I Review You

A bit of blogging, some blogging tools and a lot of irony. That’s Blog Badly.

Can you take another blog with tips on… blogs? I think I can’t. I can’t stay reading the same old stories about SEO, WP plug-ins, yadda yadda yadda. Please, go read Blog Badly. Don’t overlook the site just because it has too much on sight. That’s a plus, in matter of fact.

Content

You may read the same old blogs, but why not read one that gives you something to laugh at? Or even something to curse too. Max isn’t the kind of guy that stands in front of a PC acting like a PC. He doesn’t give you cold stats, cold news, cold stories. Do you want to know about why blogging sucks? Well, reason #3 is “It’s Too Hard To Make Money - Today’s Earnings: $0.00194“. And what about “All The Good Domain Names Are Already Taken - I guess m-a-king-mon-e-y-onl-in-e.com would work…“? You could also take the list on what you have to do to completely loose your blogging creativity and give it a try. I gave it. And I lost my creativity.

Design

I guess some people would say that the design is a bit too crowded. In matter of fact, it gives you enough. Blog Badly has a lot of widgets on the sidebar, that fits perfectly the overall visual aspect. BB posts are usually small or mid-sized, so you can scroll down the pages and you’ll still read the posts in their entirety. With a double sidebar, the widgets don’t take much of the page vertically, so, when reading older posts, you’ll only get a white sidebar. So, rest! You may ask “but will I have to scroll down to get a clean page?”. The answer is: believe me, you WILL scroll down. The content rocks.

Contest

Funny enough, as our first review, Blog Badly is also running a contest on ads. The prize is a free 125×125 ad slot in the upper part of the blog for a full week. You can (and MUST) check the rules of the contest going here: Blog Badly’s Free Weekly 125×125 Ad Space Contest Thingamajig Extravaganza.

One of the greatest things about Living on Adsense is how Chris Whiteley approaches the internet money world. Chris is not a big fish like Darren or Chow, he is one of us, trying to make a living out of the internet. His insights on different tactics and programs are realistic, “realistic” like in “I’m trying this out right now”. After the infamous episode of his blogging powers being taken away (betrayed), Chris is back for action and wanting more. Being forced to want more, actually.

Content

“Why should I read the blog of someone who hasn’t succeeded yet?”, you may ask. Sometimes we get too fascinated with the big numbers and can easily get carried away on those distant dreams, forgetting how tough the beginning can be. Struggling his way, reading Living on Adsense can give you some of that strength you need to keep going. Thanks Nike for “Just do it”, it’s important to think like that sometimes.

Design

LoA is well designed and has cool features, such as open statistics and the Top Commentators plug-in. Having stats available is a nice way to let us know how he’s doing and how it relates to his final income.

Contest

Chris is also running a contest on Living on Adsense and the prize is a free 125×125 ad slot on the site for a month. You can try it out, get to know the rules.

Hey folks, I’d like to welcome you all to I Review You, a site about sites. My goal here is to get to know great sites from all over the web, providing a review with some insights on content and design, cool features, funny things and everything that can be taken as a positive side to the site. Don’t get fooled, suggestions on both design and content will also be made, so you can take that in matter.

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