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Blog review checklist
Tuesday October 25, 2005
I found quite a cool blog checklist designed to increase traffic and I thought it would be nothing short of hilarious, and somewhat telling, to see what would happen if I applied it to this site, here goes:
Audience
What words would your readers use to describe your blog?
Stupid, ill concieved, hilarious, flowery, full of hippies. I don’t know what words would you use to describe this webshite? Do I actually have any readers any more?
What do they like best about your site?
Probably the flowers, possibly my in your face attitude. Answers on a postcard please.
Purpose
What is the purpose of your blog?
To embarass myself in later life and/or a week after I made my latest post.
Why does it exist?
I blog therefore it is.
Is the purpose stated plainly where your readers can see it?
I think so, yes.
How well does your blog meet that purpose?
With suprising ease.
Content
How well does the content support the purpose?
Like a brand new bra, very well.
Is the content readable, interesting, accurate, entertaining, and appropriate for your audience?
No, no, no, no and yes.
Design
How well does the look of the blog communicate the kind of blog it is?
Badly.
Is navigation easy and intutive?
Oh, it’s super duper.
Do items flow naturally from the first to the next?
Like a river.
Do the color palette, image, and type choices support the content or call attention away from it?
LOL!
Posts
Do you post on a consistent schedule the information readers came to find?
Errr, pass.
Do your posts reflect the unique purpose and style of your blog?
Sure fucking do.
Do they offer variety and interest within your blog’s purpose and theme?
Nope, it’s all the same fucking shit.
Comments
Do you read and respond to comments to form a sense of community?
I used to, now I don’t actually give a shit and very few people leave comments any more anyway.
Consider which posts get most comments and which get none. How does that effect the topics that you’re posting on?
Used to but not any more.
Technical Issues
Have you checked lately to see whether and how fast your blog loads in other browsers?
The background image weighs in at 123k all on it’s own, so yes it is consitently slow on all browsers.
Have you overdone the use of plug-ins and gadgets, making the experience more confusing than fun?
I have tried my best!
Writing
Is your writing clear and respectful of your readers?
Yes and no respectively.
Have you established a writing voice that lets readers know who you really are?
Yes, no, yes, no… errr.
Is the blog essentially free of errors in grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation?
Essentially, no.
Organization
Have you set up your categories to draw readers into your backlist?
Yes.
Do you feature “Golden Oldies” that new readers would have interest in?
Nope, I generally just repeat myself a lot, passing it off as new content.
Do you name your Categories things that readers can understand?
Yes, but I might change that.
Marketing
What are you doing to let readers know that you are here?
Swearing, shouting, fighting with people quite publicly.
Are you listed in the right directories?
Yeeees but only ‘cos they are all run by my best mates or I have bullied my way on to them.
Do you read and comment on other blogs within your readership?
Used to but not any more, someone else seems to take great pleasure in doing it for me, which is nice of them I think.
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