Rantings on the election from a pissed off and somewhat cynical liberal. More democrat than republican, I try to understand both points of view, but man those rovian make it so hard to be sympathetic.H i Marc,
I really like the idea behind your blog, great topic. The first thing I see is that it's mostly text. Try to find or create a good header/banner for the top of your blog. Then go into your settings and layout and customize the colors and personalize the font etcetera..
The blog catalog widget is great and all but it really shouldn't be at the top of your blog sidebar, there should be an RSS subscription button there and then you can follow that with the bc widget.
On the topic of widgets - go with what is directly targeted for your readership. A few of your widgets come with adsense in the bottom of them, this means your making the creator profit every time your page is loaded. You can find many good free widgets for blogger - just google it.
Your archive is ok at the bottom of the sidebar but you might want to experiment with moving it up. Speaking of site navigation you might want to link to some of your favorite posts. Just create a link list gadget in layouts and then enter the links for your favorite posts.
After you get navigation squared away reduce the number of posts on your front page to three or four max. Having more than four posts can cause readers to lose interest, if people want to read more they will search your archives or navigate through other means.
The text only posts aren't going to get you very far, use creative commons search engines and look for copyright free images to incorporate in your posts.
Get active in other political blogs, search the listings at some blog directories and bookmark the popular ones. Now make a habit of commenting on good blogs, leave quality comments and people will check out your blog after reading your comment.
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