Topic what's your opinion?

anirban3598

Hi... I have recently (4 months ago) started up with a blog on a private domain. Let me know what do you think of it please..

Candid Reviews

suggestions / opinions are welcome and i will try to make better after what response i get from you all.

Thanks.

Xylie

I really like the layout of your site. Did you design it yourself or was it a template. The color scheme is good with the black and the red, and the flower/vine graphic looks great. I'm not exactly sure what the purpose of your blog is, however. Do you just review anything, or is there a specific theme that you have?

anirban3598

Hi, thanks for the review. I am just using a template of WordPress 2.3.3 and selected that template to keep it simple and yet gorgeous.

I review computer stuffs, some online earning websites and sharing tips on webhosting marketing and all. It is kind of a blog which talks about everything except movies and foods. The purpose of the website was to join websites like PayPerPost where they pay to review about the niche of the blogs. But not all of the reviews are paid. I write reviews of things which are really worth a mention.

-HAL-

The template you've choosen looks pretty nice, but does it fit your blog's "theme"??
Since you're mostly writing about computer and online stuff then maybe you should try to find a more "technology" like theme instead?

It's also good that you haven't flooded your blog with useless widgets/gadgets and ads, but I don't think a few well placed (and integrated) Google ads would have hurt.
MAybe you could get some extra $$$ from them as well...

anirban3598

HAL thanks for reviewing the site. I was thinking of changing the theme but i just have 100 GB bandwith and i guess loading a good theme might use up more bandwith as people will login. Also i am using 2.3 and im just waiting for google update to happen. And then I will upgrade to 2.5 with a new theme :-)

About the adsense thing, I used Bidvertiser and adbrite only to find myself getting banned 2 weeks later.. haha and that's when i decided not to put those ads. Although
i am open to put ads if people wana put their text link or banners.

-HAL-

100GB/month is more than enough for a blog like that, unless you're getting tens of thousands of visitors per day so you shouldn't have to worry about that..
(unless you're adding some VERY large downloads or videos etc..)


Don't hold your breath waiting for Google to update since Google's updating behind the scene every day..
The visible pagerank in the toolbar can be months old, so that's more of a novelty item these days (it's at least nothing you should be waiting for)..
Upgrading to Wordpress 2.5.1 (the latest version) is really easy, and you don't have to touch the template if you don't want to.
I highly recommend you to upgrade since it's a much more secure and stable version...
http://wordpress.org/download/

Did they let you know why you got banned from them??
I've never tried any of those, but I've had no problems with Adsense, and I've used it for many years now on different sites..

anirban3598

Oh ok kewl then i guess i should upgrade to a new theme in a week. Can you please tell me if WP 2.5.1 has more text box widget because this 2.3.3 version got only 9 text box widget which just limits putting many ads.

By the way, Google said fraud clicks.