CarlosX360 Review
Appearance and style - (Out of 20)
The first thing I noticed when I saw your blog was the color scheme, mainly because it was simple and monotone, and that's not usually attractive to guests or new members. The whole site is shades of white and gray, with some blue and orange found throughout. I believe if done right, adding more orange and blue in a coordinated color pattern would bring the blog a lot livelier and more exciting look, and be more visually impacting.
There's a lot of potential in your background, there is, it's simply not being used, there's so much empty space there that can be used for Xbox 360 logos, blog emblems, news relevant promotionals, or at the least, aesthetically pleasing patterns.
There's something there that I didn't see much of that could really improve how your site looks and feels. There aren't any pictures there except for the one found in your PSN card. If you added interesting images next to your articles they could be infinitely more inviting and fascinating, and draw the reader to actually want to find out what the article is about.
(Scored 14/20)
Blog layout and categorization - (Out of 20)
The layout here leaves a lot to be desired. There are a lot of repeating elements in the blog, for example, the
"CarlosX360 Network", it's at the top and the bottom of the page. There's also several links to
"About CarlosX360", more still about E3, not to mention many of the links at the top of the page redirect to your forums while others redirect to different broken sites.
The tables at the bottom, recent, popular, and popular today are somewhat useful but they could be compressed to more readily understood information, because, again, even there it's repeating itself, recent shows several different titles about Mega Man, popular, different articles for Black Ops or MW2, and popular today was empty. There was something there that was overall a minor blight, but it really caught my attention for something so small,
this should be fixed.
My suggestion for improving the layouts on your blog are compressing your data into as few links as possible, the simplicity in information is really valuable to guests, as they won't be struggling to figure out where to go.
(Scored 12/20)
Commenting activity and other interactions - (Out of 20)
There's very little to speak of in this area, seeing as both the forums and blogs have very few comments and/or replies. However, the little I have seen is nothing short of impressive, the grammar, the structure, and the interactions have all been positive and contributing, and I don't see much wrong with it, really, aside from the low amount of interactions to speak of.
(Scored 17/20)
Quality and frequency of posts - (Out of 20)
Again, it's hard to speak at length about this sort of criteria, the quality is decent and well enough done, the frequency of posts however, is debatable. The frequency of posts of
others would be poor, there were roughly half a dozen posts by other members throughout the site.
However, the posting frequency of the creator is great, hundreds upon hundreds of posts makes for something to read at the site, I admire the effort.
(Scored 12/20)
Spelling/Grammar - (Out of 20)
The spelling and grammar is actually something to speak of. All the posts made have almost always shown to been lengthy, well thought out theories, hypothesis, and narrative on a variety of news articles, and I couldn't find hardly any errs in communication there, that being the case, I'll leave it at that, I commend the admin on his hard work writing these.
(Scored 19/20)
Total Score - (74 Out of 100)
Final remarks: There's a lot of potential that could make this a better site than it is now.
What was most liked about the blog:
The overall structure and design, it was made to do what it's being used for now, heavy amounts of articles and news relevant subjects.
What was disliked most about the blog:
The bland repetitiveness found almost everywhere, and the unused potential of what could be an outstanding site.
How could I get you (the reviewer) to read my blog?
If you put more effort towards decorating and organizing the site's content more, it'd be much more appealing to read, especially if the said decorations are relevant to the material, not solid colors or random patterns. Condensing the headlines and featured articles would be advised as well.
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