10 things I hate about your site

Another 10 things first–looking back to a site previously reviewed. Where are they now? It seems only fitting that the first site every reviewed here, is the first site to re-visit.

The Path to the Pegasus Letter broke so many rules I had to stop at 10. Inconsistent cross-browser rendering and a riot of color are only two of the problems plaguing this blog.

What do you do when you’re not sure a blogger is really serious about a 10 things review? You review them anyway!

The blogosphere, for all of it’s bloggers, can be a small world. Our next site review comes via a theme I chose to use for one of my other blogs, The Web-Betty Blog. There were quite a few comments regarding the Unstandard theme and how to modify it. A few of these comments came from Tracy Rosen. She provided some good info that really helped me modify the theme to my own liking.

That said, I’m going to find it difficult to provide an unbiased review as she has been oh so helpful to me. Since I’ve been asked, however, this is my way of returning the favor.

10 5 things I hate about your site:

1. Holy navigation, Batman! You have quite a few navigation buttons.
2. Busy, busy, busy. There is a lot going on here.
3. Gray, highlighted text.
4. Too many formatting styles in a post.
5. Overall layout—are you making the most of your blog real estate?

Don’t be mislead. While there are only five items listed, they cover a multitude of sins.

‘d like to thank Holistic Healing for being my first victim. Below is the down-and-dirty list. Click on “Continue Reading” for explanations and recommendations.

10 things I hate about your site:

1. Too many font colors.
2. Inconsistent navigation.
3. Lack of a clear header hierarchy.
4. Odd color scheme/palette.
5. Random “floating” flowers.
6. Link treatment—link, hover and visited.
7. Yahoo! Babel Fish translator.
8. Inconsistent layout.
9. Lack of proofreading.
10. Broken links.

What is this, anyway? Well, I’ll tell you. I joined several blog communities the other day, in an attempt to gain viewers/comments/social acceptance/etc. Having three blogs already (this is my fourth—I guess I have a lot to say), I do find myself getting distracted as there are so many people out there, blogging away, on so many interesting and significant (and not so significant) topics. In my meandering, I came across a discussion entitled “10 things I hate about your blog.” Of course, this discussion had hundreds of bloggers commenting and waiting their turn for public humiliation.