10 things I hate about your site

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I will apologize in advance. (I’m doing a lot of apologizing lately it seems.) This is going to be the quickest, easiest review thus far for 10 things. If memory serves me correctly (which it sometimes does not), Scratch Bags’ Donkey GMAT blog had a much different look originally. If that is the case, he didn’t need me to review his site—someone figured out the 4-1-1 a while ago.

Scratch Bags must be an avid reader of 10 things, because after my thorough review, I can only find four things I hate about his blog. He’s been paying attention!

So, Donkey Gmat, here’s

10 4 things I hate about your site:

1. Tease me! Save the heavy stuff for later.
2. Where am I? Lost in GMAT hell.
3. Where am I—take 2.
4. Archives. Tease me some more.

While pouring through the posts and pages of the next blog up for review, I got sidetracked and ended up starting my own “pay-per-post” blog (look for another shameless self-promotion post). Armed with additional knowledge of the limitations placed on the blogger, I understand that a few of the things on the list below are out of the blogger’s control. While that may not be the blogger’s problem, there are still some things I hate about the blog.

Personally, I find the design of this blog to be a little under whelming. Considering the topics and content, however, understated is probably the way to go. Of course, there’s always something that can be improved upon.

Politics 2000

10 8 things I hate about your site:

1. The web is a visual medium—give me something to look at!
2. Where was I? I keep losing my place.
3. Google ads. Are they a gift from above or are they sent from Hell?
4. Tags: why are they there?
5. Your tags are invading my space.
6. So much to read, so little real estate.
7. What’s important: proper use of the <strong> tag.
8. Typo…

By now it should be no secret that I’m an Entrecard member. While I’ve come across a lot of crap on Entrecard, I’ve also come across some really good blogs. This makes the crap bearable. One of the blogs I’ve discovered is an excellent “bloggers blog” that I have become quite taken with. Not only is the design wonderful, but the content is valid and substantial. Blog Design Blog understands not only the importance of credible and interesting content, but the importance of presenting that content:

A blog that looks like it was put together by someone’s nephew in their basement or uses a free template will give off the impression of being unprofessional, lack of credibility, and sketchy. You could have created the world’s most comprehensive blog on a subject, but your blog design can prevent people from even giving you a chance. And without readers, how are you suppose to make a successful blog?

In my unending pursuit of blog perfection, I stumbled across this juicy little piece of information: your WordPress archives don’t have to be ugly, meaningless blocks of text. Thanks to Pearsonified, your archives can look as pretty as mine (aka formatted and full of life).

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From Pearsonified:

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