Comments on: Does Your Blog Induce Projectile Vomiting?

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:52:33 +0000

Ben, if you can get a hold of a list of newly created blogs, please tell us the percentage that meets the criteria!

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By: Big Ben Patton

Big Ben Patton — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:59:36 +0000

It would be interesting to see a % figure of all new blogs created in the last 30 days that would meet the standard of inducing uncontrollable vomiting.

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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:29:45 +0000

@ Jim, I checked out your blog, and it looks pretty nice. Your design experience definitely helps you here, and you’ve definitely got a unique banner!

@ egk, to me, simple is not bad. I think it’s great that craigslist is so simple, because that makes it easy to use. Still, I find it very plain looking, and I think they could make it look a lot better while keeping it simple. I wonder if they could have taken off faster if they looked better.

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By: egk

egk — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:54:54 +0000

I think a lot of sites are ugly but do well because of what you can find there (content). Looks at craigslist, could it be any simpler?
It is hard to understand why some sites with great content don’t improve their looks. Like already said why not have both great content and great looks!
I think it just goes to show that “Content is King”, and looks are not that important if you have that (kinda opposite of the real world, huh!?).

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:53:05 +0000

Definitely a good post, there’s a fine line between conservative and overkill… and walking that line carefully is a tough thing to do. As a former designer, I’m lucky enough to have that kind of image in my mind of what looks good… but not excessive. This is a pretty solid article, and I think that a lot of people should take up on these tips
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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:07:14 +0000

@ Moneybites, uniqueness is always good for branding. You wouldn’t see two decent companies with the same logo, and you don’t want your blog to look exactly like someone else’s.

@ Agent 001, can you elaborate on why you feel TUK needs something more in the sidebars, and what you mean by “too simple?”

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By: Agent 001

Agent 001 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:58 +0000

I believe blog design need to be simple but attractive. TUK blog design is good.But I feel you need to add something more on sidebars.

@ Hunter Nuttall : You have quite good design.But its too simple.

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By: Moneybites

Moneybites — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:23:44 +0000

A good theme should be simple engaging and fast while mainting a level of brand awareness and uniqueness. Sort of like what you have going here, no one else has this exact theme…

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By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:37:55 +0000

@ Mark, glad you agree!

@ George, I’m a fan of simplicity too, and TUK’s theme certainly qualifies. Everything is easy to find.

@ Tarif, that’s true. If your goal is just to get people to click on an ad, you want them to see your site and then want to get the hell out of there. Maybe one of the ads will take them to something more to their liking, so they click it. In a way, an ugly site is to your advantage in that case.

However, this strategy depends heavily on search traffic. To get search traffic you need links, which can be hard to get if no one wants to link to your ugly site. But your point is valid–readers are engaged by pretty sites, and want to click their way out of ugly sites.

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By: Tarif

Tarif — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:30:11 +0000

I still think it depends. Some people want their blog to look like shit, especially people doing niche blogging, since they are not looking for readers but rather for click throughs.
But for those that encourage engaging readers should do some work on it.