The College Blog
Full Review by Jadster
Scoring:
First Impressions & Appearance – (13 out of 20)
My first impression of The College blog weren't all that outstanding because I am not currently in college so I don't know how to relate to it so that is the only reason behind that statement. Though, after looking around, the theme was something that really grabbed my attention. The colors are pretty well designed and they do suite the site well. I also enjoyed how creative the site is because it is something I can really look into and learn how college can be like before going into college myself. Your site also has a lot of great features that I will go into during this review. So lets get started!
Site Layout – (13 out of 20)
Regarding the layout of TCB, the way that the articles are shown around on the sites main page is very clean and organized and not all bunched up together in 1 area but one thing I want to bring up is organization of the articles. I noticed that you don't have any widget with categories to organized all of your articles, the closest thing you have is the "Recent" widget. But if you want to make the organization better, then you need to put more effort into it. You should really look into making a widget to hold categories to organize your articles into separate different categories so visitors can find a category they might want to research into and find articles in that category instead of searching the entire blog to find something. So overall, the layout is nice and I really hope that you take into consideration of my idea about adding categories.
Statistics and Activity – (15 out of 20)
For a site that is only 2 months old, you have a great amount of content which I will go into but looking into some more depth info on your site, it appears that your Alexa ranking stands at 1,198,871 and your US ranking stands at 338,428. This is pretty much understandable to a degree seeing that the site is new and only a few months old but if you really want to get the site up there and become popular, I would highly suggest upping the Alexa & Overall ranking of your site. I also noticed that you have no reviews done on your site so there is no star rating for your site. One thing though that is nice about the site is that you have a total of 30 sites linking into the site and 1,922 back links in the site. This will surely help get your site out there in the end but if you don't do something about your ranking, you may not grow as quickly as you may want. Overall, your stats are pretty good but there is just some things you can try and work on.
Content – (16 out of 20)
The blog has a total of 41 articles and the site is just a little over 2 months old. That is a great accomplish ment for a site that is so young. That averages out to be 20 articles per month which means you are posting an article almost every day of the month which is really helpful to making a blog successful. It also helps keep viewers excited to visit because they are looking for new things to read all the time. Your content also seems to be very professional and have some good things to talk about to keep the reader interested. Overall, your site has done a great job adding content to the site and has a good amount of content per month. Keep it up!
Spelling/Grammar & Professionalism – (16 out of 20)
After reading a few articles on TCB, I noticed very few spelling errors and the articles were on topic as well as very professional. They weren't just straight to the point but they also weren't everywhere and completely off topic. The design of the site is also ver professional and it doesn't have a kid look to it which really brings out the professionalism as well as creativity into the site. It is nice to see that the site has such professional and grammatically correct content on the site. Overall, the design and content are very professional and the content itself has excellent spelling from what I could see. Keep up the great work!
Total Score - (73 out of 100)
Final Remarks:
Overall, TCB was a great blog to get to review, being how young it was it was nice to see how the content was and how creative the site is but I wasn't able to relate to it very easy because I am not a college student but I am sure there are others who can relate. Great work and I hope you enjoyed the review!
Strengths:
- - Design & Content
- Professionalism
Weaknesses:
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