Life Is Risky - Blog Review
Blog review time again. This time I am featuring Life Is Risky. This is another blog on making money online and blogging techniques. She posts quite frequently and I find something worth reading here every week so definitely add it to your RSS reader for awhile and see what she says.
Now that I think about it, I don't even know how I found Life Is Risky. I think she received a link back from someone else, but I have also seen her post some pretty good comments on other blogs. Either way, it has been a good find.
I like her FAQ page as well. She has this quote...
So what makes you an expert on this stuff? Nothing, I never said I was an expert. I am someone who is wants to learn and is willing to share what I learn, the good and the bad, with other people.This is exactly how I feel too. She is just rattling off stuff and you can take it how you want. A few of these A-list bloggers carry an arrogant tone now-a-days that sometimes rubs me the wrong way (and other times it gives me a laugh), so I like her brief statement of humility.
Great Features of Life Is Risky
- The Articles
Always the #1 reason for me. She writes frequently and the posts are worth reading. If you are trying to grow your blog want a few tips, then she will have a few tidbits for you.
My favorite part of a blog review. Links to follow for the blog.
- Build a Better Mousetrap category page. There is a few articles in here you can read about improving your blog/website.
- My Site Goals outlines what she was aiming for back in March of 2007. A basic list that can help you establish some goals for yourself. The one I never considered was putting a number on how many inbound links I wanted. She is shooting for 200 and is at 84 already.
- Nice clean design
Seriously, this means so much. If it is a clutter mess, I don't read it. She has this 3 column layout where the left most column is the post and then two thinner columns on the right side with menus and ads.
The first column also has the important stuff at the top. Last 10 posts and categories.
- Full posts in her RSS Feed
I wrote my own RSS feed generator because my site is my own programming experiment, but I haven't been doing the full post RSS (just a summary) yet and I should. I love it when bloggers post the whole article in their RSS feed. I can skim the whole thing and head on over for pictures and other content if I want.
I am an advocate of this now, because the RSS readers aren't the ones clicking your ads anyways. They are the ones commenting on your posts, linking back to you, and helping you market yourself. Treat them nicely and traffic will follow.
What's Not So Nice?
Not much really. This blog is fairly new though and I wish there were more articles. Also, there are a number of articles that were too short and not specific enough for me, but then again, my blog is the king of generic right now too. It will be interesting to see where it goes. Blogs mature over time anyways and I have a feeling this one will be kicking out a few good posts every week for awhile.
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