my first blog, finally it is live!!

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by uttoransen, Apr 17, 2007.

  1. #1
    finally i have set it up.
    this is the link, http://www.sitefunda.com/

    for the last few months, i was planning to make a blog, where i will do some reviews of various websites and blogs. so i made this site.

    also, i will try to put some seo and webmaster stuffs there.

    i was in search of a clean, white template which i finally got. i have set it up on wordpress, and everything looks fine!

    am waiting for your reviews, comments etc on my blog, all answers are welcome, thanks:)
     
    uttoransen, Apr 17, 2007 IP
  2. mitcharr

    mitcharr Notable Member

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    very clean and professional, i really like the blue lines that fade into the white, maybe liven up the header a bit, a plain font just across like that is a little boring, thats just IMO, though
     
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  3. Zerosleep

    Zerosleep Established User

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    #3
    You got lots of work to do on the blog..
    Its Clean... The feeds on the Sidebar looks Untidy, keep only 4-5 feeds not all
    Work hard on SEO and Content
     
    Zerosleep, Apr 17, 2007 IP
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    ichigo Well-Known Member

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    #4
    looks good. clean and simple. adsense can be easily integrated. if you decided to put adsense and you use light or dark blue for the main anchor text it would blend well ;)
     
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  5. uttoransen

    uttoransen Prominent Member

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    #5
    thanks for the quick comments, yes i have to work a lot on the seo part, and it is a continious work!
    about the feeds, it looks untidy because there is just the one post, perhaps with lots more posts, about 3-5 on the home page, it will look diffenent! other wise i will reduce the rest of the feeds there,

    i usually don't place adsense on new sites or blogs, but this it got about 100+ uniques on the first day, from various forums. i will wait for the search engine indexing and traffic, if i get a lot then only i will add adsense. adbrite am testing out right now. let's see if it works.

    thanks for the comments, waiting for many more comments, cheers!:)
     
    uttoransen, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  6. phaze3131

    phaze3131 Well-Known Member

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    Hi, I like the theme.

    Can I ask a newbie question, how did you get all the feed buttons? Did you add them individually?

    A few days ago I was trying to add Del.icio.us button and it took me forever to figure it out.

    Well thank you for the help, and keep up the blogs :)

    Travis
     
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  7. stubsy

    stubsy Well-Known Member

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    #7
    I like you did a good job, the feed burner widget is a bit wonky though.
     
    stubsy, Apr 18, 2007 IP
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    imteaz Notable Member

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    #8
    Very professonal look blog. i like the simple theme, and its so easy to read the article. and yah you can add some advertisment such as google adsense.

    also i notice that you put a lot feed burner on left hand side, which is good for blog. but a lil too much.:)

    overall, very good start.. hope you continue to improve your nlog and be a sucessfull webmaster as lots of dp member are. good luck.
     
    imteaz, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  9. 8everything

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    #9
    The header looks too "tight" try making the title font color smaller and height of the header a bit larger.. so everything's not too close together.
     
    8everything, Apr 18, 2007 IP
  10. littlefish

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    #10
    I like the design - it's nice and clean and there's a lot on the page without it being too cluttered.

    I think the 'about site funda' link in the header looks a bit lost on it's own although I like the spacing that's in the header - it means you read the content at your own pace rather than some sites that scream at you as soon as you look at them.

    The 'blogs that link here' link looks a bit strange with the >> being underlined too. Perhaps just link the text and not the >> ?
     
    littlefish, Apr 19, 2007 IP
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    #11
    Looks very nice and clean.

    My only problem would be showing so many RSS Feeder options.
     
    portrayed, Apr 19, 2007 IP
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    #12
    Your title is your biggest problem, too many title seperated with a stroke, and don't forget, your title are not in capital letter.
     
    blastboy, Apr 20, 2007 IP
  13. arpitagarwal82

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    #13
    yeah.. cut down the number of feed subscribe buttons, it will help in decreasing the page loading time. also it looks bit untidy. Also right now you can remove the option 'you ad here'. Its to early to monetize a blog.
    Else, colour combination of your blog is wonderful. I liked it.
     
    arpitagarwal82, Apr 20, 2007 IP
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    #14
    Nice and clean look. But the loading times are long, maybe thats due to the feeds.
     
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    #15
    cool site , clean and look like.
     
    ugurus, Apr 21, 2007 IP
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    #16
    The main headline seems pretty big and consists of only black/basic font. Maybe adding some colors/stylish fonts to make the design more fancy!
     
    blueplanet, Apr 21, 2007 IP
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    #17
    To be frank, I did not like the design. Could be because I have seen many good blog designs. You should have put a good image header and there is no footer. Also I always prefer a two column design over three column. But the success of a blog depends on its content and not design. So best of luck with your blog.
     
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    #18
    I like the clean design. However, from a quick glance it seems to be very cluttered on the right; personally, similar to Aragorn's opinion, I think a 2-column design would be less "chaotic"
     
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    #19
    Very nice design. Now, it's time to add content into your blog.
     
    odysseus, Apr 24, 2007 IP
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    natearoe5 Banned

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    #20
    Easy on the text. Throw in some pictures! Keep it interesting. Congrats on your first blog. This is my site hopefully you find it useful how to use pics and keep it fun and interesting. www.techpuddle.com
     
    natearoe5, Apr 24, 2007 IP