Problogger Diary

Here are a few examples of good blogs and an explanation of why we think they’re good. Apart from the content, of course. Note that these are by professional bloggers!

www.datamining.typepad.com/
1. Just the right amount of hyperlinking.
2. External entities neatly arranged on the left, archives and categories neatly on the right.
3. Updated very frequently.
4. Excellent categorisation of posts.
5. Up-to-date; well-informed.

http://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/
1. Eclectic but not disorganised.
2. Collation of stuff from the Internet, with sources.
3. Good visual support.
4. Some essay-type, original content for balance.
5. Some posts are pictures, like in a photo-blog; breaks the monotony.

http://www.dailykos.com/
1. Menu on the right, organised well enough despite a lot of material.
2. Quoted text in boxes.
3. The right balance between quoted text and original commentary
4. Good headlines for each post.
5. Relief in the form of polls etc.
6. Hyperlinks in just the right number and places.

http://www.tmz.com/
1. Excellent visual/text balance.
2. Relief in the form of polls etc.
3. Plenty of related articles and links to other resources readers
might wish to look at.
4. Very regularly updated.
5. Tightly focused on a topic.

http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/
1. Good visual/text balance, again.
2. Balance of original content and quoted material.
3. Balance between long and short posts.
4. Relief in the form of animations and the occasional readers’ letters.
5. Quoted text clearly identifiable.
6. Links to essays with strong opinions.

Posted by Problogger Diary at Wednesday, April 01, 2009