Dig ‘N’ Share is a bit similar to a blog I used to run called Free Funny Junk, in that it is basically a collection of little gems from across the net. There’s really no central topic - it seems to cover pretty much everything. There are topics for animals, health, internet stuff, photos, etc. It kinda reminds me of a tumblelog in a way.
The first thing I noticed is that the auto-discovery code for your RSS feed does not point to the feedburner feed. The previous two blogs I reviewed did the same thing as well, perhaps a guide is needed?
The second thing is dump the tags search field - the categories are right underneath it plus you have a regular search field right above. I really can’t think of any reason to search for tags like that.
As far as the content goes - it is very random, and most of it seems to be just links with little text. Since it is a bit like a tumblelog, where people post short blurbs about things they find cool, I doubted there would be much actual text. However, I still think some of the randomness should be fixed up. I was looking through it and saw one post about cool hurricane photos, then a few posts below there was stuff on Leukemia, then just a couple of posts below that was a collection of cat videos. So, you get my point, it’s random.
The posting schedule also seems a bit erratic. One day will have 12, and the next will have 4.
Rating
My overall rating for Dig ‘n’ Share is:
Content: 5/10 - Lots of randomness, and very little actual text (from what I could see).
Design: 7/10 - Just needs that auto-discovery problem fixed, maybe remove the tags search field, and it should be fine.
Uniqueness: 6/10 - There’s quite a few blogs like this. Maybe post your thoughts/opinions on each post to make it more unique and add more content?
Overall: 7/10 - There is a lot of potential, and for only being 23 days old I’d say it looks like it is doing well.
If you like looking at neat pictures, funny videos, or if you’re into good ol’ random stuff - you can check out Dig ‘n’ Share here (feed).
Oh, and one quick thing I’d like to add in - if anyone who’s blog I’m reviewing (or anyone in general) needs any help implementing something (fixing auto-discovery code, changing a color, etc) in Blogger just drop me an e-mail or leave a comment and I’ll try to help you out.
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