Viewing Other Blogs

I viewed all of the blogs on the list provided to the class. The blogs varied in style, layout, and subject matter. When trying to gain followers of a blog all of these factors need to be considered when trying to reach one's target audience.

Some of the blogs, like www.thethinkingstick.com, I liked for the content and the visual appeal, plus the name is not bad either. The layout is user friendly and gives you captions of articles for you find an article to read and then just click on the photo. This is greatly in contrast to http://heyjude.wordpress.com which is set-up more like a personal blog. The posts on this blog are all in order of the post. I am personally more fond of the labels listed to side than at the bottom of the post. I do like how she has a visual associated with each post. As a visual person this helps to draw me into a post, but also helps me bypass the ones I'm not interested in viewing.

The last blog I will comment on is http://willrichardson.com I like his cover photo, as well as how he ties his first name "Will" into the title "Read. Write. Connect. Learn." His blog is set up visually pleasing to the eye, the flow is nice from post to post,  additionally I appreciate how some of the comments are posted on the main page. This is how discussions can easily be started and be open to many different viewpoints. As we know, when we hear more differing viewpoints on a subject we can better form an informed opinion.