I’ve decided to join the 2010 Blog Improvement Project! I’m so excited to exchange ideas with other bloggers and make our blogs even greater than they already are!!
The Week 1 task has been posted!
Week 1: Create a Blogging To-Do List
I’ve been mulling over some things I’d like to do to make my blog more user-friendly. Specifically, I would like to:
REVIEWS:
Be able to search my reviews by author name, my star rating, and/or book title (maybe a drop-down menu?)
TAGGING:
Tag all reviews with author name
Tag all reviews with book genre
Tag all reviews with star rating
NAVIGATION:
Create a menu bar to navigate the blog easier (include links to: About Me, Reviews, Giveaways, others?)
I love Fiction Vixen’s!
I also like Undercover Book Lover’s navigation bar with the RSS buttons at the top; and the search box integrated into the header.
I like how Lost for Words has the navigation titles “light up” when the mouse scrolls over them; I also love the rounded sidebar boxes
SOCIAL MEDIA:
Integrate Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, others?)
Add an RSS subscription link
CONTENT:
Content other than reviews and memes – still thinking about this!
COMMENTING:
Commenting – more integration and conversation with my readers, i.e. commenting on comments
DESIGN:
Finalize new design with designer (so excited!!).
I really like the layout of Fiction Vixen with the 3 columns, but the main post column being first, with the other 2 sidebars next to that.
Since YOU are the readers, is there anything you can think of that would make my blog more appealing or reader-friendly? Is there any specific content you would like to see (or see more of?)? Is there anything here that you DON’T like?? Please be honest – I can take it! LOL It’s the only way to get better!!
I’m sure this post will be updated constantly as I think of more things! I’ll be reviewing other blogs and adding links here so you can view sites that I like (there are so many!).
Thanks for reading and visiting me today!!
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I think I need to do this too. You are the second person in a row on my google reader who posted this, haha. But I told her that I’m going all out on making it to the book blog con but haven’t really been paying a whole lot of attention to my actual blog lately, hehe! I think what I like seeing in other people’s blogs is something a little more personal. Obviously, I like when they focus more on books/reading, but some kind of posts, etc. to where I feel like I know the person more and can easily differentiate who they are from another blogger. (Obviously I know yours from the others, but this is just what I think in general). I’m going to try to do that more on my blog.And as for design… I’ve been waiting on my *designer* husband forever to design mine and I don’t think he’s even started yet!!! I’m not the nagging type of wife, but when it comes to this I have been, lol.
I'm really impressed that you are having a designer on your blog! I look forward to seeing what they come up with!I hope that you enjoy taking part in BIP and manage to achieve all your goals.
I'm really impressed that you are having a designer on your blog! I look forward to seeing what they come up with!
I hope that you enjoy taking part in BIP and manage to achieve all your goals.
I hope it goes well. I will check back for the improvements.ann
I hadn't heard of this before! I'm going to try to participate
I really like menu bars on blogs – that will be on my to-do list also.Good luck!