For those that are conscientious of the generally unlucky number of 13, you may want to check out a blog that functions around this number. This blog is the My Lucky Numbe 13 Blog. The blog is a personal blog and the blogger considers her lucky number to be lucky number 13, and so the blog is about her life experiences. Meet blogger Diana Bajenaru who is blogging from Romania, and she is very proud of this, and of her country. The blog is a little bit of this and that with a lot of opportunities for you to learn from Diana about how to make your blog and web experiences better.   Diana writes on her blog from her own experiences from developing a B2B Portal that she says was successful, and as well, she has created and managed many other sites and knows a lot about SEO, SEM, and many other things. See what Diana has to say in any of her recent bloggeries: Resource for Bloggers Carnival 12th Edition, Resource for Bloggers Carnival 11th Edition, 30+ Places to Promote Your Free WordPress Themes, Green Money – Free WordPress Themes by EzMoneyOn.Net, SEO Tools, Top 13 Commentators – February 2008, Free Web Directory – 134u.net, and My Domain is For Sale, WHAT?.
Navigation on the blog is very easy with this clean and organized template. Bloggeries are left marginalized and there is a wide right sided navigation system as well as a top navigation system with standard blog links such as the Home Page, About page, Contact Information, and the blog’s Disclosure policy. Bloggeries are in black text on white background and the header and blog menu themes are in a green, aqua, and mustard colored theme palette. In the right navigation system you will find Subscription Options, Categories Menu, Top Commenters Menu, the Last 13 Posts Menu, the Last 13 Comments Menu, a 13 item Blogroll, Archives Menu, and Recent Readers and Recent Viewers widgets. The categories menu is a melting pot as you would normally find in a personal blog, and here you will find categories like Blog Carnival, Blogging, Contests, Funny Stuff, and so much more.
I give this blog a 3.4/5 overall. This blog scores well for appearance with its clean template and organized design, as well as its good use of advertising without being too distracting. I think however the blog’s appearance could be beefed up just a little bit through the use of pictures associated with its bloggeries. Otherwise the blog starts to look too texty which can make reading cumbersome for the Internet reader. The blog has a good navigation system and offers all of the blog meat necessary to keep readers organized and active in all aspects of the blog. The content is well done considering English is not Diana’s first language, and it comes in a strong personal voice its readers can connect with. The activity of bloggeries right now is coming in every few days to a week or more in between, and so with a little more regular updating the blog would probably see more consistent traffic to it. Overall however, this is a great concept blog built around the unique notion of the number 13, and this creativity is something its readers will enjoy participating in.
-Chrissie
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