Monday, January 28, 2008

Blog Analysis

An interesting blog I found is based around the 2008 Presidential Campaigns . This particular blog does not support or favor any of the candidates. Instead, it contains news mentions, candidate announcements, videos, and even speeches, from all of the candidates. It even has archived its articles from candidates who have now dropped out of the race.
The set-up of the blog is very orderly. While on the main page the reader can see the most recent posts, on the right hand panel there are buttons that link to just a particular candidate’s information. The postings are also broken down by issue category, types of postings, information about conventions and polls. This organizational touch shows that the blogger or bloggers behind the site have put thought behind what they are posting on the Web.
The best aspect of this blog is that it allows readers to go to one place to read anything they want about the 2008 Presidential Campaign as it progresses, and it also allows them to form their own opinions about factual information given. To improve, I would like to see the compiler of the site show who is still in the race. Using the campaign stickers on the right, I think he could designate who is still in the running by marking the ones who have dropped and when they did so.

1 comment:

Bill Allen said...

Good blog, good analysis on your part. You might want to avoid using that darker text in the future. Tough to read, especially for old codgers like me.