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3 years, 3 months ago

What do you think of my blog?

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http://www.ministryofcriticism.com
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ssharon | 3 years, 3 months ago
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My first impression was a good one as the first part of the page I see is cleanly laid out and I like the header image.

I would have liked to see a line or two with what the blog is about and what the overall theme is. Even a word or two about you and why you have the blog and why I want to regularly read the blog would be nice.

Beyond that I think the site is a bit heavy on the embedded videos but that might just be me. I would like a bit more text and maybe have posts with multiple videos directed to a separate page.

Going back to my first comment I just found the page with what the site is about, but I had no idea it would be hiding behind a link called "What is . . . ?" I still think the main site needs a few words telling me what to expect when I visit the blog for the first time.

I also like how the page resizes to accommodate less wide screens, but I noticed that the maximum width is not very wide. Not a good or bad thing by the way, just an observation.

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pmacdon1 | 3 years, 3 months ago Report

I agree with this answer and had a lot of the same thoughts.

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jeffhoard | 3 years, 3 months ago
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It looks nice, I liked the simple design and header, however when I read the name "Ministry of Criticism" I was expected some criticizing? The few posts that I read were pretty generic; How-To's, Top videos, movie trailers etc...

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shakespearegeek | 3 years, 3 months ago
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It's not bad, for a start. With any blog I trip across I think, "Would I subscribe to this RSS feed?" Your blog looks like it can be summed up as, "You repost videos that you found funny or interesting." But chances are pretty good that my sense of humor is not exactly the same as yours, and the most popular ones (like the Onion or SNL ones) I will already have seen a dozen times in other places.

So I guess my advice would be to figure out what your own personal value add is, and provide some content over and above just linking the videos. As an example I subscribe to the "Around The Net" podcast from G4, even though of the 5 videos they choose to show each day I've typically seen 3-4 of them already, because I like the banter between the hosts. Likewise I stopped subscribing to the Break.com homepage because, while there were some funny videos, it is *nothing but* a parade of videos, so once the number of "frat boys kicking each other in the crotch and lighting themselves on fire" videos gets to be too much, there's nothing left to offer.

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