Free Site Review #12
Review of ablogaboutnothing.com
Domain Name – Nice domain name. Easy to remember, nice viral quality. No real SEO quality but who cares, nice name to allow for a very versatile, broad blog.
Design – Don’t like the design at all. It looks very ‘spammy’. By that I mean it’s very bland and lacking in any real unique design, graphics or quality to help it stand out. Also the referral units and the top are messing up the header area, I would sort that out. If you want you can contact me (see contact page) about a blog ‘makeover’ and I can make you a new header as well as just generally tidy up your design for a small price.
Ads – Um, pretty terrible ad placement, the referral units as I mentioned are just distorting the header area. On the post pages the Adsense and WidgetBucks really just help aid that ‘spammy’ look. I think you have to… try and integrate ads these days without disrupting user experience visually or navigation wise. I would just try define an area for advertisements. I just don’t personally like units within content on blogs.
Conclusion – In conclusion I think you have a blog with potential but needs a lot of work. A better design, more structured ad placement and a few other things, the design and structure is what is mainly bringing your blog down though.
Thanks for the review. I agree about the design, but for the moment I can’t justify spending money on it so I need to find a free template that works well.
I’m not sure what you mean by the ads in the header distort it? The header looks fine to me without distortion, or do you mean it’s not pleasing to the eye because the ads don’t fit in well?
I appreciate the review though I had hoped for more comment on the content as that’s really my main concern, but either way thanks for taking the time and effort to do this!
No problem, well for me the header is out of place and distorted due to the ads at the top? Also, no need to spend money on a template, there are plenty of great free ones, much better than the one you currently have. Just take a look around
Thanks for the response! I switched themes altogether. I think it looks much better. I’ll have to give some consideration on how I might monetize it beyond the in-content adsense ads I have currently.
Yes much better theme and I think you should also. Adsense isn’t the only answer these days. Direct advertising is the most profitable I think all round, it’s just getting the advertisers in the first place.