Appearance and Style - (Out of 20)
Right well the appearance and style is good! I do like your blogs theme and layout as it's quite nice. Everything seems quite spaced out but not to much space is wasted. One thing that I must say though is the colour of your theme and the general appearance across the theme. To me it seems nice but maybe a bit to plain for my liking. Some sites have trade mark colours; for example forum promotion has various shades of blue however with yours it either black or red and there isn't much of either with the white and grey along side it. I think with some more graphics around the site to spice it up it would look great. However having said that I do like the navigation menus and side menu as they have lots of space and aren't crampt in together. Additionally about the blog colours and graphics though, the only thing I see is a nice logo and buttons when hovering the mouse over them but other than that it is a rather nice theme!
(Scored 16/20)
Blog Layout and Categorization - (Out of 20)
One thing I breifly said about above is the space used in your blog. I really do like it and think everything is spaced out how it should be. Nothing is squashed together or bearly fits in places it all is clean and looks professional. The categorization of the blog is also another positive point, you have many different sections covering a wide range of areas an admin needs to know and may want to know. A lot of your categories have many, many articles in which I would expect from a blog that is as old as your so it shows as well that your commited to your website to. Lastly I think the relavence to each category is great as some people may tend to get a little carried away and go on another subject but your categories are split directly into one or another which is great as it can be a bit conusing at times.
(Scored 19/20)
Commenting Activity and Other Interactions - (Out of 20)
Unfortunately I must say, even though other parts of the blog are very good, one thing that I saw was in many blog posts I thought would turn out very popular but they haven't had any posts to them. There are a few that I though were good reads but no one had posted to them. I saw one or two posts here and there but generally it seems that not many people have been commenting and being active in replying to your articles which I must say are very good. After looking through some of your older blog posts though it does seem as though activity use to be quite good but it's clear that it has slipped. I think you need to boost up activity in the comments by maybe doing some exchanges or even advertising as much as you can. Having said that though I have seen you reply to a lot of messages and talking to those on your blog which is really good getting conversations going, so far not bad but can be improved in terms of the comments. One last thing as well is that I noticed there isn't much to do on your blog really, don't get me wrong the posts are really good but I think some more features (plugins) could be used to spice up the site, even though the blogs entries are good I'd like to see more things users can get involved with as well.
(Scored 14/20)
Quality and Frequency of Posts - (Out of 20)
Okay well your blog posts. First of all I must say your blog posts are extremely good articles, I really do enjoy reading them as they as straight to the point and offer good advice, and are basically not boring. The quality of them is really good as you go into detail about the particular subject and really engage reader. I think that having a big variety of categories filled with articles will also bring in more readers. Also your articles are very helpful and I think that they could really benefit people as well. The consistency of them is really good to. I had a look at the dates for quite a lot of articles and you seem to have at least one posted per 1 or 2 days which is great as it shows the readers that they can come back in a day or two and expect some more interesting reads. I think the only down side is basically I didn't see many guest posting on the blog. Now of course you don't want the whole blog to be covered in articles you've not done but it will add even more veriety to the blog with guest posting, just something that would improve the blog.
(Scored 19/20)
Spelling/Grammar - (Out of 20)
Your spelling and grammar in your blog posts is really good to be honest. I didn't see any mistakes in the articles and I understood what you were saying all the time on all the posts that I read so well done there. I think that the readers would find it easy as well because even though the posts are quite detailed, your use of language in terms of the words you use is easy to understand and isn't complicated so on that note I think it's good that you use good descriptive language as well as keeping it understandable throughout the articles.
(Scored 19/20)
Total Score - 87 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
I really do like your blog, the articles are really interesting and I think the articles go into detail as well as keeping the reader entertained so well done there. I think your blog has potential to do really well if I'm being honest so keep up the good work!
What was most liked about the blog:
I like the way you go into detail with your articles and also make them entertaining and a generally make them a good read.
What was disliked most about the blog:
The activity on the blog seems to have slipped over the past few months so that needs picking up, also I think the theme needs a bit more colour to it, a few graphics here and there would do it.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to read my blog?
With a few of the things I've said implemented and with activity up I think it has great potenial and I would certainly come on regularly to read your posts with the changes I listed implemented.
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