Critique my pet blog...

**webomaniahars** · 06-19-2007, 05:58 AM

Hi,

As you know very well blogspot provides us the same design, there is no need to comment on design. Please comment about the content and the ad placement. Your review counts a lot... Lovebirds care- the perfect care

**StudentLoans101** · 06-19-2007, 12:07 PM

Hello,

The blog looks nice. The color choice is soft and subtle, goes with the topic of LoveBirds.

I realize BlogSpot does not give many choices for design, maybe you could try looking into Wordpress they have a lot of templates. But if design is not your concern then this works fine.

Content:

I think posting different kinds of information about lovebirds is great content. However, mayre you can categorize it by type. For example: Category names "Toys" or "Food" or whatever you are writing about. Helps people navigate through the site better.

Archiving is good in case somone is looking for something that is a bit older. I am not sure how good the Search box is working. I tried typing in a few words that were definitly in the blog but it cam up with no results.

You also have a broken link under "My Favorites"

When it comes to add placement I think you can be a little more creative. I am not sure if BlogSpot allows ads in other places, but I would try in between posts. Helps them to blend in and not look quite like ads, which increases the chances of them being clicked on. People see ads and avoid. If you want people to click you have to make them look like the site. try different placed and put them into ad channels in order to track them.

All in all it looks like a veyr nice blog. has a lot of great content and it looks like your headed in the right direction.
Hope I helped some!

**golfmonke** · 06-19-2007, 04:12 PM

Hi, first I think the look and feel of the blog is nice, but I guess everybody has their own personal feelings on this.

The subject seems to be pretty narrow, and I assume many many people have birds.

The one thing I noticed is that your last 2 posts were 8 days apart.

The reason people like blogs is because they always contain fresh information. You need to update your blog at least once a day, preferably more.

There are features in Wordpress I know to schedule the release of new posts so you don't have to be sitting at the compute all day.