Appearance and Style - (Out of 20)
When a potential reader visits your blog, you want them to be pulled in right away by your blog's appearance and style. Firstly, I really like your logo. I remember liking your logo when I reviewed your blog a few months ago, and the logo has since then changed. I actually like the newer logo better. I feel the smiley face and the crown symbolizes how fun the blog is. It might be better to have some kind of fusion icon as well though. Maybe you could have "Fun" and "Fused" sharing the same "F." That would display the blog's title, but also signify a fusion. Secondly, your favicon is nice. It matches your logo. It seems to be a bit more orange than the one in the logo though. They should be the same color if they're not. It fits your genre well though. Thirdly, your color scheme seems to be effective. I remember your color scheme having a lot of white in it when I last reviewed your block, now it has darker colors. I normally don't enjoy dark themes, but I feel your blog is right on the border line of being a dark or light theme because even though the background and header are black, the content area is white. I think you did a great job neutralizing black and white in your theme. Good luck making changes.
(Scored 15/20)
Blog Layout and Categorization - (Out of 20)
It looks like your blog has ten categories. Checking my past review of your blog, your blog had nine categories back in September. So, you have added a new category. It's good that you are expanding with your blog's categorization as the blog is expanding. I feel ten categories is fine, although I'm not sure if the categories need to be displayed the way they are. I feel a roll-over drop down menu button labeled "Categories" would be helpful. You could have everything on one menu bar if you did that. So, you could then get rid of the top menu, as you would move the social network information on the menu under the logo. So then it would display "Home," "Categories," and "Get Connected." With that being said, you could also have a roll-over drop down menu for "Get Connected." I feel this may limit the exposure of the social network accounts though, so maybe that's not best if your main source of exposure is through social networks. Also, as I mentioned in my last review, I still think your blog should have an "Other" category in the category list. Lastly, I feel you should separate the blog posts with the side content somehow. You could just divide them into two tables. That may take a bit of black away shown on the background, but I think that would help spruce things up a bit and limit the clutter. Overall, your blog's layout seems to be a bit cluttered but it's still pretty nice. I feel you could make a couple minor adjustments and that would really help. Good luck!
(Scored 16/20)
Commenting Activity and Other Interactions - (Out of 20)
The first few most recent blog posts have very few comments, but then again, they were all posted today. If they are not devoured by your frequency of blog posts, I am sure they will receive more comments in the future. The blog posts in the past week seem to mainly have only one comment each though. I recommend blog commenting exchanges honestly. Even though it may be a losing battle with the frequency of your blog posts, you never though, the person you exchange with could become a full-time reader. So, even though it's an exchange that only guarantees temporary effectiveness, there is potential for permanent reading and permanent commenting. That's all I can really say about the commenting activity. There are other interactions taking place though. For example, the social network accounts you have of FunFused definitely help. You actively use the blog social network accounts as well. That is good. Your blog is receiving positive feedback through the social network accounts as well. On Facebook, your blog has over 200 likes. That's a lot more than a lot of businesses I have seen on Facebook. I feel there aren't very many improvements that could be made in this area.
(Scored 19/20)
Quality and Frequency of Posts - (Out of 20)
The quality of your blog posts are impressive. I feel you could have a bit more words in each blog post though. People who read your blog posts don't want to read and thousands of words in a blog post, but you should have a couple paragraphs if possible. If you have little content, your blog is declared unprofessional and readers may think you're lazy or something. If you have too much content, readers may be lazy themselves and not even bother to read the blog post. A lot of content can even be demoralizing to readers. So, what does that mean? You need to find the middle ground. I feel you are doing pretty well keeping on the middle ground actually, but a few blog posts I noticed had too little content, in my opinion. It seems to go both ways really. You have a couple blog posts with arguably too much content. Some blog posts need to have a lot of content so you can display your expertise on the subject or successfully introduce them to the subject. Next, I love how frequent your blog posts are. You have definitely improved in this area. You seem to have started a habit in posting two to four blog posts a day. If you can keep this habit going after the holidays, that would be amazing. I assume the frequency of blog posts will let up once work, school, etc. move forward. Good luck keeping the current frequency of your blog posts consistent.
(Scored 20/20)
Spelling/Grammar - (Out of 20)
You seem to be doing a good job with spelling and grammar. I noticed a few mistakes every once in awhile in a couple blog posts, but perfection is impossible. You could spell check and proofread all you want, you will probably always have a spelling or grammar error somewhere if you have more than a paragraph of content. So, I don't feel the need to point out the few errors I noticed in the couple blog posts I came across. Just remember to use spell check (some browsers have the function built in), and if your browser doesn't, you could always open up Microsoft Word (or Mac's equivalent to it) and copy and paste your blog post and use spell check on it there. Proofreading can only help you as well, but with the frequency of your blog posts, it may be hard to proofread all your blog posts. However, I feel you should at least scan your blog posts. On the bright side, I didn't notice any spelling and grammar mistakes on the homepage besides a misspelling in an advertisement, which I know is irrelevant to the blog itself. Good luck making improvements.
(Scored 16/20)
Total Score - 86 (Out of 100)
Final Remarks:
What was most liked about the blog:
I absolutely love how often blog posts are being made. The frequency of posts is awesome.
What was disliked most about the blog:I feel the layout may be a bit cluttered. Also, the theme could be a bit more complex.
How could I get you (The Reviewer) to read my blog?
I occasionally read your blog already. I tend to read a blog post or two whenever I come across your blog's link.
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