Content Is King

My criteria for a good blog:


Content

• Subject matter interests me
• Writing is relevant to the topic or heading
• Writer has a voice and uses expression
• Writer is aware and considerate of their audience

Design

• Well organized
• Aesthetically pleasing
• Clean and comfortable color palette
• Nice use of fonts and typography
• Well-placed pictures
• Good use of word wrap
• The bigger the font, the better

Based on these criteria, I will attempt to grade a few blogs I've been following recently. These first two will show similarities to my own personal blog, October In The 80's.










1. DVD Panache
I stumbled across this site while searching for the photo that now resides on the front page of my personal blog. He talks about movies and things he relates to them, kind of like I do.


Content: 4
For content, It's a little too involved and sometimes cryptic for me. But otherwise, he meets all my requirements.


Design: 2
For design, I give it 2 stars out of 5, but only because I like the header and feel sorry for the blogger. The blog design is atrocious with a dull, grey background and tiny, unwelcoming text.


DVD Panache: 6/10

2. J-TWO-O
I realize I may risk failing the class for saying this, but I LOVE J-TWO-O. I am on the verge of being obsessed and utterly involved with J-TWO-O. In fact, J-TWO-O may even be accredited with having the most amount of influence on my personal blog.

Content: 5
Everything she writes I want to read and wish I would have written myself....and would have if my personal blog didnt have to be so focused (so the 80's, politics, sex, sports...cats!) If there was any question of whether or not I really cared to read about George Egg or an article on anxiety, it was quickly overshadowed by the fact that SHE BLOGS ABOUT FOOTBALL. Not only that, its good! She actually knows WTF she's talking about. Aaaand...SHE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL!


Design: 3
The text is really small, the layout is very thin and vertical, and the overall design is just plain boring. Again, the only saving grace is the header, followed by the fact that every now and then I like a nice white background. That, and she does a decent job of inserting pics and videos.


J-TWO-O: 8/10