The Weblog Review

The first thing that strikes you immediately as you enter this page is the green background. I think that having a green background is a great idea, especially if you’ve made references to nature in the title. Unfortunately, the green is more a neon green than a grass green, and is far too bright and intrusive.



Which is a shame because it detracts from an otherwise fine weblog. Opinion is carried across well and with enthusiasm, and navigation-wise the site works well and is easy to get around.



There isn’t a huge amount of content here yet; this is another fledgling site that still needs some work, particularly with the colours as I have already mentioned.Flowerhead

You can tell a lot about a person by what music they listen to. Well, maybe you can’t tell a lot about people, but you get an idea about their character.



Which is why, when Ben finishes each blog, it is good to read what it is he’s listening to. It’s almost a reason in itself to skim through recent posts, to see if there’s anything he’s listening to that you like too.



Aside from the musical interludes, the content here is better than even Ben himself thinks. Although there isn’t much else, the blog is entertaining. Worth at least a perusal, this is another site I think will grow in the future.BEN-0

Matt’s weblog is a little unusual in that it takes the form of a separate journal as part of his site, rather than simply being on the front page like so many others. I don’t think that this is a particularly wise move either; the first thing people want to see when they go to someone’s blog is to see the blog. Archives can be moved off into a new section, but it is better, in my opinion, to show the key content right from the off.



When you do find the journal (which is grouped by day, reverse chronologically), it is well written and absorbing. The writer (himself an aspiring novellist/playwright) comes across as intelligent, although if he spent a bit more time and effort on grammar and spelling the end result would be far more satisfying.



You have to put in some work to get much from this site, and in the six-second world of the Internet, far too many people will be going off-site for their content without really exploring the site. It is worth visiting, and shows some promise.bandersnatch

Here is a site that has a similar goal as this one. Find some weblogs and link them. However, his is a little more targeted. His is for group weblogs! His weblog is a list of group weblogs. He is always searching for new group weblogs to be added to his site. So if you have one, go submit your site to his.Groupblogs

Asian Bastard: humourous, snide and a bit bizarre. Should be worth a visit then.



Design wise there aren’t any problems with the site; he’s gone for the safe route of a three column layout with a long list of links down the right and some fancy sushi-inspired buttons on the left for navigation.



The content is rich and engaging, and he displays a quirky sense of humour that I’m sure most people will enjoy. A lot of the posts are similar to whatever else is doing the rounds on the blog scene, but what original stuff there is is often interesting.



Also provided with every post is the “confessional”, where readers are invited to leave their own comments.Asianbastard