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With both NHL and NBA playoffs in full throttle, Bloggeries is looking at a sports blog today, and this sports blog is known as the Southern Sports Beat. Here the sports junkie will find all that they need to know that is sports, as this is the place where four opinionated bloggers write about every sport imaginable. To see this for yourself, take a moment to look at any of their recent bloggeries: Hockey Playoffs; Why the World Should be Yankess Fans; Please Save Josh!!; Diamonds are Forever, and so is Ric Flair; The Future of Duke Basketball; One Shining Moment; and The Greatest Final Four?
The blog is fairly young and so at this point is all about content. Thus with little blog meat the blog is easily navigated. Bloggeries are right marginalized and there is a left navigation system. Bloggeries are in black text on white background and links are highlighted in orange. In the left navigation system you will find a Sports Poll, Pick a Topic Pick an Author Menu (Categories Menu), Links Menu, Recent Visitors Widget, and Archives Menu. The Categories Men is comprehensive where you can do just as it says, meet any of its authors – Bigdog, Hot Route, Jeff, or Justin; or read about any sport – Liberty Patriots, MLB, Nascar, NBA, NCAA Basketball, NFL, NHL, or WWE. Each bloggery is associated with a relevant sports related picture adding meaning to the blog.
This blog will get a 3.1/5 for this review, and this score is largely attributed to the blog’s youth. There is very little blog meat and content within the blog, and for a new blog, this does not bode well. The blog scores well on appearance with a clean and well organized template. For navigation the blog does okay, though a few more blog essentials would spice up this blog. The blog for example has healthy activity from its readers with many comments coming in with every post, thus a Recent Comments menu would be some great blog meat the blog could add to connect with its readership. Activity is weak at this point, for a two month old blog there is very little activity. This blog could beef that up with playoff season in two major leagues in full swing. The blog also needs a healthier About Page, or an About Page in general and again, this would serve the purpose of connecting with its readership. Right now the About information is in a short paragraph located below the header. Using an About Page to recognize and profile its contributing Authors would add a tremendous appeal to this sports blog. Overall, this sports blog looks comprehensive and offers definite potential to the sports fan. With a few tweaks, this could be a very successful blog, even in the off-season.
-Chrissie
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If you are a sports fan, and particularly one that likes collectibles on your favorite teams or players past or present, then you may want to check out The Sports Posters Blog. The blog is dedicated to those in search of the perfect sports poster. The blogger acknowledges that sports poster publishers are becoming a thing of the past, and thus with licensed sports products being hard to find, the blog would like to inform and entertain, and continue the promotion of sports poster collecting. To learn more about what this blog has to offer, check out any of their recent bloggeries: More on DAMAC NFL Football Posters (1978-1983) – San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, March Madness – 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament, DAMAC NFL Theme Art Posters (1978-1983) by Chuck Ren – Dallas Cowboy Variations, Professional Bull Riders Posters – the Toughest Spot on Dirt, A Nod to Uni Watch: Top 10 Posters Featuring Rare Sports Unifroms, and Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Posters – ISOC Beauties but Where’s the Primary Logo?
The blog has a clean wordpress template and very little blog meat which makes navigation simple. Bloggeries are left marginalized and in black text on white background. The blog offers one right sided navigation bar which currently contains a search bar, recent entries, and a links menu. Many pictures are associated with each bloggery, which is good in that it adds some color and spice to the blog, but at this point there may be too many as it is taking the blog a long time to load. Other than blog content however, there is not much else to navigate or find of interest on the blog.
I will go with a 3/5 for this blog at this point, as it is a sparse looking blog lacking some essentials necessary to keep readers interested. Appearance wise the blog is clean, however, there is so little other than content on the blog that it is actually looking a little sparse in terms of overall appearance. The lack of what I refer to as ‘blog meat’ is making this blog look somewhat empty, and is also affecting its navigation scores. To add to the blog’s appearance, the blogger may want to consider adding elements such as Recent Comments menu, categories menu, subscription widgets, archives menu, contact information, and the like. Right now, with the lack of blog meat, the blog does not offer anything in terms of connecting with the readership, and thus is not likely to sustain a healthy readership over the long term as a result. Content is well done but is sparse with new bloggeries coming in every few days to a week or even more in between. Overall, if this blogger wants to sustain a healthy readership, regular content and more blog material will be critical to its overall success. A possible example of blog material would be the authors thoughts on the posters being displayed; many other possibilities.
-Chrissie
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Well, if you are a Giants fan still reveling in the glory from the SuperBowl, then you may be happy to know there is still a place you can hang out to dish about your favorite team. There is a blog on the New York Giants, called Giant Bits. The blogger is working hard to keep football fans hunger satiated with all there is to know about the Giants. While the blog revels in the Superbowl victory, this is not just another Superbowl dish. Read his recent bloggeries to find out: Coach Spagnuolo to Stay with the Giants, A Giant Upset: Super Bowl XLII Champions, Super Bowl XLII: Giants at New England, Super Bowl XLII: Giants vs Patriots, Surprise Trip to Arizona, Awasom Arrested, Me-Ki Barber and Why These Giants are Better Without Him, Super Bowl XLII and Me-Ki Barber, Specter Calls for Congressional Hearing on “Spygate”, and Knight Signs with Gmen; Other Free Agent News.
The blog is very easy to read, well organized, and easy to navigate. Bloggeries are centralized and there are both left and right navigation bars. In the left navigation bar you will find a host of sites to buy NFL tickets such as CTC Tickets, Vivid Seats, The Seats. Here you will also find a Categories Menu with only one category called ‘UnCategorized’, Archives Menu, Recent Posts Menu, and Related Blogs Menu. In the right navigation system is some AdSense. Each bloggery is well laid out and associated with relevant pictures. I like the theme of the blog as well, it reads as if it was the sports section of the newspaper in both appearance and in tone of content.
Overall I give this blog a 4/5, and have just a few suggestions. The blog looks great from an appearance and navigation perspective and scores well on content as well. I would suggest the blogger add some categories to the categories menu just to make navigation a little bit simpler than it is at this point. Judging by his recent posts, I would even suggest categories such as Coaching, Injury List, Superbowl Stats, Players, and etc. The blog is missing an About page, but given the function of an about page, I don’t think this blog needs it unless he wants to connect with his readers on a more personal level. It is pretty clear what the blog is about, but some readers may enjoy a little About information to add a more personal feel to the blog. Overall, though not a Giants fan (my apologies) I enjoyed reading this blog and think that any Giants fan would benefit from this blog, as much as the writer would benefit from that readership.
-Chrissie
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Bloggeries is going to review an interesting personal / sports blog and this one is going to focus on the topic of shark fishing. You can find this blog, called Fishing for Big Sharks. This blog is strictly about shark fishing, and emphasizes that the fishing is for BIG sharks, mostly catch and release. The blogger is known as Christo and writes from Mosselbay, South Africa. You can find out all there is you need to know about Christo and his interest through any of his most recent bloggeries: Light Tackle Boat Fishing, Amazing Shark Video, Back on the Beach and smiling, Violent Great White Shark Attack, Big Fish….Nice Surprise, Getting Withdrawal Symptoms, Fishing the Winter Blues, Hound Sharks at Santos Beach, Sharks Going Wild Again, and Really Bad Weather Again.
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Navigation on this blog is very straightforward as the blog is laid out very nicely and well organized. The header contains a beautiful shark picture, and the theme is black text on white background with a blue border lending much oceanic appeal to the entire blog. Links also are highlighted in blue. Bloggeries are left marginalized and there is a right navigation bar that contains an about and profile page, categories menu, AdSense, Google Search Bar, Archives Menu, and a healthy list of fishing and useful sites. You will also find here an extensive list of fish and shark pictures, sunset and nature photos, video clips on fishing and sharks, and some news bulletins pertaining to sharks. The categories menu is very extensive with categories divided into different shark types as well as some categories designated to fishing methods itself.
I will go with a 3 for this blog at this point. At the time of review the blog scores well for navigation, appearance, and content, however activity is really hurting the blog scores right now. This blog definitely needs more frequent updating in order to be a success, as bloggeries are coming in only every few weeks at the moment. When this blog was reviewed, the last bloggery was posted on September 7th. However, this blog is very aesthetically appealing for its niche, and is very well organized and easy to navigate. Adding to the appearance scores for the blog are the extensive and beautiful pictures that the blogger provides in just about every bloggery. If you are a nature lover, you will truly enjoy the aesthetic appeal of this site. The content is well written as well, and given that this is a personal blog, the personal voice the blogger gives to its readers is very well written. If this blogger is able to update his blog a little more frequently, he should see some success from it.
-Chrissie
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