You are definitely right! I know when I Stumble Upon a site I think that’s cool I like to take a look at some of their other work - if there’s a “Best Posts” page at the very top surely that’d be very helpful. Thanks for your inspiration.

No, thank YOU - I really do appreciate it!

I’ve heard varying things on the Alexa widget, including the post over at Courtney Tuttle’s blog that you mentioned. I’ve got it here too it’s just buried below the Google video ad at the bottom of the page. I may move it up when I get a number in 5 digits.

I guess that’s a good reason to keep the meta if you’re allowing multiple logins.

One good reason to have the popular or ‘best work’ posts up at the top are for people arriving from Digg, StumbleUpon, or other social bookmarking site or from other blogs. If they like the linked article they may want more or another article of yours might be more to their liking. This gives them a place to go on your site. I’ve been amazed at how sticky this site has been with the long list of recent posts in a ‘hot zone’.

Thanks for allowing me to review your blog.

You’re right, I do need to update the about page properly. I’ve been telling myself I’d do that for some time now but I just haven’t done it yet. Thanks for the reminder.

Thanks for pointing out the fact about adding the nofollow to the links. It’s a wise observation but I don’t think I’ll be doing that. To the people who have been interested in purchasing links, I told them that they would get a legit one without the nofollow mark. If Google notices, then so be it I guess.

Alexa isn’t totally useless but then again, it’s not all too reliable either. Your score basically depends on your site’s niche. I have the widget because I read at Courtney Tuttle’s blog that having it betters your score - if people don’t have the toolbar, then the widget counts them as a visitor anyway. I don’t think the widget is very bothersome so I leave it there.

The meta menu is there basically so people can easily register to guest post on the site if they want. I know it’s not the most attractive option but then again, it’s not really in the way either.

I went for the Pop Blue look because before, I had three columns and many different things going on. It wasn’t unorganized, but the way the old theme was designed made it seem so. I had recent posts, top posts, etc. but for the time being I’ve removed those things. Soon I’ll be creating a new page with a list of the most popular posts. I may re-add the most recent posts to the sidebar like you suggested as well.

As for the advertising, I edited the Pop Blue theme for the wide sidebars so it could hold the 125×125 buttons. I never really thought about a bigger choice. Thank you for opening my eyes to that!

Thanks for linking to some of my articles and for the reivew overall. I really appreciate it and I thank you especially for telling me about the things you think should be corrected. I’m always looking to better my blog!

Thanks again, so much. I’m sure the free reviews system is helpful to other blogs and great for you as well, in getting exposure. Keep up the great work!