10 things I hate about your site

I think I’m reviewing myself into a corner. What started out as an endeavor to review web sites (but not excluding blogs), has taken a sudden turn to the blog side. This creates a bit of a conundrum for me since most blogs rely on pre-made templates.

I believe Whathuh Studios is my first request from an Entrecard member. I think the time I’m spending there might be panning out.

Whathuh Studios Rant

10 8 things I hate about your site:

1. PayPerPost blog, or Whathuh Studios Rant blog?
2. “We make web design personal” doesn’t
   appear to be a very accurate tag line
   for this blog.
3. The Digg widget–its placement just bugs me.
4. Visit Flordia, the 51st state.
5. Whathuh heck is that icon?
6. Your sidebar widgets icons are magically disappearing.
7. Translation: worth it, or pretty space-filler?
8. Tag cloud vs. topics.

I’m feeling rather special today. 10 things hit a milestone of sorts. For the first time, it cost 2048 credits to advertise your entrecard here. That’s a pretty significant amount–I’ve only seen a few sites with this “price.” Of course, this will go back down. People aren’t going to pay that many credits to advertise here, so the ads in queue will run their course, the price will eventually go back down, and then people will advertise again. I’m still pretty happy.

So Daddy Papersurger (old git ) was serious. I almost feel bad reviewing his blog, as it is one of my personal favorites. The thing is, as soon as he made the request I was feeling the pressure. Honestly, I don’t think there are 10 things I hate about his blog, which will have some people crying “foul!” Seriously, though, DP’s biggest offenses have to do with his left sidebar.

So, Daddy Papersurfer, here are

10 7 things I hate about your site:

1. Your lonely “HOME” link.
2. “MAIN PAGE” is a little confused.
3. Pat, I’d like to buy a paragraph break please.
4. “Subscribe in a reader” and “SYNDICATE”. Separated at birth?
5. “Older posts”, newer spacing issues.
6. Left-align, right-align, center.
7. “Made on a Mac”

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