Internet Babel

Review of topgptsites.blogspot.com

Domain Name – Nothing to review here as it’s a free sub-domain using Blogger. If you ever want to have a really successful blog… well I don’t think it’s essential obviously you could probably achieve a successful blog just using Blogger but I think at some point you need your own domain so buy one as soon as possible. Because smarter readers or more mature readers or even readers of your age who maybe aren’t Internet Marketers but realise what ads are and if you put them there or not might get annoyed because of the simple fact that you’re not paying for hosting and it’s not your domain. Yet you’re trying to use them to extract profit from your free site… buy a domain.

Design – Literally again, not much to say, very simplistic design and not by yourself but it’s fine for your blog. In all honestly though I think everyone knows WordPress is a better service, I think you’d be better off switching to WordPress, getting a free theme, you can design your own obviously if you can do that but if not just grab a free one. They have alot of pro looking themes in the free them directory, plus there’s a tone floating around the web. One big mistake I think you’re making though is placing your subscribe button on the right hand side all the way down there! are you crazy? your absolute key, key goal with your blog should be to get people to subscribe, hiding it down there does it no justice, switch your Recent Visitors position with your RSS feed position and that will be better.

Ads – I think you have a good grasp of AdSense and basic placement for your age, nice integration. Not a bad range, but I would rotate more to reduce ever increasing banner blindness.

Conclusion – Overall I think you have a blog with potential. The viral aspect obviously being that your 12 years old. You should get a good relevant domain name and relevant within the viral aspect of your site, something novelty and memorable about your age and status, obviously short enough to remember. Experiment with more ads, more affiliates and get a more professional design (just use WordPress)!