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Everyone probably has at least one friend that is a contest or sweepstakes junkie. Perhaps that person is you. If so, take a minute to check out “The Prize Blog – A Free Updated List of Contests, Sweepstakes and Prizes!” Here you will find a free updated list of contests, games, and prizes available online. The site also offers a review of different gaming sites providing them with letter grades. The owner of this site, Brian Aldrich, started this site only a few months ago, to provide you with the best sweepstakes site the Internet can offer. There really is a sweepstakes for everyone here, you will find contests on everything from kitchen appliances to brand new 2007 vehicles. Each post represents a different sweepstakes or contest. On the opening page you will find posts and contests like, “Ben & Jerry’s Eco Excursion Sweepstake”, “Redbook Intimate Moments Sweepstakes”, HGTV’s Big Backyard Splash Sweepstakes”, “Lamps Plus Win a 2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid”, and even a sweepstakes of their own “The Prize Blog and MyBlogLog Giveaway”. Other reviewers have said this blog is “attractive and interesting…really fun” and have stated it as the blog with all the “best online competitions available” . If you look around, you will see why this blog has received such excellent recognition during its very short time on the Internet.

Navigation on this site is very easy and straightforward. In fact, the site is so professionally laid out that it is almost hard to see it is a blog. There are two navigation bars, left and right, and a top navigation bar as well. Each bar offers different links, so you can see very quickly that this site has a lot to offer. On the left bar, you can check out some other contest bloggers like Contest Girl, and Grandma Jam. In the right you can read recent comments or go over some of the blog’s site reviews where it reviews some online gaming sites and easy cash programs. You will also find in this bar sweepstakes and contests links, and an opportunity to donate to the site if you wish to do so. At the top is standard site administration such as site map, FAQ, forum, contact info, about page, tools menu, and even a link exchange. Overall this site is laid out in a very clear cut manner, and if you are a sweepstakes kind of person, you should find yourself having a lot of fun here.

I am going with a 4 for this one which gives credence to how good this site is considering it is only a few months old. The site gets top notch marks for navigation and appearance with its very professional layout. Other reviewers have said in reference to its layout “If only my own company would have an awesome page like that.” And I have to agree, it is very user friendly and the overall appeal is nothing but professional. Content and activity scores are high also as the sweepstakes and contests are very diverse, and the posts are short and to the point. Uniqueness points are well earned due to the varied nature of the contests, gaming sites, and the overall concept of the blog itself. The few recommendations I would have would be to install more AdSense or advertising as a means of generating revenue, as opposed to the donation link. I think the appeal of the site is that it offers free stuff, and the donation link may distract from that goal; also the ads from adsense will probably be targetted to prizes contests and sweepstakes anyways so it should be easy to get people clicking. The site could use some more readers, but given its youth, I doubt once word gets out that would take very long. Should it establish a larger audience, that forum will grow a little bit and Brian could see some monetization from AdSense or other advertising means. If you like to enjoy contests, get in there while the readership is young, you just never know what you may end up winning. Good luck!

– Chrissie

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If you are an Internet Marketer, or just trying to make some money with your blog, in which case you are still an Internet Marketer, check out Mubin Ahmed’s Internet Marketing Blog. This site comes from a very dynamic 22 year old who has traveled the world but still finds his computer chair the best place to be. His goal, to help people make money. Yes, this IS another how to make money on the Internet site, but it offers a bit more punch than some of the ones that I have seen. Some of the recent posts are about making money and they offer Internet Marketing news tips which is something not often seen on most marketing sites. His recent posts include, “Agloco Viewbar does exist! Here’s Proof!”, “Are you the Next Internet Millionnaire? Reality TV Hits the Web”, “Tired of Updating your Blog or Site? Make Money from Its Decline!”, and “How Robert Makes Money Online and Gives Away His Secrets”. With eye-catching titles like these, it will not be long before Mubin has an established readership even larger than his current 107 base. Some of my favourite posts included “My $1,500 Adsense Month” and “How I made $2,683 without Adsense. The Post you have all been waiting for.”

Navigation on this site is very straightforward. Here you have a what you see is what you get kind of blog. Posts are left marginalized with black text on white background, and there IS a blog navigation bar but you have to scroll down to the bottom of the page to get to it. Here you will find categories such as AdSense, Affilliates, Agloco, Ebay, Internet, Making Money Online, Money, MySpace, Personal, Proxy, Technology, and more. Even more interesting is that the posts seem to be fairly evenly distributed throughout the categories, making this a pretty comprehensive blog on its topic. Currently there are photos lacking from the overall site design, but the opening page does have a relevant YouTube video that does lend some interest.

I am going with a 3.4 for this one. The content is very well written, and the eye-catching titles of the post make you want to read them, even if like myself, you aren’t an Internet Marketer. The site scores on the average scale for uniqueness because it IS another Internet Marketing site, and needs some formatting work to spice it up a bit. Perhaps some You Tube videos of Marketing gurus, or some audio on the site as you open it up might set this one apart from the rest. The navigation bar needs to be reformatted as it is currently very difficult to find in its location at the bottom of the page. Activity scores some extra points here, in May there has been a post every day. Lastly appearance needs some work again, the site is somewhat bland looking and the AdSense is very distracting. With some of these changes, I think the content of the site which is fantastic and very well done could gain some of the credit it deserves.

– Chrissie

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Take a minute to have a look at Helen’s RSGo blog, Ready Steady Go The opening quote on the header is that RSGo states that overanalysis is the navy blue of India. I like that. Take your time as you go through it. While it does not appear to be much at first, this blog is content rich. Helen has fashioned this blog as a never-ending quest for genius recognition. The Webster definition of genius holds one of this quality to be an extraordinary aptitude for creative artistic work or…a person of marked ability in any field….or a person who exerts great influence over another. Hmm. I had to think about this as I went through RSGo, and I think it is fair to say that Helen reaches at least two of these qualities at some level. We aren’t talking Einstein here, but I always figured the genius aptitude to be one that is very out of the box, thinks differently than others, and expresses themselves accordingly. Not all geniuses are Rocket Scientists, and not all Rocket Scientists are geniuses. I think it is fair to say that Helen falls under the out of the box category within the genius spectrum, and consequently, expresses herself accordingly.

As you navigate through the site you will see posts on a variety of seemingly little bits of nothingdom. How she scored cheap concert tickets, a trip to the Gap combined with two very cute little otters, a mad quest for a picture of the perfect cankle which in itself makes the blog very funny, and some food related posts. One of my favorite posts is a take on a New York ad stating, and I am quoting, “not everything needs to be done in a New York Minute…” to which end Helen comments on how copyediting for example should fall on the list of taking time to do the little things. I think only a genius would take the time to not only note this error, but write about it publicly at a later point. The only exception I took to her posts was during a currency debacle she, in very small print I, pointedly left out Canada and Australia “due to their ugh, colonies”. That however is merely personal and has no bearing on the actual blog content. The right sided navigation bars contain other links to go to and some very cute quips she has picked up along the way. Links will take you to Gawker, a daily Manhattan gossip column, and Scanner a news bustier so to speak that “lifts and separates” human interest news stories. You will also find here some very clever quips of quotes (or inflated opinions as she calls them) she has picked up from, not too sure, but they are funny and include: “also, I’m not that witty, I’m from Ohio,” or “you’re the smartest person I know, you’re probably even smarter than me”. Some other posts I found interesting were: plagiarism deathmatch and how nerds make dessert.

Overall I am giving Helen a 3.4 here. I found the content and uniqueness of the site remarkable, but it was lacking something. If she is getting 100 visitors a day I think some AdSense or other kinds of advertising would bode her well. Perhaps a little more color would liven this one up a little as well. The content however is very unique and I would not recommend any changes to her style or her writing. The activity is fairly regular, though somewhat sporadic. It ranged from daily posts to nothing since the 19th of April. While this is not a site I would personally visit every day, I think it has its merits, and I am certain she does have a following that is regular. With a few appearance changes and some advertising, I think this blog could do very well.

– Chrissie

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