When I first saw the name American Blogger I thought this was going to be about a guy who would be blogging about the war in Iraq. But then I saw that the category he listed was movies instead of politics so I was revealed.
American Blogger is still a very young site being that it just started in April. Additionally the months are not filled with a lot of posts, or more specifically a lot of ranting and raving and general rambling that can be found in a lot of other blogs. Instead the author posts movie reviews, pictures of actresses, and sports information. I was very happy to see that the movie reviews were more than a quick blurb, but also they aren’t long and drawn out giving away every detail of the movie.
The design of the site is a very simple two-column layout like most blogs are now. The header image looks cut off for me on the main page, but works fine for all the archives. This could be some issue with css and the browser I am using (Safari). The other down side to the site is that there is sort of a splash page. It is more of a intro page with links to six different areas of the site, but I still consider it a splash page, and we all should know how I feel about those now (in case you don’t know how I feel, I do not like splash pages).
Back to the weblog itself: when the author does post pictures he is kind enough to send them through some filters and resizing in Photoshop, which is a nice touch. It made me feel like the author actually cared about the content of his site, rather than just throwing random pictures up of actress, sports figures, etc. The only downside I have to the blog is the lack of content. I understand that one cannot possibly see every single movie and write a review about it, but the fact that there are posts about actresses and sports should be able to get enough content for the author.
Overall I thought the concept of American Blogger was a good one and the execution is there too. I do however feel that the content really needs to be kicked up a notch to be really noteworthy. I enjoyed spending my time here and I hope that in time the site improves.American Blogger