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	Saturday, February 14, 2004

KING OF THE BLOGS: WEEK 2 – CHALLENGE & WHOLE BLOG REVIEWS Here are my judgments with scores omitted to retain suspense. The final results will be available at the KotB home page soon, and I'll let you know the outcome. If you're a betting man, put a couple on ChristWeb. He's gonna be tough to beat forever. The Challenge Question this week: Why do you think what you have to say is important to blog readers? CHRISTWEB (Challenge) GOOD POINTS: Wants his readers to attain enlightenment. Will make a fine Buddha some day. BAD POINTS: Forgot to drop Jesus's name in the list of important things he has to say. Stephen should probably expect a small box of wrath to be FedEx'd to his door in the near future for the omission. WALLOWORLD (Challenge) GOOD POINTS:  Bill comes clean about the source of his succinctness phobia. Apparently it was something he picked up in law school. He also takes the opportunity to LINK HIS OWN BLOG SEVEN FREAKING TIMES in one post. Such self-absorbed narcissism will serve him well should he step over Stephen's twitching corpse to ascend to the throne. BAD POINTS: Took so long to finish reading this post, that, before I got the end, I had to stop to shave. Twice. This isn't the OJ trial, it's a blog entry. That nascent wit you're working on? Brevity is the soul of it. WHERE THE HELL WAS I? (Challenge) GOOD POINTS: "I don't." he says. "YES!" I say.  Someone finally got the answer right by rejecting the premise of the question. Kudos, Charlie. Bonus for the phrase "upsnort Sanka". BAD POINTS: I was going to take about 5 points off for tossing in all those gratuitous, stream-of-consciousness asides, but I had a growing-Grinch-heart epiphany – this sort of unplanned bizarrity IS Charlie. That aside, I must still remind him that throwing darts at stamps has nothing to do with chewing on gems. Please don't met your mixaphors. NOTE: While it might seem unfair that I dinged Bill for prattling on, but not Charlie, I do so with reason. With Charlie, it's a deliberate technique – the shotgun approach to comedy: say enough things, and something will hit somebody's target. Bill, on the other hand, is a professional wordsmith, and should be able to tighten up his writing without losing anything in the process. I think he has the talent to do better in this area. THE WHOLE BLOG: TECHNICAL MERIT & PERSONALITY Technical things I look for: Comments enabled Permalinks working E-mail contact info available Blogger's name/pseudonym prominently displayed Site search feature enabled Link to an "About Me" post on the sidebar Blogger's gender is easily discernable Blogroll Readable font style & size Readable color scheme (for example, NOT bright red type on bright green background) Divisions between posts clearly marked Paragraphing in entries (NOT just writing one fat block of text) CHRISTWEB GOOD POINTS: He was technically perfect last week, he's still technically perfect this week. BAD POINTS: I'm going to ding him slightly on the personality issue. I still don't understand his penchant for hiding his thoughts in an extended entry. Your thoughts are the reason people come to your site. I can see using extended entries to hide a joke's punchline or to hide a picture as a courtesy to people on dial-up, but "too many words" isn't a good reason to use it. If people read an entry half way, they'll read to the bottom. Don't make them fumble for their mouse for no reason. It's distracting and unnecessary. WALLOWORLD GOOD POINTS: Technically excellent. I like that he prominently displays a fix for a known bug in the sidebar. BAD POINTS: If Stephen's misuse of extended entries is a misdemeanor, Bill's is a felony. Stop holding your words as political prisoners behind the iron bars of the extended entry links. Other minor flaws would be that the bug fix should be a little higher so it can be seen without having to scroll down, and you might want to place that contact e-mail address on the front page as well as in the "about me" post. WHERE THE HELL WAS I? GOOD POINTS: Technically perfect, plus I really like the contrasting color scheme between the sidebars and the middle column. I also like the prominent featuring of the search feature in the header, which space is usually eaten up by a banner on most blogs. BAD POINTS: Gave KotB Judge Susie's ass a firm, wet smooch with his finely-tailored blogrolling of her, and completely ignored my hairy hinder. However, considering the rosy-cheeked delight that is Susie's sittin' spot, I guess I can't blame him. posted by Harvey at 9:06:56 PM  permalink    Crappy Broken Radio Comments (do not use) [] trackback []  HOME

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