Review my TRAVEL Blog

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  1. #1
    Hey

    Can you review my traffic blog ? I started it yesterday, so I want you people to review theme, ad placement & whatever little content I have.

    http://tinyurl.com/2ka4b3

    Thanks.
     
    iGenius, Jun 6, 2007 IP
  2. Katy

    Katy Moderator Staff

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    Very good looking blog! Clean and easy to eyes. :) The only thing I'd recommend is to change the color of your headlines. Both they and the text are black, so I think it would be better if you changed the headlines to blue or something like that. And add some style to the links. :)

    Kate
     
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    I like the header graphics! For your menu on the left, use the same blue shade you have for the whole menu area. Don't forget to center your adsense unit for better alignment.
     
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    I like your header! The usability is good to, but if you plan to make more money I advice you too consider your adplacement a little better.. :]
     
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    #5
    Nice. Bright and welcoming.

    I'd centre the adsense ads in that column though. Ad a <center> at the start of the code and a </center> at the end.
     
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    #6
    your header is cool. really nice..
     
    varkey, Jun 6, 2007 IP
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    #7
    great layout for the blog i like the header and colors
     
    Joseph Williams, Jun 7, 2007 IP
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    #8
    Simple and clean design, the header is very attractive. The word "SEARCH" under the search box is not visible, you could change the font color.
     
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    iGenius Banned

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    How much would I get if it was up for sale ?
     
    iGenius, Jun 7, 2007 IP
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    i can't access your site...
     
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  11. yogesh sarkar

    yogesh sarkar Well-Known Member

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    Error establishing a database connection

    This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at mysql.cmsbay.com. This could mean your host's database server is down.
     
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  12. iGenius

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    The mysql server is down.
     
    iGenius, Jun 7, 2007 IP
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    finally, site working! i agree, header looks good! images are too small, its fine but wish it can be maximize...

    good choice of colors!
     
    drpepper, Jun 7, 2007 IP
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    And there it is.

    I may be the minority here, but I really don't see anything special that I can't get from and destination guide from any travel site/company.
    I don't think you have taken any care with the design, it clearly looks like you have put this together not because you have a love of the subject matter and want to build a good site, but purely with the hopes to selling it, from day one of the first word. Just enough to get by.

    There is nothing original. No personal experience, It doesn't have great pictures. and your writing and descriptions are not only short and non descript, but you actually end some of them after the first paragraph with "..and much, much more".. and that's it!

    As far as resale you haven't done anything special that is going to be of use to someone except for possibly a MFA portfolio, but as I said, any travel guide, including the ones on my site,( and I have a music site), can trump this effort easily.
    I know it is the common thing now to put up just enough effort for the sake of adsense, but it is becoming so painfully obvious now. You may get clicks but it's because your site has no substance and readers are looking for the information that they came to you for in the first place.

    I am no means an expert, but that is my opinion. as a reader interested in travel, and I have been increasingly interested in India lately, I don't see anything here that would make me stay log enough to read a second paragraph let alone come back.
    If no one else see's this, then they are doing you a dis service and blowing smoke up your butt.
     
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    yogesh sarkar Well-Known Member

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    Hmansfield rightly said, moreover the header you have has nothing to do with traveling in India, which is some that will be apparent to anyone who comes to your blog!
     
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    I am collecting money for a related theme which costs $54.
     
    iGenius, Jun 7, 2007 IP
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    #17
    where's the wordpress link?
     
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    iGenius Banned

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    #18
    I removed it & it's perfectly legal since it's open source!
     
    iGenius, Jun 7, 2007 IP
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