.  Each bloggery is a review of a survey site, with no personal voice or information attached to the bloggery that would lend the blog credibility to the reader.  The overall navigation of not only the bloggeries, but the blog as a whole needs some work.   As a whole in fact, the blog looks like a website geared to advertise survey site referral links.  Anyone can go to a site with tones of links to different surveys. The secret is making interesting content that will not only draw people looking for surveys to the site but also give them some selection when there so they feel as though they are at a quality resource on the topic of online paid surveys. If the author ads more content in a major way and does an actual indepth writeup of pros and cons of each survey online this blog would do much better. There are lot’s of people actively searching to do surveys for money online; with some work this could be a quality resource; already has the domain!

-Chrissie

Bloggers Showroom – Review

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Bloggers ShowroomIf you are looking for some free traffic to your blog and an innovative way to market your blog, then you definitely want to check out the Bloggers Showroom. Bloggers Showroom is a unique blog directory of sorts. Bloggers Showroom is a continuous blog of blogs that have been submitted by people just like you who understand that proper networking brings valuable traffic. The Showroom is dedicated to helping you discover what people think and feel when they visit your blog, as well as helping you make improvements to your blog and how to bring in more traffic. If you get featured in the showroom, you will be able to send your visitors to the showroom page to critique your blog. The showroom is designed to maximize your blog’s potential, receive constructive criticism, and to help you drive traffic. Each bloggery is a featured blog where a blogger submits the blog, introduces you to its purpose, and provides an ‘author’s plea’ on why you should check it out. Readers can then vote or review the blog themselves on criteria such as layout, content, and overall appeal. Check out the most recent featured bloggeries yourself: Dance Floor, Jim’s Scratchings, My Wife and Twins, and MommiesHome.net.

The blog is very colorful and offers an organized design which makes it easy to navigate. In the right navigation bar you will be able to subscribe to either the blogs showroom, journal, or news grid feeds. You can also find links here to submit your blog, see how it works, visit the showroom, see the bloggers grid or journal, find widgets, about page, and contact pages. You will also find here a Categories Menu, Recent activity in both the showroom and hot topics, and a long list of the featured blogs. If you question whether or not there is a place for you here, question no more. This blog offers an extensive category listing where there is sure to be a place for anyone. Each bloggery is very extensive and offers pictures and detailed information on each blog that is being featured.

I will go with a 4.5 for this blog as it scores well on all criteria. The blog’s overall navigation is well-laid out and organized and it is not difficult to find anything you may be looking for on this blog. The content is well done and it is not difficult to understand what this blog is offering. The blog offers a lot of blog meat as well that will assist the reader and blogger in finding out what this blog really has to offer. The blog also scores well on activity with regular daily content. Further, this blog is a unique concept that is sure to attract attention so the blogger definitely receives good scores there as well. The only thing I had trouble with was the overall appearance. I find this blog very busy with graphics and advertising. Though it does offer some good appeal to the blog, in some cases it is a little too much. It is difficult to sort through in some cases what is a blog post, and what is advertising. Also, I would suggest the blogger make the headlines of the featured blogs in the bloggeries bigger as where they are font wise right now makes them very difficult to find. Overall however, this is a good blog that has a tremendous potential and a lot to offer its readers. If you are looking for a new means to market your blog, check this one out

-Chrissie

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