My New Blog

Discussion in 'Websites' started by jon2k6, Jul 5, 2007.

  1. #1
    I'm sort of new to blogging. I usually make websites from scratch and haven't done any blogs of yet.

    So, this is my first one. It's a sort of general internet discussion / news / advice blog. Just made first two posts. Will be posting daily!
    Still need to design my head banner.

    Future posts will include SEO advice, Adsense tips etc

    So, tell me what you think so far :)

    http://www.internetbabel.com
     
    jon2k6, Jul 5, 2007 IP
  2. Dujopr

    Dujopr Peon

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    #2
    I like the color scheme; cool and smooth. Best of success!
     
    Dujopr, Jul 5, 2007 IP
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    Ratman2050 Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Good blog, good story. Try centering the images with <center> </center> tags. It helps it look better like this.
     
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  4. jon2k6

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    Ah kk, cheers Ratman n thanks for the comment also Dujopr
     
    jon2k6, Jul 5, 2007 IP
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    SB-Ali Active Member

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    #5
    Nice blogs ;)

    You need a more unique article.
     
    SB-Ali, Jul 6, 2007 IP
  6. Glock

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    #6
    Great blog i would rate it 7/10 :)
     
    Glock, Jul 6, 2007 IP
  7. ansi

    ansi Well-Known Member

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    looks pretty good to me. though i would either darken the border around the subscription box or get rid of it completely. you can barely notice it as it is and then if you do it just looks funny.
     
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    #8
    Nice clean looking blog.. Keep the juicy content coming and you're in business.. keep up the good work..
     
    uglyboy, Jul 6, 2007 IP
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    #9
    Good and clean blog. I would suggest that you offer something in return for signing up to your blog. Create a free report of some sort. I'm sure that increase the singup rate once you start seeing some decent traffic to the blog.

    Good luck
     
    UBF, Jul 6, 2007 IP
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    #10
    background/link color combination, it's hard to read.
     
    convertor, Jul 6, 2007 IP
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    I'd make the links a little darker and align your smaller images with the text.
     
    markus941, Jul 6, 2007 IP
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    #12
    I like your design overall! I do agree that the RSS subscription button should line up a little better or make it stand out more. You want people to click it and subscribe.

    I just started a blog too, my first also this past week. Let me know if you want to link each other since we are both so super new.
     
    GnomeyNewt, Jul 6, 2007 IP
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    #13
    as usual design not bad but content is not enough.
     
    santaferes, Jul 7, 2007 IP
  14. jon2k6

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    santaferes yes I know, it's brand new like I said.
     
    jon2k6, Jul 8, 2007 IP
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    #15
    the design is great, try adding more content.
     
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    #16
    Hi
    I like the simple design - makes it easy to read. It did take me a few minutes to work out what the site was actually about as I missed the line at the top so a header would be good eventually.
    If you're going to be posting everyday maybe mix in some longer posts that are more like articles or run a series of posts to get people coming back for me.
    Good luck with it.
     
    LilyUK, Jul 8, 2007 IP
  17. lisss001

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    #17
    Professional Rating by LISSS001

    Rating: 1/5 (1 worst, 5 best)
    Detail: Personally I found your website quite mundane and boring to say the least. You need some vibrant content/moving images to improve your stats. The design is nice but not eye catching.
     
    lisss001, Jul 8, 2007 IP
  18. jon2k6

    jon2k6 Guest

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    liss001 ok well thank you for your opinion but I disagree.

    I run alot of colourful well visited websites.

    But for a blog like this it's all about the posts. It's advice and discussion and I think in this circle of blogs a design like this is perfectly aesthetically pleasing enough.

    You don't need tacky moving images and lots of vibrancy to drag in traffic, to me that suggest a desperation.

    With this and anything, content is king.
     
    jon2k6, Jul 9, 2007 IP
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    #19
    Very good! Your header seems a bit bare with only that home link, how about adding an about link etc?

    Also add a footer. Other than that well done!
     
    AGrandioseBlog, Jul 10, 2007 IP
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    #20
    looks nice ... can be more better
     
    robin_1323, Jul 10, 2007 IP