Those that follow the vegetarian or vegan lifestyle will certainly appreciate the Veganbilly Blog. The Veganbilly blog is one that is by a vegan and for vegans, and here you will find all kinds of tips and tricks as well as recipes when it comes to living the vegan lifestyle. If you like to cook the vegan way, this blog will help you as this blogger offers graphic pictures of recipes in progress to help you in your vegan living. See this for yourself by checking out any of their most recent bloggeries: ternet First: Liveblogging my Tap Water, Hard…gooey…wet….whipped, So Cherry!, What Rough Pakora, Its Hour Come Round at Last…., and Eating out While Vegan — Humor as a Digestive Aid.
The blog does not have a lot of blog meat and focuses more on its blog content, and this makes navigation very simple. Bloggeries are right marginalized and there is a single sided left navigation bar. Bloggeries appear in yellow font on black background, with links highlighted in red. In the left navigation bar you will find feed and subscription information, Blog Archive Menu with direct links for recent posts, and a Blog Catalog or Recent Viewers Widget. Also in the navigation bar you will find various directory widgets and a blog award. Each bloggery is accompanied by relevant and colourful pictures that catch the reader’s eye, and are brought to life by the black background. What I do see missing from navigation are an About Page and a Categories Menu. Adding these elements would certainly assist readers in navigation, as well as allowing for a stronger connection between the blogger and its readership.Overall this blog gets a 3.4/5, as it simply lacks some meat and at this point, looks a little sparse. The blog is also not consistent with activity, with few bloggeries appearing in the month of September. More consistent activity such as daily, or a couple of times a week would certainly assist growth in traffic to this blog, as well as more subscribers and regular readers. The appearance of the blog is good at this point, I generally do not go for the black background, as this makes for difficulty in reading, but the blogger has offset this challenge by using a large sized font that is very easy on the eyes. The background also allows the colourful pictures to stand out more, and given that they are recipe pictures, they really bring the blogger’s recipes to life. Navigation could use some work as previously mentioned with the addition of some blog meat, but the content is well done in a strong personal voice that makes for easy reading, and easy to follow recipes. Overall, this is a great concept blog but needs some tweaks to improve and see future success.