Please review the blog

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by ssrulz1, Aug 26, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    Please review the blog

    The blog is getting 20K unique visitors per month, but I'm thinking to get the website more beautiful. Any ideas would be appreciated.
     
    ssrulz1, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  2. Samuel72

    Samuel72 Peon

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    #2
    Perhaps you can avoid to put bigger image and change them into small one so your page can load more faster. If the user like it, they can click the bigger one in new window maybe? You can add javascript for this. But I like you blog, like the news anyway. Keep the good work. Your content is worth reading.
     
    Samuel72, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  3. kingofsanda

    kingofsanda Peon

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    #3
    The blog looks ok, I agree with Samuel72 I think it would be better if you used smaller images
    to make the page load faster. Some of the images on the page appears to be a bit warped
    you should try to use different images in place of those warped images. In the content of
    your site I noticed quite a bit of grammatical errors, if English is not your first language
    you should consider hiring a writer to write your content.
     
    kingofsanda, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  4. ssrulz1

    ssrulz1 Well-Known Member

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    What about its skin....can you suggest a better skin? :)

    Also, can you please link me the URL to download javascript code to enlarge the mouse in the blog?
     
    ssrulz1, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  5. Vagabondette

    Vagabondette Member

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    #5
    Hi there, a couple of suggestions (warning, I tend to be anal and detail oriented about this stuff. Please don't take it personally :)):

    1 - I agree with the others about the images. It is taking a long time to load because of them. It's also kind of a pain to have to scroll. What if you just have the first paragraph with one pic and a "read more" link so people can click on it to go to the fully detailed post.

    2 - You should add a "recent posts" menu on the left toolbar so people don't have to scroll down forever and try to figure out where your next post starts.

    3 - on my screen your google ad is showing up aligned to the left of the template rather than in the white area. And perhaps consider removing the border?

    4 - two of your categories (indian sports and beijing olympics) have a semi-colon ";" rather than an arrow so they look a bit odd.

    5 - Consider writing your posts in word processing software set to English and doing a spell/grammar check before publishing. It seems that English isn't your first language and that's fine, but doing a check will help avoid some of the biggest mistakes that make it hard to read.

    Other than that, I like the colors and the clean look. Good luck!
     
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  6. siberia77

    siberia77 Active Member

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    #6
    that page is huge, do something so that only the first X words of each article are shown ans then click through for the rest, people will be more likely to scroll down for more of a taste of your site imho
     
    siberia77, Aug 26, 2008 IP
  7. coloriteman

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    i felt the header really big ..n reduce the no: of posts per page ..so it will load faster
     
    coloriteman, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  8. Journey

    Journey Peon

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    #8
    Your blog looks good. It has nice content and photos. Though I think it would be better if you change the color of your background.
     
    Journey, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  9. nationhealth

    nationhealth Active Member

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    #9
    this is look good how do you get that many unique visitors.

    thanks
     
    nationhealth, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  10. vanko007a

    vanko007a Banned

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    #10
    change the background and use photoshop a bit dude. Your site doesn't look stylish at all.
     
    vanko007a, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  11. dipal76

    dipal76 Well-Known Member

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    #11
    Ok good and bad blog.
    But you should try to improve your blog with latest update news...
     
    dipal76, Aug 27, 2008 IP
  12. ewolf

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    #12
    blog looks nice, header is ok you may need to work on the footer, but over all its good
     
    ewolf, Aug 27, 2008 IP