Wii Wii is a blog that is dedicated to the Nintendo Wii and has several articles based specifically on it. It's aimed at people who own a Wii and/or people who have a massive interest in the console and/or the gaming industry. The post subjects are quite varied, including news, hands on previews, mentions of the console in the media and so on. According to the tag cloud, the main post subjects tend to be gaming news, video-based articles, hardware news and general/humourous news.
The blog posts are never too long. They seem to be either very brief or at about 200 words maximum, as a rough estimate. It's a conversational tone of writing and a lot of pictures and video content are used to support the articles. There are also a very healthy amount of external links on the articles combined. The articles don't get a lot of comments but they tend to be on articles with news about either the games or some off-kilter piece of news.
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GAWKER BLOGS: Lifehacker
The blog is about finding cheats to everyday technological and domestic problems. It is aimed at people who want to be more efficient. It is updated daily and it is updated 15-25 posts on average a day. It covers such dilemmas such as 'Turn Yoghurt Containers Into Sippy Cups' and 'How Do You Do Your Taxes'. The style of the posts are quite friendly and instructive, and are written by a team of writers. The only social interactions with the reader than I could see was the comments page and the Digg mark on one of the posts. Plenty of pictures and links are used. The design, whilst ok, is the best of a bad bunch of Gawker blogs, which in general are just wrong. I don't think the blog makes money.
WEBLOG BLOGS: DS Fanboy
This blog is all about the Nintendo DS. It is aimed at people who own one or are heavily into gaming. Or just nerds. DS Fanboy is yet another heavily updated blog, with lots of posts daily. It covers DS news, DS news that isn't neccessarily to do with the console or games and features. The style of the posts is quite subject-specific, adding to the feel that it is a hardcore site. The blog does use plenty of links and a wide variety of tools including embedded video, pictures and Digg buttons. The design is pretty decent, even if in places it looks somewhat cluttered. I don't think the blog makes money.
The tagline is also made of wrong.
FEDERATED BLOGS: Uncrated
This blog is all about looking at things that are aimed primarily for men to buy - a bit like Stuff Magazine. It is aimed mainly for the adult man and they would want to read it to see what items are available that are interesting, quirky etc. The site does not actually tell anyone the dates of post uploads but I wouldn't be surprised if it was like the two blogs mentioned above. It covers items such as Bacon cookbooks, cars, clothing and a wide variety of other things. The posts are almost very persuasive, in that they're giving them all a gleaming review and are recommended easily. There are links to buy the items but apart from that, there are no other stand out interaction features. The design is excellent - very slick, good choice of colours and properly organised. I reckon there is a deal struck with advertisers as a source of revenue.
The blog is about finding cheats to everyday technological and domestic problems. It is aimed at people who want to be more efficient. It is updated daily and it is updated 15-25 posts on average a day. It covers such dilemmas such as 'Turn Yoghurt Containers Into Sippy Cups' and 'How Do You Do Your Taxes'. The style of the posts are quite friendly and instructive, and are written by a team of writers. The only social interactions with the reader than I could see was the comments page and the Digg mark on one of the posts. Plenty of pictures and links are used. The design, whilst ok, is the best of a bad bunch of Gawker blogs, which in general are just wrong. I don't think the blog makes money.
WEBLOG BLOGS: DS Fanboy
This blog is all about the Nintendo DS. It is aimed at people who own one or are heavily into gaming. Or just nerds. DS Fanboy is yet another heavily updated blog, with lots of posts daily. It covers DS news, DS news that isn't neccessarily to do with the console or games and features. The style of the posts is quite subject-specific, adding to the feel that it is a hardcore site. The blog does use plenty of links and a wide variety of tools including embedded video, pictures and Digg buttons. The design is pretty decent, even if in places it looks somewhat cluttered. I don't think the blog makes money.
The tagline is also made of wrong.
FEDERATED BLOGS: Uncrated
This blog is all about looking at things that are aimed primarily for men to buy - a bit like Stuff Magazine. It is aimed mainly for the adult man and they would want to read it to see what items are available that are interesting, quirky etc. The site does not actually tell anyone the dates of post uploads but I wouldn't be surprised if it was like the two blogs mentioned above. It covers items such as Bacon cookbooks, cars, clothing and a wide variety of other things. The posts are almost very persuasive, in that they're giving them all a gleaming review and are recommended easily. There are links to buy the items but apart from that, there are no other stand out interaction features. The design is excellent - very slick, good choice of colours and properly organised. I reckon there is a deal struck with advertisers as a source of revenue.
Monday, 24 September 2007
Who Ate All The Pies
Who Ate All The Pies is a football blog, although it's not a serious one. It posts frequently each weekday - on the 24th September, there were 14 entries posted up to 'What was Marco van Basten doing at the Chelsea game?' - and the blog is written by more than one person. Every post is tagged so if someone wanted to search for a story about Chelsea, they could just click the tag link, which would then take them to a list of stories under the tag. There are also sister blogs for certain football teams like Arsenal, Manchester United etc. The entries that are posted have a varied subject matter, ranging from news and rumours to match reports to more humorous posts. The tone of most of it's posts seem to be very light-hearted.
Users can interact with the site in a variety of ways. It has permalink, allowing users to see the blog post on it's own. Users can also comment on posts, although to do that they must also enter a security code for security reasons, and they can also rate the article via other social networking sites like Digg. Users can also become a member of the site by signing up to the community. They can set up their own profile and they can submit videos.
The layout of the site is good. Whilst, compared to other football blogs, it offers a lot more in the way of features, it doesn't appear cluttered; instead it is tiny and efficient. The variation of the posts is also a plus point as is the humourous side to the writing.
Users can interact with the site in a variety of ways. It has permalink, allowing users to see the blog post on it's own. Users can also comment on posts, although to do that they must also enter a security code for security reasons, and they can also rate the article via other social networking sites like Digg. Users can also become a member of the site by signing up to the community. They can set up their own profile and they can submit videos.
The layout of the site is good. Whilst, compared to other football blogs, it offers a lot more in the way of features, it doesn't appear cluttered; instead it is tiny and efficient. The variation of the posts is also a plus point as is the humourous side to the writing.
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