Bloggeries is going to look at another personal blog today, and this is the blog of Czian Contreras. To see a personal blog from someone of the ripe age of 13 doing so well is always inspiring to other bloggers. Czian lives in the United States but originally hails from the Philippines, and he is proud of it. He uses his blog to show his insights, ideas, opinions, and any other commentary to the things he sees. You may enjoy it, you may not, you may not even agree with it. But the blog is definitely a fun and excellent read. He is hoping, as some people say, that you find it extraordinary nonetheless. You can get a feel for Czian and his thoughts from any of his recent bloggeries: Eagle Pride, Shopping Against Laptop, Czian’s Official Soundboard, I’m Back!, Geek or Gifted?, and What’s the Spelling of Furniture?
The blog is well organized and thus this makes it easy to navigate. The bloggeries are right marginalized in black text on white background and accents are in blue. There is a left navigation system that includes a search bar, About link, ‘Czian to the world’, Shout Out Box, Link Exchange Box, Categories Menu, Archives Menu, Recent Comments Menu, and blog achievements. The categories menu is eclectic, just as is the nature of the blog, and if you enjoy reading about Czian and his life you can find it neatly sorted out into the categories of Opiniated Side, iLife, Tagalog, Rude Czian, Must Read, Interests, and many more. Almost every bloggery contains a relevant picture associated with it giving the post meaning. And it’s fun to read, because some pictures you don’t really understand the relevancy until you read the entire bloggery. But this is the blog of Czian, it’s quirky and fun and offbeat, and you will enjoy it.
I give this blog a 3.4/5 for now. The blog generally scores well on all aspects with the exception of activity. Appearance scores are good as the blog is well laid out and easy on the eyes and it offers a clean presentation for a personal blog which further lends to its navigation scores. A unique header would add lots to its personality though; especially as a personal blog. The blog is also very unique in both its niche and its content. Currently however the blog is not being updated enough with only 73 posts in 2007 and this is hurting the blog tremendously. Even the most attractive blogs with good content can not do well if they are not kept up to date. So I do recommend that Czian work to update his blog to see continued success. Czian however clearly has an excellent readership, and thus, he could definitely sustain that and even make it grow further with just a little bit more blogging. Keep up the great work, Czian!
-Chrissie