Hello dp, here is the blog : Sameerjoad.com - My Home on the net I would like to have a review for my blog. Recently changed the theme to the current one also, Removed adsense completely from the blog, i decided to do only freelancing to make money, i am in no hurry to make money from the blog yet, would want it to grow before i can monetize it further. Now please give your opinion about the blog overall, feel free to say whatever you want. Rate the blog as below: [Chose your rating] Design - 1/5 to 5/5 Content - 1/5 to 5/5 Functionality - 1/5 to 5/5 Interactivity - 1/5 to 5/5 If you rate below 3/5 then please also clarify why and what you want to see changed. Also - 1.should i launch a email marketing campaign? 2.How can i increase my subscriber count? 3.Should i integrate a forum?[ i receive 2-3k unique monthly, half of them from google] 4.Should i start monetizing it now? Or wait till i have atleast 1k+ subs and around 10k monthly traffic? 5.Would you visit my site again after reading one of my articles/posts?[please be honest] 6.Are the content and its layout simple? Is there any interference or distraction from the main content? 7.Is it good idea to remove the date/time stamp? Or should i bring them back? 8.Should i continue with dofollow? or bring back the nofollow?[i receive lots of spam currently, none approved tho] 9.will it be safe to use more widgets or info in the sidebar or will it start cluttering things up? 10. Should i start link exchanges like a blogroll with other bloggers? Please answer as many questions as you can to help me build up my visitor experience.
hi thanks for the review can you tell why you rated functionality 2/5? what you found missing or what according to you needs fixed?
Design - 2/5 Content - 4/5 Functionality - 3/5 Interactivity - 3/5 why i rate the design only 2, for me the picture on the slideshow header need more proporsional, it's look strech, overall is great
hi ty for reviewing, yes i know the problem. It is because i switched from a previous theme, so will need to change all the thumbnails to make them more proportional. thanks again for reviewing
Design - 3/5 reason: quite simple look Content -3/5 reason: only first few sentences of the article seen..( have to click on each article to read more) Functionality - 4/5 Interactivity - 4/5
hi sameer.... Design - 4/5 Content - 4.5/5 almost u got everything Functionality - 3/5 Interactivity - 4/5
hi mega desiers, can you tell why you rated functionality, interactivity and design so low? I need to know the reasons of what you think is lacking so i can try and fix them @quaaqua unfortunately i cannot make the entire post appear on the homepage, if i do that it would look ordinary and won't have the CMS functionality that i want it to have. anyways its just a click away to read them @everyone else thanks all for the review and yes all the content is unique and written by me. would love more reviews, i will be updating the blog soon and thinking to add a weekly freebie section to it also.
Design - 3/5 would be a 4/5 if you got the images in that slide show fixed, very unprofessional when images are stretched that poorly. Also, the about me is in ALL italics, why? Italics should only be used for emphasizing a certain word/phrase, not an entire page! Content - 4/5 Functionality - 4/5 I don't see why people rate this so low, it's pretty straight forward Interactivity - 4/5
hi thanks for reviewing and thank you for reminding me regarding the about page, i will be fixing the images today thanks again looking forward for more
Design - 3/5 good just for the main menu it would be original on the left side ! & resizing pictures give a bad look ! Content - 3/5 good Functionality - 2/5 u must integrate a forum but first u have to fix the design ! Interactivity - 2/5 take a look on earnmoneyspace !
Hey thats a good blog, i would like to give some suggestions , 1 The image slider, you can either change the image layout to a smaller size , resizing the image doesnt look good. 2 The Tag Cloud is stuffed with lot of content, there is an option to limit it, make it viewable, rather than being more jammed
hi thanks for reviewing, the images on silder and home page now looks better, been fixed. and regarding the forums, i am going to wait for that till i start getting more traffic, maybe in next few months i might make one. The integration part isn't a problem. regarding interactivity i am not sure what you mean, but thanks anyways. 1.image slider has been fixed, thanks a lot 2. the limit options don't seem to work for me, however i will try to find a solution to it sooner. thanks for the reviews guys, its really helping me improve the blog. Looking forward for more. please remember what i mean by the following and rate accordingly: Interactivity = forums, comments, social profiles, tools, ability to send message to visitors etc Functionality = interface, usability, ability to share posts, easy access to social media and rss syndication, layouts etc.
The Design Is Good Overall. But The Widget That Displays A Slideshow Of Your Posts Was A Little Too Big. And I Also Found Many Grammatical Errors In Your posts. You Need To Write A Little More Professionally . Good Job though!
hi which widget do you mean? the slider? and can you please give me links to the post where you found grammatical errors i need to fix those. anyways thanks for reviewing hi thanks a lot i like white too