How To Write A Blog Review

When I started blogging, I realized I can increase my Page Rank, my traffic and link popularity if bloggers would write about me. How can I ask them to blog about me? So I thought of Blog Review Exchange. This is a link building activity where I would write about a certain site and the owner will write about me in return. It was easy at first because all of those who joined my project are mommy bloggers and I have been friends with them for quite a while. Writing about them is just like talking about them, their likes, their faves and some personal stuffs.

It was hard when bloggers that I had never met or their sites I had never visited before started to join. How can I write about them when I don’t know anything about them. So I decided to create a guide

BACKLINKS are the most important part of a blog review. When reviewing a blog, you should link on the HOMEPAGE and on a post inside the blog. The number of back links depends on you or on the site’s owner you are reviewing. And you should use different keywords when linking.

Why are you writing this blog review? Are you paid to do so? Is it a blog review exchange? A required mechanics in a contest?

DESIGN
Obviously when you land in a page or a website, the first thing you will notice is the design. Here are some questions you need to answer:

• What kind of template the author is using?
• Is it easy to navigate around?
• Is the site clean? less clutter? or is so full that it can hurt the eyes?
• Is there any element in the design that is worth mentioning?
• Are elements like archive, where to contact the author visible?
• How would you rate the design? 1 from being an eyesore, 10 to being a work of art.

Theme and Content
Basically, you will now discuss what the site is all about. And here are some guide on how you can easily discuss it:

• What is the theme of the blog? Is it a personal blog? A tech blog? A humor Blog?
• Themes should be very apparent on the blog, you can easily tell it by just looking at the design,header, title and subtitle.
• What are the contents of the blog?
• Does it reflects the title and the header of the blog?
• Is it easy to read and easy to understand?
• How do you find the content? Is it worth your time to read it?

Writing Style And Grammar
Although not all blogger are good in grammar, this one should also be consider in your review. You don’t have to judge it thinking you are a newspaper editor.

• Are there too much error that it decrease the value of the article?
• Typo errors that are way too obvious and makes you think that the author does not even care.
• In writing style, you should take note of the fact that the article was easy to understand.
• Is it lively enough for you stop whatever you are doing and just read and read?
• Does it makes you feel like the author is just in front of you, telling you her/his story?
• Is the author very effective in relating to you the content of the website?

Trivia
Is there something about the blog and the author that is worth mentioning?

Recommendation

• Will you recommend your readers to visit the site?
• Will you be back on the site?
• Is it worth following?

And if you find this article very useful,why don’t you practice making a blog review by reviewing my site? Thanks! And oh don’t forget to subscribe to my feeds.