Blog Reviews by Bloggeries

If you are looking for a blog that is all about computers, then you will really enjoy The Eches Net Blog. Here is a blog that is created by someone with a passion for all things computers and is for people who share that same passion. It is here that one can find anything from blogging tips, topics on different browsers, and more movies, music, and games that you could ever imagine plus so much more! The blog has been established for nearly two years and so has the advantage of being a great resource for finding out how things have changed, how they have gotten better, and what new items are always coming onto the market – as well as how to solve all of those pesky little problems that crop up from time to time and are so irritating! See this for yourself with any of the most recent bloggeries which include: PC Tools Internet Security 2009: Free 1 Year Genuine License Key; Windows Live Suite: Download Windows Live Wave 3 Beta; Protect your Computer with Avira Antivir Pesonal Edition; 8 Free Online SEO Tools to Check Complete Site Statistics; and Create, Backup, Restore & Delete Google Chrome Profiles with GCB, it’s clear that this site has a little bit of everything!

The site is extremely well laid out with a beautiful and professional template thus making navigation a breeze.  Bloggeries are left marginalized and there is a top navigation system, and a double wide right sided navigation system.  Bloggeries are in black text on white background and links and headlines are in blue.  Very easy to find right under the header is a menu for all Recent Articles.  In the right sided navigation systems you will first find subscription information, and then  a handy search field if you are looking for something specific.  The left sided bar then contains the Categories Menu, and Recent Comments Menu.  The right sided bar includes links for menus called Network, Europe One Stop, and SEO Tech and Peripherals.  The top navigation will lead you to standard links for Home, Wordpress Themes, Links, Sitemap, Contact, and About Me.  Although the blog is primarily text based with very little graphics, the design and color scheme of the site is also very professional and keeps in tone with the rest of the site as it is mostly done in a ‘Microsoft Blue.’

Overall this blog gets a 3.9/5 for review with just a few suggestions. The content is well written and in a user friendly voice that even newbie computer users can appreciate.  The activity is not coming in daily, otherwise perfect scores would come in play here.  The other aspects of the site however are very well done with the navigation being very easy, and the appearance of the blog very professional.  I would suggest however adding some graphics to improve the appearance just a bit and make the opening page a little less text based.  Overall however, this is an excellent site with a high recommend.  This is such a great site, and truly what could be considered a one-stop shop for all those that are seriously computer-minded.

-Chrissie

Those who are constantly on the hunt for the latest and greatest gadgets will find them at The Gadget Advisor Blog.  The gadget advisor technology news blog is filled with only the most innovative and the cutting edge products and gadgets on the markets.  You will also find here add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions that can be used in browsers or other software. What sets this blog apart from all the other gadget blogs out there is that it  admits that it will not cover every single gadget coming to the market.  However, if you like to tinker with the toys, this gadget will certainly tickle that techie bone.  You can see this for yourself through any of the most recent bloggeries which include: Recommended Firefox Extensions; OCZ Releases Triple Channel DDR3 Memory Kits; Free Firefox Web Directory Form Filler Extension; MSI X58 Eclipse Motherboard ; OpenOffice.org 3.0 Released.

The blog offers a very professional layout and this makes it a breeze to navigate.  The blog theme is in a quiet green with bloggeries in dark text on white background.  Bloggeries are left marginalized and there are many navigation systems on this blog, but not too many to work around.  The top navigation system offers you links to Home, About, and Advertisement, while a navigation system in the header will take you to Gadgets, Tech News, Computer Hardware, Computer Software, Featured Articles, and Archives.  There is a double wide right navigation system as well where you will find all of the blog essentials you need.  A Posts Menu divided into Popular, Featured, Comments, and Tags is the first thing you will find here.  Following this you find advertisement, Categories Menu, Site Pages, and Resources Menu which serves as a blogroll.  The blog is only a couple of months young, so you will not find too many categories yet, but expect this to grow.  Right now five categories exist, and the blogger may want to consider expanding that due to the breadth of the niche.  At present, the blog is primarily an information blog and so it looks quite text based. You won’t find any graphics on the opening page, but as you go into the bloggeries pictoral graphics are present in most if not all bloggeries.

This blog gets a 4.5 at the time of review, which is a great mark on such a young blog.  Though the blog presents itself well, it still does need some tweaks to amp it up a bit.  The categories menu could be beefed up a little as mentioned in order to ease navigation a little, but otherwise the navigation is very easy.  The content is well written in a user friendly voice which is important for a blog of this nature.  Appearance wise the blog is clean and friendly, though I do suggest offering more graphics on the opening page within the bloggeries to spice it up a bit.  Activity seems consistent and regular which is a great sign, but again, the bloggeries themselves do not have time and date stamps, and readers like to see current times on recent bloggeries.  Overall however, this is a great blog that is well organized, and will be well appreciated by todays gadget lover.

-Chrissie

Bloggeries is going to take a look at a blog now that will take you into the future, sort of. The blog is called Smart Homes. The blogger is Sam, a 21 year old living in England. He studies at the ICT at Nottingham Trent University and blogs to keep himself occupied when he is not studying. The blog itself is a blog about how to make your home more independent, how to make it smarter. Here you will find information that was once spoken about in future tense, but is regarding technology that is in the works right now that will make your home a more efficient place to live. Think of things like, being able to turn your thermostat on via text messaging before you leave for work which you can read about in the bloggery “Text Your Home”. These are the concepts you will read about at Smart Homes. Find out what some of Sam’s recent thoughts are by reading some of his most recent bloggeries: Smart Home forums, Dimmable Flourescent Lighting and Home Automation, x10 problems, Insteon Heading to Europe, Popular Trends in Home Technology, Builders and Home Automation, and A Media Center PC Gives You the Ultimate in Home Automation.

The blog is very simple and almost only contains the niche content which makes the blog very easy to navigate. Bloggeries are left marginalized and there is a right navigation bar. Bloggeries are standard black text on white background with links highlighted in red. In the right navigation system you will find a Categories Menu, Advertising, Technology widget, Blog Directory Links, and Subscription Links. The blog is fairly new so the categories menu is not quite built up yet, but here you will find categories on books, features, Insteon, Smart Home Basics, and x10. Missing from the regular blog meat are an Archives Menu, and a Recent Posts Menu would benefit the blogger as this blog grows. I think adding more detail to the About Page would be good for this blog as frankly, it took me some time and reading to really figure out what the blog was about. This is a niche that is very popular and the blogger could make use of a large demographic if he provided more information to the readership.

The blog is new, and lacks some essential blog materials and so I give this blog a 3/5, but I see a tremendous potential for this blog. The idea is unique enough that once the blog gets rolling it will gain some popularity. For navigation, I suggest the blogger add some more content in his navigation bar, like the ones listed above – Archives, Recent Posts Menu, etc. I also think the blogger should be, if he is not already, working on a blogroll to link back to other blogs in the same niche. This would definitely help to bring in traffic. The content is well done, and written in a user friendly style, so that even though it is discussing technology, it does not overwhelm the reader and is easily understood. The activity is not bad, bloggeries are coming in every few days to a week in between. I think the blogger could pick this up in its early stages and post daily if possible, just to keep feeding the search engines good material. Overall however, this is a popular niche, and I think this blog has an excellent potential to do well. It just needs to grow a little bit, and add more material to its navigation system to look more like a blog.

-Chrissie