Thursday, June 7, 2012

Critiquing Blogs

The first blog I reviewed is Chassity's blog, Communication Happens http://communicationhappensblog.blogspot.com/.  I really like how clean this blog looks, and it looks very professional.  I also like the drop down options under the “Sidebar” tab to customize the view to the readers’ personal taste.  Personally, I like the “Magazine” view but I found that not all of the views work (such as “Snapshot”) so that would be something to update in the future.  Also, I found the right hand menu not to be very user friendly.  I actually found it by accident when I moused over it looking for information about the author and I think if it was more visible on the page it may make the blog a bit easier to navigate.

The Expert Witness Communicator blog http://the-expert-witness.blogspot.com/ has a lot going on.  I think it is a fantastic place for William to advertise his book and found that very exciting.  He also has a lot of information on his blog, which is valuable, but I think it may be helpful to categorize them with sub-menus or something to make them a bit easier to navigate.  Also, this might just be my computer but I have to scroll from side-to-side to see the full blog page, something I don’t prefer and don’t recommend.  If the page setup was narrowed, or perhaps the margins were narrowed a bit, I think the blog could be more user friendly.  Also, I really like the intro description under the page name, but I found it hard to read when the white text overlaps with the white on the background image.  Maybe that text color could be changed to a grey or blue to be easier to read.

Dolly's blog, Communication Today blog http://lilgunny.blogspot.com/ is bright and cheerful.  Based on the color scheme, font colors and pictures I feel like I know a little bit about the author and she seems like a friendly writer.  I would recommend adding additional pages to the blog to showcase other pieces she has written and as this is a blog for professional use I think it would be ideal to use her name rather than “Travel Hound” in the “About Me” section.  If this is too personal, perhaps initials or Ms. [initial from last name] to continue the professional vibe.

To read more about my blog critiques and how classmate feedback helped me improve my own blog, see my new post What Makes A Good Blog?

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