1) Seo blog is way too plain... it is good for SEO but you still need to incorporate some colors into it 2) Same applies to this blog: Also, after adding a colorscheme, make your adsense ads match it (instead of using the standard ad colors..)
Balanced and clean site. Just add a light colored background so that the blue colors of those heading backgrounds doens't look shocking. Or you can change there color instead.
You need to add some color, and possibly some pictures and stuff into the content.. I think that will help you out greatly! - Regards