For those looking to make a few bucks on the Internet, you will definitely want to stop into the Netvestor blog. The blog owner is a 31 year old male, and he uncovers from his own experiences the to-do’s and the to-don’ts on making money on the internet. Primarily his interest rests in buying and selling websites and domains, however he does have a lot to say about other areas that you can make money online. To see these tips for yourself, check out any of his most recent bloggeries on a wide range of topics: Call out to Subscribers; Reinvest thy money, buy a website!; Little about Netvestor; Netvestor makes an Appearance in New York Times!; How to double Adsense income with 2 simple tricks, Three ways for Successful Conversion; Wake Up Call: Stop Reading Ebooks, Time for Action…; Top List of Best Webmaster Forums; and Two Best Search Engine Ranking Tips I can Give You.
Navigation on the site is fairly straightforward. Bloggeries are left marginalized and there is a right navigation system. Here you will find Subscription options, and then an interesting little box stating the blogger’s current earnings, monetized websites, and his overall goal. Following this you find a menu for Website Investing, Best of Netvestor, Netvestor Projects, Archives Menu, Useful Sites, About Me, and a Reader demographic poll. Right now there are no relevant pictures with the posts, and I think the blog would definitely benefit from an addition such as this. Currently the blog just has a too ‘texty’ feel and I think adding pictures would not only give meaning to the bloggeries, but also break up the text of the blog. I also don’t see a categories menu, and I always suggest this when one is not missing. I think this would definitely add to the blog’s traffic, as the blogger is definitely very good at keyword usage. Lastly, I think the blogger could spice up his About page a little to give himself a little more credibility with the readers. A lot of readers connect with the About page and often it is the first thing they will go to.
Overall I give this blog a 4/5. As mentioned the navigation scores are hurting a little bit, and the addition of some blog ‘meat’ such as categories and profile information would help this. Content scores however are awesome, as the blogger uses a strong personal voice on a topic that he knows very well. This lends credibility to the blogger for the readership and it is easy to see why his subscription base is a healthy size. Appearance scores are good as well, the blogger focuses more on content than on advertising which makes good use of the blog space and does not distract the readers. Activity scores do need some work, but not much as I am only seeing content coming in every few days at best. To get better traffic from the search engines, constant updating will serve this blog very well. This is a unique blog and one that could serve a wide readership. As such, it should do very well as it progresses.
-Chrissie