Appearance and Style - (Out of 20)
Okay well first thing first, your blogs appearance and style. Well I must say I've been having a look at your blog for the past few days and have seen it in a few different themes. I personally don't think it's the best, but I think it's definitely one of the good ones you've had. In terms of the actual layout and design there isn't much to it admittedly but it does look nice and the dark grey/black to light grey does have a nice effect and the orange links on the dark grey/black backgrounds do look rather nice I must say. I'm not really a fan of the orange links on the light grey though, they're not particularly hard to read but a more suitable colours such as black would suit it better I think. Last but not least, the logo for your blog. I do like the colours and text effects used on to make it stand out and think it's a nicely positioned. One thing I'm not so sure about is the safety ring on the 'O' of Scourge, I'm not really sure why it's there. It adds effect and more graphic to it but I don't think it fits personally. Maybe add something else there instead though because replacing letters with images is a nice touch
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(Scored 17/20)
Blog Layout and Categorization - (Out of 20)
Well the layout and categories of your blog. Not a bad layout if I'm honest. I like the layout of the blogs and the positioning of it all but I think there is some space down the right hand side that could be used for the content of blogs rather then have big gaps at the side with short lines/images. The categories of the blog is quite straight forward, because it's about you there isn't need for many categories but I think you could split up the category of 'My Life' into sub-categories such as 'Activities', 'Events' and 'Announcements' etc because right now everything will be packed in together and users to the site wont have much search options available to look for specific articles. The categories need splitting up and the space around the site could be taken for more of an advantage then it currently is being used for.
(Scored 15/20)
Commenting Activity and Other Interactions - (Out of 20)
Like most blogs and websites when they start out not much in terms of features can be available, it depends what approach you take to it but I don't think the lack of features to use or things to look through matters right now because from what I've read on your blog your comments from others are really good and positive, in addition to this, your responding to them as well which is really good, people can have conversations with you about whatever subject you post which is great. What I mentioned before about features though was basically if users simply go on your blog, read a blog post and comment on it then that's all they can do they could probably get bored quickly, because as of right now the only pages you have is the homepage and an about page so you'll need to start thinking about more things that will interest users on the site, things such as wallpapers for something you've done, like an event you been to or simply something you made in your spare time etc. Something that will get the user coming back because you provide them with 'freebies' and things to use will really set your blog apart from the rest.
(Scored 15/20)
Quality and Frequency of Posts - (Out of 20)
Right well your quality of your blog posts first of all is not bad, but could be improved. One of your blog posts was about the 4th July event you had, as well as posting about what you were going to do and what you did do in general I think you could have gotten into more detail about what happened and also uploaded more pictures from the event as it was quite a plain overview of what you did. In general your quality of posts are quite short, you provide decent detail but the amount that you say is quite limited really. I think more can be said in your blog posts to get the reader more interested and entertained whilst browsing your blog. The frequency of your blog posts however are really good, you keep adding more things for your users, the readers of the blog to read so there isn't a shortage of content, you just need to work on lengthening the posts more and provide as much detail as you can to get the reader engaged with what your talking about.
(Scored 15/20)
Spelling/Grammar - (Out of 20)
Your spelling and grammar is pretty good to be honest, there are a few little mistakes on the blog in places. Just basic things like in one post you say "awhile" where it should be "a while" and on a few of your posts and on the about page you use two full stops where it should be one, unless you mean to do that but then it should be at least 3 full stops, picky but little things like can make a difference. Also on your July 4th blog post you say "It was great we had a good time.", it should be "It was great
, we had a good time." Other than just little things here and there that pop up in some places it is mainly all good. Just watch small little things like I've said and it will make some difference to how people read it. Good work.
(Scored 18/20)
Total Score - 80 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
I do really like your blog, it's got a nice design and has some interesting posts to it but I think you just need to make them longer and provide more for the blog readers to do on the site.
What was most liked about the blog:
The blog design, the layout of the blog and also the logo are nice and I like them. The blog posts in general are a good read to.
What was disliked most about the blog:
The amount that you put into your blog posts are quite limited and could be increased I think. Also I think you need more things for the reader to do on your site as well as having more categories.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to read my blog?
The main thing really is the content in the blog posts, I think there could be more things added in to the posts as well as general things to do on the website.
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