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.
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March 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Ooh. Great review.
I myself think my sidebar is crowded. I’m going to look for a new cleaner theme, perhaps with a single sidebar. It’s one of the biggest things I worry about - glad that you think it works.
Oh, and be sure to comment on the contest post so that I properly count your entry. It helps a LOT with organization.
March 17th, 2008 at 1:17 am
haha! This is a great article.. Best Blog entry I’ve read all day (and I’ve been reading for about 2 hours now).. Crowded content is tough to read & absorb.. Kind of a turn off me for me as well.. I agree.. Keep it funny and in the first person.. I wanna know you’re opinion and if it backs your brand.. Enough cutting and pasting articles.. Lets see some journal entry type blogging.. I wanna know what’s on your mind, not what you think I want you to hear! Glad you brought this up.. Gives me a chance to vent!
April 6th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Yeah, BlogBadly’s a pretty good site.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
great post and a very good idea too. it’s nice that someone reviews blogs
April 10th, 2008 at 1:37 am
I guess mine will be the same kind of comments you read all day, but I got to thank you for advertising your Entrecard on my blog. I really appreciate it.
To tell you the truth, I don’t have enough EC to advertise on yours, but I’m sure it gonna be soon. I shall make it my top priority to collect every single EC to advertise my Entrecard.
Anyway, see you around.
Greetings and lots of love from Malaysia.