Free Site Review #7
Review of bloggingsecret.net
Domain Name – Pretty good domain name. I think maybe blogging ‘secrets’ would of been better but at least it’s got a viral element to it.
Design – Design is pretty non-existent. Put more effort in with your design, I think alot of people don’t value design enough. Obviously content is king but that doesn’t mean design isn’t prince, people remember good designs and logos whether they know it or not. Some things just globally hit a nerve because they connect so well socially on a general scale, such as YouTube obviously. But the design was there. You really have no design, there is nothing defining about your blog to separate it from the millions of other blogs out there writing on the same topic. Don’t get why the arrow has a US flag as a background, so that means other people probably wont either, which isn’t good. Think of a memorable logo, branding is one of the most important things, especially with blogs. There needs to be something to separate yours from others. Also maybe a border around content and a proper footer structure instead of just bare links with no surrounding.
Ads – Not much ad placement to judge here, which is good as the blog is still coming up so I think it’s good to keep ads minimalistic whilst your enticing readers. Otherwise you’ll run risk of losing the full effect of your posts and having a very uneven mix of loyal readers and readers who get lost in the ads or leave straight away. Keep building traffic, keep posting and then maybe think about integration… whatever works best, experiment.
Conclusion – I think you’ve got a semi-decent blog. You obviously put effort in with posts, but the main thing is your grammar and English. Obviously nobody expects you to have perfect English if you’re from a different country, no problem. But on a blog that’s being marketed in English, you’ll have a tough time enticing a great volume of readers from the US or UK with the way that you type. Think about the bloggers from the US or UK or anyone who can type in fluent English, people will go there instead because it’s easier to read. It’s just like, if you needed your car fixed and one place said ”ok this is going to take about 4 days” and another said ”I can have this ready in an hour” you’d go with that one right? because people like efficiency and ease. Trying to adhere to western slang to think that you need to write in English when you can’t type that great in English… bad idea in my opinion. There are plenty of people online in your country to remember, try marketing your blog in your own language, I think you’ll have more success.
