Top Commentator Digitalnomad – Review 1

As promised I am giving away a free review each month for the next 6 months to the holder of the Top Commentators Position and the month of March the free review goes to Digital Nomad. Every month the Top Commentators will reset so do not worry if you are commenting for the first time this month, all is fair.

At first glance of Digital Nomad you automaticly know that it is a blog hosted on Blogger. This is not a bad thing I too use Blogger for my Digital Nomad has already commented recently on my site stating that he has plans to switch over to Wordpress and I think this is a good move on his part. However if you have been using Blogger for quit some time then think twice because you are already indexed really well and more than likely have a good PR score and when you switch you will be losing all that you have worked for on your Blogger free account. Try to keep in mind that there are many successful blogs on the net that are using Blogger and making a killing in profits.

My over all perception of the layout; Digital Nomad has an unorganized perception to me I like everything to have a formatted look to it. I think that blogs tend to look better if they are formatted with some space around the entire blog with similar sized ads and buttons. This is a personal opinion not stating that it’s a must but if you look at a lot of the very successful blogs out there you will see this trend. An example of what I am talking about is my Wife’s blog that is also hosted on Blogger but I designed the template in way that has been very successful for other bloggers such as Boing Boing. If you noticed even on my site I choose to make my ReviewMe button instead of taking the free one like everyone else just because I wanted it to look formatted, it just looks tidier to me.

When scrolling down the site about half way down you come to the about section of the editor and he gives some brief info, contact and his RSS feed above it.

Digital Nomad paradigm shift: Embark on the journey of making a living online with a portable business, having the ability to travel and work from essentially anywhere on the planet.

I am glad to see that he has given this section but I think that it should be located further to the top so that people can find the editor of the blog quickly without any effort and the RSS so people will start subscribing more. Something to take into consideration would be to give you real name/picture and stop hiding behind the dark hood. As a blog editor do not be afraid to reveal your self there is only one you and that is what makes your site unique. A mistake I made for a very long time hiding behind an author tag for editor name and not revealing any personal side to me and I soon realized that is the most important aspect of a blog.

Overall I think Digital Nomad is off to a good start seems to be posting daily with some interesting articles to read. So keep up the good work and remember with blogging it is about being persistent taking in the bad and the good (just opinions) – and never give up until you reach your goals.

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12 Responses to “Top Commentator Digitalnomad – Review 1”

  1. Jon Lee on March 31st, 2007

    Nooo! I didn’t know you were running this, I’m so close to first! hahah oh well

  2. digitalnomad on April 1st, 2007

    Thanks Jason. I see that you emailed me as well.

  3. Jason Spence on April 1st, 2007

    I guess I’ll have to try harder this month.

  4. Inspirational Quotes maniac on April 2nd, 2007

    Arg! I missed that post of yours.

    A good way to get your blog active. Walla, digitalnomad already had 5 posts up and it’s just April the 2nd!

  5. Jason Neuman on April 2nd, 2007

    Yes and considering it only took 14 posts for the month of March that is not month work for a free review that costs $60 and upwards on most blogs. Free feedback is always good along with the free links to help out your blog ratings.

  6. digitalnomad on April 2nd, 2007

    Thanks for the review, your comments, and support. Now I have to rethink blogger.

  7. Jason Neuman on April 4th, 2007

    Digitalnomad: you are not far into blogging yet so if you want more options from a software then I would go with Wordpress.

  8. digitalnomad on April 4th, 2007

    I think you are right from what I have found out. Thanks for the advice. I also am getting my own urls and hosting, but will leave a truncated version of what I have already blogged up on blogger, and pointing to the new sites.

  9. Paul on April 6th, 2007

    I hope I will make April 07 list. :P

  10. Life is Colourful on September 3rd, 2007

    Are you gonna review my blog to remain the top commentator for last month and last to last month :).

  11. Cesar on February 13th, 2008

    Giving a free review for the top commentator is great. And your review is great too, I have seen some others blog that giving free reviews too. Some of them can’t write a good review.

  12. Lowongan on March 3rd, 2008

    It is me, your next top commentator… You will see… ;)

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