An interesting blog

Most of the blogs that I follow or read on a regular basis, don’t have a huge following. They certainly wouldn’t have made the “25 Best Bloggers of 2013” list. I follow them because the topic is something that interests me, and/or because a friend of mine writes it. For the purpose of this assignment, I chose to evaluate a cooking blog, http://www.101cookbooks.com/. This blog did make Time magazines “The 25 Best Blogs, 2013 edition.” The 101 cookbooks blog started as a way for the author to share recipes from her collection. It has grown into a giant cookbook of it’s own (McCracken, 2013).

In order for a blog to be successful, it should adhere to some general guidelines. Some of these are discussed in Ilias Chelidonis post about the steps to creating a successful blog. Two of the biggest are to decide what your blog is going to be about and decide on a name for it (Chelidonis). Heidi Swanson accomplished these two with her blog; her content is clear and the name depicts what the blog is about. If I’m searching for a blog, I don’t want to have to guess about the content; therefore, when the main subject of the blog is included in the title it makes it much easier to find when using a general search engine. The blog itself is laid out very well. Not only can you go through the posts in a chronological way, but you can also search the site based on ingredient or meal type. This makes the blog extremely user friendly. The blog is visually appealing, but it also functions very well.

Chelidonis, I. (n.d.). 12 steps to launch a successful blog. Retrieved from http://www.dailyblogtips.com/steps-to-successful-blog/

 

McCracken, H. (2013, August 5). The 25 best bloggers, 2013 edition. Time.com. Retrieved from http://techland.time.com/2013/08/05/the-25-best-bloggers-2013-edition/slide/mark-forsyth-inky-fool/