Comments on: Your Blog Sucks and I Got 20 Reasons To Back It Up http://www.joeychgo.com/2008/your-blog-sucks-and-i-got-20-reasons-to-back-it-up Blog of the infamous forum administrator Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Sly from Slyvisions.com http://www.joeychgo.com/2008/your-blog-sucks-and-i-got-20-reasons-to-back-it-up#comment-1216 Sly from Slyvisions.com Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:47:01 +0000 http://www.joeychgo.com/2008/your-blog-sucks-and-i-got-20-reasons-to-back-it-up#comment-1216 Thanks for writing about this Joey. It was a really nice elaboration of those 20 points. Sly from Slyvisions.com Thanks for writing about this Joey. It was a really nice elaboration of those 20 points.

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]]> By: Dave A http://www.joeychgo.com/2008/your-blog-sucks-and-i-got-20-reasons-to-back-it-up#comment-1215 Dave A Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:18:34 +0000 http://www.joeychgo.com/2008/your-blog-sucks-and-i-got-20-reasons-to-back-it-up#comment-1215 Nice expansion, Joey. Just a quick two thoughts where you left a gap. -Your blog is not usable at all.- I think this has a lot to do with how intuitive the navigation is, essentially layout structure. The test is if a person comes to your site for the first time. Once they've read (or rejected) the content, they're going "Now what." Is the answer to that question obvious in those zones? -Your blog has no focal point whatsoever.- If you only have totally random content without a binding niche theme of some sort, your visitors will be even more diffused and random than your blog entries. Visitors should be able to identify a main theme and be able to decide if this is something that interests them. If it is, they'll come back/subscribe/load RSS feed. But I for one would not subscribe to arbitrary rambling on the off-chance one entry might be of interest. I probably wouldn't come back either. A visitor is more interested in your topic than you! Unless you happen to be significant enough to be interesting in your own right - which unfortunately doesn't apply to most people. Nice expansion, Joey. Just a quick two thoughts where you left a gap.

-Your blog is not usable at all.-
I think this has a lot to do with how intuitive the navigation is, essentially layout structure. The test is if a person comes to your site for the first time. Once they’ve read (or rejected) the content, they’re going “Now what.”

Is the answer to that question obvious in those zones?

-Your blog has no focal point whatsoever.-
If you only have totally random content without a binding niche theme of some sort, your visitors will be even more diffused and random than your blog entries. Visitors should be able to identify a main theme and be able to decide if this is something that interests them. If it is, they’ll come back/subscribe/load RSS feed. But I for one would not subscribe to arbitrary rambling on the off-chance one entry might be of interest. I probably wouldn’t come back either.

A visitor is more interested in your topic than you! Unless you happen to be significant enough to be interesting in your own right - which unfortunately doesn’t apply to most people.

]]> By: Gasmoney http://www.joeychgo.com/2008/your-blog-sucks-and-i-got-20-reasons-to-back-it-up#comment-1191 Gasmoney Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:10:45 +0000 http://www.joeychgo.com/2008/your-blog-sucks-and-i-got-20-reasons-to-back-it-up#comment-1191 read this on Sly's blog and i think you did a good job on going further with it. Good post read this on Sly’s blog and i think you did a good job on going further with it. Good post

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