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The name reveals it all – petinformation.blogspot.com is about pet-information. You can find information about various pets like cats, dogs, fish, snakes, chinchillas, chameleons, e.t.c.

After having a look at the blog I had a feeling that it is a “made-for-adsense” blog. Correct me if I am wrong. The moment the page loads you can see google ads on top and on the right side. Even the profile of the author is missing. So no information about the author! Sorry guys. The author mostly copy various pet related articles from the internet and pastes them on the blog (with some modifications sometimes).

After all that said, I have to admit that the posts are informative for pet lovers (a reason not to give this blog a lower ranking). For example, click here. I myself learned some new things (as I am a pet lover) from many posts like this one- Training your cat. The blog is 10 months old. The author started out with a large number of posts every month but has slowed down a bit now. One thing which I like is that he/she provides the links to the website containing the original articles and makes a note at the end of every post, telling about the author of that particular article(on the original website).

Considering all these things I have descided to give it a 3. I could have given it a lower ranking if the posts were not so informative and might have given it a higher ranking if there was some information about the author on the blog and the look of the blog was more presentable. Owner of the blog are you reading? So go and take some action on that.

Ok so here is a review for a personal blog – zentzislife. The heading of the blog – Dog House: life of a middle-aged misfit mom, is unique but it says a lot about the content of the blog. Beth Zentzis is the author of the blog. She is a middle-aged mom (46 years old) from Oregon, USA, who loves her kids and pets. The blog is about herself and her pets – her dogs, chickens, cats e.t.c, so the name of the blog is well suited to the content.(She also talks about other things though).

I must say that Beth is really a good writer. She is pretty descriptive in her posts even if the topic is very simple. For example, in this post she talks about her messy house, have a picture showing her table and couch and then describes the things in the picture in details! I also like her flow, the way she connects one topic to another in the same post. Her posts are really indulging. When you start reading a post you develop an interest and go on till the end even if the post is lengthy.

Now about the content. Mostly she talks about her dogs, her chickens, her sons and gardening. She also talks about her cooking interest. One thing which I found rather amusing is that she address her sons as son “A” and son “B”. Beth is quite obsessed with her chickens as you can make out by seeing the picture of chicken’s foot on her blog! Yes, she has posted a picture of one of her chicken’s foot. I don’t know about you but I found it weird. She has quite a number of posts related to her dogs and sometimes even if the topic of the post is not related to her dogs, she somehow manages to connect it to her dogs. Other posts are about miscellaneous things like her “WhoKnowsWear” clothing business, her garden pictures, her son’s creation, etc.

Regarding the layout of the blog, it’s a little different from the regular “blogger” blogs, as the profile and the links are on the left side instead of right and that too is a little downwards, and not at the top. So, it is a refreshing change. There are not too many links in the link section, just five of them which makes it look simple and neat.

I have decided to give it a four because I like her smooth writing style, layout of the blog, and her dedication towards the blog.

Looking at the name of the blog, I thought that the blog would be about so called “benefits” (ethical and moral) of being a vegetarian and all, but I was wrong. It is more about animal rights and environment. Kelly is the owner of the blog and is also a vegan, animal lover, animal rights activist, and an environmentalist.

The blog is not very old, just about 3-4 months, but she updates frequently. Kelly mostly makes 2-3 posts everyday and sometimes even more. Wondering how she manages? Read more. The posts (not all, but most of them) generally revolve around taking some actions. For example: Signing petiton to save Tasmania’s Forests or Submitting an comment letter for saving the manatee (an endangered species).

Two things which I don’t like about the blog are that there are too many links in every post and the posts are very long. (some are too long to hold a person’s interest). The reason for this may be that many of the posts are actually the copies of the newsletters or letters by various animal rights organizations and organizations working for saving the environment. (I guess that also explains the reason for a large number of posts in the blog).

Now the good things. The posts are archived on a monthly basis and also categorized in different categories. The category list is neatly placed on the right. The categories include, “Action alerts”, “Environmental issues”, “Events”, “In the news” and many more.

Under the category section you can find the links section and this list is pretty long. There are 232 links (Yes I counted them!) in 20 different categories. These include links to, animal abuse societies, animal adoption centers, animal advocate’s society, and other vegan bloggers.

I think the rating of the blog would improve if the author makes her posts more presentable, by not copying and pasting letters and information from websites, but making them short and to the point.