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Friday, October 5, 2012

Analyzing A Top Gaming Blog - Video Games Blogger



 
In my task of analyzing a top blog in my niche area, I decided on Video Games Blogger. The blog site covers video games and posts news, reviews, tips and guides. Video Games Blogger posts reviews on the newest games and also posts helpful related content to new games such as character lists, weapons lists, walkthroughs, videos, and secrets. 
 
They have a presence on Facebook and Twitter with thousands of followers. The advertisements on the site appear to be all video game related and advertises some of the newest games. This is good advertising because their audience is gamers. I have seen other gaming web sites where the advertisements are more random and not game related. According to Alexa.com, their traffic rank in the United States is 13,704. There have also been at least 2,171 sites linking in.
 
I think this is a great video game source for gamers who want the latest news, walkthroughs, and reviews. One area I think they could improve upon is their site layout. I think it is a bit too ‘busy’ and it looks a little disorganized compared to other game sites.  For example, the first 5 of 6 postings on the news page is all about just one game. I would organize it a bit better and group them instead. 
 
Video Games Blogger is what a video game blog should be like. It has news, reviews, walkthroughs, exclusive videos, and a poll of the week. Seeing how this blog and other gaming blogs operate has helped me shape my own blogging strategy.

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