First Impressions:
When I first entered your site on the PC, I noticed that it loaded quite fast as it has a minimalist theme to it. Oddly enough, I really like the blend in the colors between the background and the header/logo area. In the most traditional sense, blue colored backgrounds are used to appease the eye and calm the soul. I also immediately noticed the organization of your articles as well as the number of articles that have been published. From the home page, it appears that there is quite a bit of articles to read through. Something I wish there were more of are blog title pictures on your home page to give the theme a little more distinction. Your article tags are very in-depth for each article. Navigating to the category page, I immediately notice that your blogs are very diverse but all related to entertainment. You specifically state what types of blogs you write and why. On your about page, you tell everyone what you do, why you do it, and thank them for taking their time to read them. I really appreciate an author who does this. This will take your blog a long way. Once I arrived at the contact page, I noticed that there was a 404 error. We will go more into this on site structure. Overall, my first impressions on your blog were good, especially for a hosted WordPress blog.
Good
Design Quality:
As mentioned above, I love the colors of the theme as they are very close with the ADA regulations for a site to be ADA compliant. The header image/logo reminds me of a journal type image signifying that this site is about you and your life. On the homepage, I do wish that there were some blog title images to give the theme a little diversity instead of looking at all words and block sections. I would also say the same thing on your other pages as well. Images never hurt but add that extra push to the theme. I would relate adding the images like adding landscaping to your home. It adds property value to your home making it worth a little or a lot more. I do wish I could see your contact page, but I am receiving a 404 error stating that the page does not exist. The navigation of your website is extremely easy and very quick as the theme is minimalist. The theme is also highly responsive and with it being minimalist, it takes little to no time to load. Overall the grammar of the site looks like it is spot on as well as the punctuation with minor errors here and there. Overall, the design quality of your site is average. By adding images to all the main navigational pages, I would say that the design quality would rise. Also, it would not hurt to add images or an imaged background to blend in place of the static color background. This would give the appearance of less wasted space.
Average
Site Structure:
Regarding site structure of your blog, I think that for the most part it’s alright. I do have some minor suggestions and critiques. First of all, I want to point out the 404 error on the contact page and that error could be multiple reasons. Some of the reasons include the main navigational set URL is not correct, the contact page may be in a different format that originally anticipated, or that the contact page may not yet exist. I have tried various ways to reach the contact page and am unable to do so. With it being a blog, sometimes contact pages are not too mission critical, but this should be fixed or the navigation object should be removed until you can fix this. Another suggestion would be to reorganize your homepage blog template a bit. It does seem to be a bit confusing at first. Typically, people love simplicity. The blogs are really not categorized on the homepage as I would like to see them. Me personally, I would love to read just your gaming and Harry Potter blogs. However, it is somewhat hard to distinguish without looking very close which blog belongs to which category. Overall, the site structure is average with the exception of the 404 contact page error which brings the site structure to poor. Once you fix the 404 error, I then could give you an average rating.
Poor
Originality:
The originality of this site is really well thought out in the content that has been posted on the site itself. Each article on the site is clearly from you and nowhere else. It is your opinion mixed with smaller facts to create genuine articles. I ran some of your articles through a plagiarism checker and the only plagiarized text was the text that you cited directly from the source. Your blog is what I call original because blogs are typically about a specific niche or subject. Your blog does include a niche and various subjects, but it is mainly about you and what you love. You originality is original, but nothing extraordinary. Overall, your originality on this site is average compared to other blogs of this nature.
Average
Activity Level:
After looking through the 27 different articles you have on your blog, I have a few critiques. Since January, you have posted 27 medium-sized articles with the exception of a few larger articles. The suggested amount of articles to post is 2-5 a week. Estimating the weeks to add up to 12 and publish 2-5 a week, a typical blog should produce the average of 24-60 articles in 12 weeks. As of now, your blog is estimated to be on the lower end of the average articles per 12 weeks depending on the exact creation and launch date of the blog. There is nothing wrong with this as it is a newer blog as well as a specific blog about you and your interests. My concern lies within the blog comments. Blogs typically do not need comments as they offer fresh content to the users that read them. With that being said, comments seem to be lacking a little and could use a boost if you are looking to increase your activity. There are some users that pick certain articles to comment on, but what I do not see is the author answering or returning comments to every user. At this point in the blog it is recommended that the author comment after every user to make sure that they keep coming back. Overall, the activity level of the blog is within the average range, but the comments seem to be below average.
Poor
The thing I liked the best: The variety of categories you have to offer.
The thing I liked the least: The 404 contact page error.
Overall Mark:
I do believe that you have a strong foundation that needs a few minor changes to make sure you have the most effective response and output on your site. By getting rid of the dead space in the background, adding more colors and images to each page, and fixing your 404 contact page error, I believe that your blog will exceed your expected results as long as you keep going at the pace you are. I hope your blog the best!
