New to Blogging

[jblogz]

Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to blogging and my sentence structures and writing is not as good as others but here it is!!

I would like to receive feedback on what I could improve on, I mean I've seen some pretty wicked ones!!

Its just a random blog about everything

thanks alot

http://www.jblogz.com

[Melody]

It's a start, but since you only have three blog posts, it's hard to see where you're going with it yet.

A few thoughts -
Maybe you should have a post icon for every post. So for example for the "nachos" post, you have a picture of the nachos. I'm a huge fan of having plenty of pics in a blog, so I recommend you do the same kind of thing for all your posts.

Since your blog really is brand-spanking new, I'd just get rid of ads. I know that I'm one of the few people here that do not believe in ads. And at least at this stage, you're brand new and you're trying to earn reader trust. Maybe after a few months of blogging have gone by ...

I appreciate that you've got some categories across the top of your blog. But soon you'll have so many topics that you want be able to keep all the categories across the top like that - At some point, it will get confusing and cluttered. I recommend that you create a page in your blog that says "categories" and keep all your categories there.

Your English isn't bad at all. You look like you've put forth some thought into what you're doing. You're off to a good start.

I have a thread in this area called "say anything you want" about my blog - Hope you'll chime in there.

Good luck!

Melody

[graphico]

I like the look and feel of your blog. I would love to see where it goes as you publish more. The posts you have already published are very interesting.

[warrencon]

I agree that pictures add a lot and I plan to take this advice myself, but I notice on your latest post at the time I wrote this that the larger size of the images (especially the tunnel) suggest they should always be spread apart and not right next to each other like they are now. So post images should be left justified in my opinion.

[copiousbeauty]

I love that there is a place called pickle barrel!!

[Blogetize]

Your layout is great, one of the better ones I've seen on here!

However, it's kind of hard to evaluate a blog when you ask just ask us what we think what you can improve on etc...

Maybe you could tell us your specific goal with this blog; i.e. are you trying to monetize it, are you trying to get lots of visitors, are you just trying to get your word out to the world?

A little detail goes a long way.

[Sneakyheathen]

Originally Posted by Melody

I appreciate that you've got some categories across the top of your blog. But soon you'll have so many topics that you want be able to keep all the categories across the top like that - At some point, it will get confusing and cluttered. I recommend that you create a page in your blog that says "categories" and keep all your categories there.

I disagree. I think that if you limit yourself to a number of categories (namely, so that they all fit in the navigation) then it'll be a cool way for users to get to specific kinds of posts.

As far as design goes, I would try adding a spiffy header/logo graphic that matches the colors/style of your blog. You can have one made up fairly cheaply at digital point forums. It'll really help you set yourself apart.

I don't generally read that many personal blogs but I can tell you that you're English is much better than some examples I've seen. I'd recommend reading some books (real books, not ebooks. Any kind of book. Pick one.) to get a feel for grammar and word usage and such. It's the best way to learn and have fun. (cheesy, I know)

Good luck with your new blog!

[iNewton]

Looks great! Nice and simple.

If you're going to do multiple posts in a day, it might be cool to add a time to your date box, so people can see what time you posted in the day. Especially if you're going to talk about what you're doing.

Also, you never know who is lurking out there... you might want to add commenting

[jblogz]

Thanks, everyone!! its great to have such great input, I'll take it into consideration

Umm, the blog > have more readers of course! but I have no idea how to get it out there, and for adding commenting I think i did? ( I am using wordpress )

I hate reading real books :P I like to look at things on my screen, more interesting haha but that is a great way to improve writing skills!


I have added something MORE than a commenting box!, its a quick response feed, for quick and easy posts (better than commenting, but for each post you want to comment) you would have to click on the main article..