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If you are a girl blogger, you may want to have a look at this site: ChickTech. This site is a technology blog from a woman’s perspective, and it covers topics such as women-oriented tech products, techn news, building websites and blogs, and other tips that will teach you how to make money online. The site was launched in April this year by Jennifer Mattern who is an online business owner, freelance writer, and a former Technology Editor. Added to this site is a wealth of information that Jennifer offers for her radio talk show – Chick Tech Talk. So you can not only get information for chicks via the blog, but also get news on her talk show, or find out how to become a regular listener. If you are new to blogging or marketing online, you will find a lot of useful information in any of her recent posts: How to Become a Professional Blogger – Listen Live July 18th, More Easy to Use Blog headline templates, Chick Tech Talk cancelled for this week, 7 More Easy to Use Blog Headline Templates, 11 Easy to Use Blog Headline Templates, Writing and Marketing E-Books with Dee Power, Good News on the Scraper Front, Run an Online Magazine with WordPress, and Best Non-Blog/Magazine Style WordPress Themes.

The site is updated fairly regularly and its navigation and appearance are straightforward in standard blog format. There are both a left and right navigation bar with posts centered down the page. There is also a noted, but not overwhelming pink element to the blog which adds to the appeal of the marketed niche. In the left navigation bar you will find archives menu and the categories menu. The categories you will find there are Best Woman Webmaster Nominees, Blogging, Blogroll, Chick Tech Talk, Chick Tech Blog, Content Creation, Creating Websites, Internet Marketing, Interviews, Jenn’s Whims, Link Building, Making Money Online, Resources, Tech Gadgets, Tech News, and so much more. In the right navigation bar you will find the standard blog calendar and the meta links for the blog.

I am giving this one a 3.5, though, even though it is a clean and well written blog, there are some elements missing that I like to see. The blog is fairly new, so it is hard to determine what the readership is, although it does have a following of some sorts as witnessed by a smattering of comments. I would like to see more pictures included in the blog, just to spice up the main page a little more. There are a few there now, but for all intents and purposes it has the appearance of standard text blog. I also don’t see a recent posts menu, which would be invaluable to the readership if they are looking for something specific. The only other thing I noticed was that the About page sort of marketed this is having some gadget/tech information for women, and the site primarily strikes me as an Internet Marketing blog. Currently there are only 3 posts over the course of its blog life that offer technology/gadget related information. So I wouldn’t mind seeing some more content to that respect. Otherwise however, I think this blog is doing well in its youth, the appearance, navigation, and uniqueness of the blog will certainly ensure it stands out amongst others. The content as well is very well written and user-friendly for the technology challenged woman. I think this concept is a great idea, and with some growth I think this blog has a good enough niche that it will do very well.

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If you are looking for another technical blog, stop and check out the blog Per Henrik Lausten, a blog on Lotus Domino, IT Architecture, Technology, and Other Stuff at  The author, is an IT Architect at IBM from Denmark and writes entirely about tips and tricks on his industry. I will admit, I do not now nor ever will profess to know very much about this topic, but that does not take away from what I notice about the blog. From first glance the readership is very good, sitting at about 177 on the feed right now, and his posts are well populated with comments, s clearly his niche has found the market his blog needs. If you are interested in IT or Lotus Domino, you should take the time to check out his recent posts: Fast NSF: Domino Performance articles and tips, Dojomino: Info and Tutorials for using Dojo, New Laptop from Zepto with Intel Santa Rosa technology, Lotus Software Nordic meeting in Second Life, Podcast: Mike Rhodin on Lotus Notes 8, Join Impact 2007 in Second Life, Joost Invites, Danish Lotus Notes and Domino Job site, Lotus Notes 8 Beta reception in second life, and Blog on Lotus and Websphere in Norwegian.

Navigation on the site is very straightforward. Posts are left marginalized with a right navigation bar. Text is standard black on white background. The right navigation bar contains the profile of the blogger, RSS feed, and a recommended links menu containing recommended links from what looks like a “Show N Tell Thursday” category: Architectural Patterns and Domino (Show’n Tell Thursday), Lotus Domino and Designing for Accessibility (Show’n Tell Thursday), getItem Value String and Domino 6.5.5 and 7.0 (Show’n Tell Thursday), Sorting a Notes Document Collection by multiple field values (Show’n Tell Thursday). There is also a nice list of fellow IBM bloggers and the archive listing in the right navigation menu.

I will give this blog a 3.3 based on our criteria. This blog could use a category menu to sort and organize posts a little better. The posting is somewhat sporadic so I think perhaps a couple of more posts a week would bring the mark up a little bit. I would like to suggest pictures, just so that the blog seems a little more interesting. And it may help to add a user friendly component or definitions category to this page for those like me that don’t know much about the topic. However, overall the blog is doing well with its readership of 177 readers, and I can’t offer much more advice to help it other than adding some user friendly or “easy readability” features for the non-techies out there. I enjoy reading blogs of all niches, regardless of if I am a guru in them or not, and for others of the same inclination that stumbled on this blog a user friendly category would gain even more readership than this blog already has. Otherwise, I think this blogs readers and devoted commenters would agree when I say this blog is heading in the right direction.

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If you are looking for a blog that offers a little more than the ordinary, the Daily Perspective would be an excellent choice. Here at “Daily Perspective“ you will find the author’s connections between headlines of today with headlines of yesterday. I find the concept of this blog extremely intriguing, and think everyone could find useful tidbits here even if they are not history buffs. The authors work for a company called Heritage Microfilm in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and are using this blog as a means to allow you to explore and interact with the history that shapes our future. The Daily Perspective is a source for often forgotten information with a refreshing dose of historical perspective. One of my favorite posts that highlights this is “Can children be Mailed?” which brings us back to 1920 when in fact, the United States Postal Service put a ban on the mailing of actual children. Other interesting tidbits you will find here include “Newspaper Archive.com releases celebrate freedom project”, “Flag Burning: Should it Be Protected?”, and “Concert to Celebrate Princess Diana’s Life”.

Navigation on this blog is very easy, with posts being left marginalized and a very comprehensive right navigation bar. Posts are black text on white background with a pale blue border and a red header. I get a very distinct All-American feel from this which suits the niche very nicely. There is no advertising on this blog, and this shows the thought of the authors into the intent of their project. However it does seem to have some readers so it may do well if they decide to reconsider this. The right navigation bar has an archive menu, about me page, a newsletter subscription, and a very comprehensive list of categories. If you are a history buff you will enjoy browsing the categories to see the extensive listing on everything from Abraham Lincoln to the Titanic and every American historical event in between listed here. The authors have clearly left nothing out.

I would say a 3 for this one at this point, it needs a little more work, but not much. I think activity is hurting the blog review the most with only 17 posts listed in 2007. For a blog that is called the Daily Perspective, I would suggest more content definitely. Though the content that is there is refreshing and very well written, and this blog could be very successful if it keeps that up. I think the blog has a wide enough niche that daily or even every other day content could be included very easily. I also wouldn’t mind seeing more pictures of the historical events they talk of, perhaps a then and now kind of juxtaposition to move with the them of the blog. On other counts however, the blog is easy to navigate, has a very appealing appearance, and a unique concept. With just a few more regular postings, this blog could do very well.

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