Need Ideas for AcneBlog.com - 25 NP$ for Best Idea

[spikedo]

I need to some ideas on my blog AcneBlog.com. Is there anything I can add to make the site better? Is there anything I need to fix? Open to any ideas and feedback in terms of content, design, modules, ads, pages, categories, etc. I will award 25 NP$ for best overall suggestion posted in this thread.

 

[Traveler]

Very nice looking site, congrats on the dev, you have done a great job imho.

My suggestions:

1. Change the colors on your adsense ads to match the site. See if that increases your CTR.

2. I see your books page has no content yet. Maybe consider this Amazon widget
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amazon-showcase-wordpress-widget/

3. Remove the "Published by admin" on every post.

That is it as far as I can see. Looks like you are doing great so far.

 

[spikedo]

Good ideas. Why remove the "Published by admin" on every post?

 

[DubDubDubDot]

1. Change the colors on your adsense ads to match the site. See if that increases your CTR.

Just be careful with that. Google terminates for integrating AdSense too closely into the site's design.

 

[spikedo]

Would love some more feedback! Here's your chance to win some NP$ for your thoughts.

 

[Traveler]

Just be careful with that. Google terminates for integrating AdSense too closely into the site's design.

Where did you hear that?

This comes straight from Google:

"For most color techniques, we recommend using colors for your ad text and links that already exist on your site. For example, if the links on your site are all green and your text is black, use green links and black text in your ads as well. Since most users are accustomed to seeing blue links, you might also try using blue.

In general, use common sense when choosing your color palettes. If your site's main colors are pastels, don't design ads that are all primary colors. Users won't click on ads that are visually offensive.

Even if your ads are designed perfectly, the techniques above might not work for a couple reasons:

* Does your site have mainly repeat visitors?
If your visitors come back day after day, they'll likely become blinded to the position of the ads over time, regardless of the ad colors. Try rotating colors or occasionally switching the location of your ads on the page.
* Does your site have a lot of ads and busy content?
If your site is filled with ads or packed with loads of competing content, chances are that you'll need to use more visually arresting colors to make your ads catch a user's eye. If the techniques above aren't getting results for you, try using more prominent palettes

Tip for making your ads visible: open your page and give it a quick glance, putting yourself in the mindset of a regular user. Do the ads draw your attention, without being garish? Would you be likely to notice and read them, or do your eyes glide right past them? Try to find a balance between ads that overwhelm your content and ads that your users won't even see. Imagining you're a user, look at the examples below. Would you notice the ads in these implementations?"

Someone gave you the wrong info.

Good ideas. Why remove the "Published by admin" on every post?

This is just my opinion, but I think it is redundant and makes the site look less professional. The other thing is, and this might not be true of wordpress (I mainly use Drupal for my sites), you are giving away your log in name to the admin section of the site. It makes the site all the more easier to hack.

*just a note to anyone reading this, it is always a bad idea to use admin as the login name for the site administrator. That is the first thing Hackers will use.

edit: I do think spikedo is doing a great job with the site and the above is only a suggestion.