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Aditya Gogoi
from Bangalore |

Well..what started out as a just something, turned out to be an outlet to my poetry. I just hope people like it.

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Hemal Shah
from Mumbai |

Hi Aditya,

Good that something turned out to be a good thing? :) Awesome I would say. Here is my review

  • I found the template really open, readable. That is a good thing.
  • You dont have ads all over the blog, but the ones you do take a lot of screen real estate. Trust me, I never made more than $50 from the adverts. Though I keep them, they are subdued at the best. You blog to showcase your writing talent, or just to explode to a unknown world
  • The title is confusing a bit, with slip-of-my-tongue does not go well with tounge in cheek from a SEO stand point so suggest you better align the title and blog sub domain
  • Limiting commenting abilities for other bloggers could make them not comment.. I dont have a Blog on Blogger or Wordpress.com, though I use a self-hosted blog. To leave my blog url, I dont see any means. For those whom this matters could stop from commenting, at all if that matters to you.

And yes ofcourse, I liked the way you penned the poems.. All the best!

Aditya Gogoi
from Bangalore |

Hi Hemal,

Thanks a lot for your response. Yes ,The ads are indeed taking up some unwanted space. Also, I am a bit of a greenhorn in this SEO kind of thing.. Wish if you are free anytime, you would give me some more details. And yes, I have changed thsettings to enable anyone to comment. Thanks for pointing that out!

Regards,

Aditya

Hemal Shah
from Mumbai |

Aditya, when starting a new blog or a blog that has less than 1000 views a day... putting up ads will not be of any value.. trust me, I have been through it. So with Adverts, I would suggest be as minimal as you can and foucs on content.. Its content which will bring you visitors, not the ads. 

About SEO. 

Well I am not really a great SEO guy, but know a few bits here and there thanks to my interactions with bloggers and web designing work that I do. As you go through your blogging journey, you will learn a lot about this. 

There are a lot of articles on the net that will help you understand how SEO works and what you can do. As for the title, I will give you a small example.

I moved my blog from hemalshah.net/blogs to  http://indianomics.co.in last week. My blog title was Indianomics, however the URL never mentioned Indianomics. This could be a bit difficult for search engines to relate to content. But as google constantly updates its algorithm, things could change. But as a best practise, it is best to keep the title and the URL of your blog as same as you can. 

All the best, keep blogging.

Stagg Mann
from Stagg Landd |

The poems are bit too high-end for someone with my limited intellect :p, though I can tell you have talent. As for aesthetics, first, only 1 poem on a page. Nobody likes a tiny scroll bar. Second, a poetry blog with poem on a plain white background doesn't mix well. Try to work in something classy and retro.

Aditya Gogoi
from Bangalore |

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback. Yeah, I am looking at options for a better background.Thanks again!