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Monday, September 18, 2006

Welcome to
Review Queen
So yeah,  I'm the "Review Queen" (aka Camilla from RidiculouslyGreatLays_byCam). If you're looking for some positive suggestions and encouraging feedback about your site, this is the place to be.  I'm not going to complain about how lame your site is/etc. etc, I'll just commend you on the best parts of your site and offer some suggestions on how to make it even better.  Sound good?  Apply under this entry.

Here's the form:

Your name and age:
Link to your site:
What you make:
Number of subscribers:
How long has your site been open?
What goals do you have in mind for your site?
You subscribed, right?
You read the rules, right?

Here's what I'll grade you on:

Site name (10pts.) Is it easy to remember?  Does it tell what kind of site you have?
Layout: (10pts.) Is it visually appealing (not sloppy, overdone, etc.)? 
Organization: (15 pts.) Is everything easy to find and clearly marked?  Are your layouts/quotes/etc. categorized?
Content: (15 pts.)  Is it obvious that you put a lot of effort into your work?  Is it unique?
Advertising: (10 pts.) How many blogrings do you belong to?  How many sister sites/affies do you have?  Do you have a link button? 
Text: (10 pts.) Is your text readable? Do you use proper English on your site?  I'm looking for minimal slang and NO bad language (-5).
Updates: (10 pts.)  Do you update often?
Personal Opinion: (10 pts.) What do I personally like about your site?
Extras: (up to 10 bonus pts.)  Music? Polls? Topsites button?  Lots of comments? Many subscribers?
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Total: 90 plus up to 10 bonus points.
91+: Superior!  You have a truly amazing site!
80-90: Excellent! Your site is fantastic!
65-79: Great! You're on your way to an awesome site!
55-66: Very good.
45-54: Good
Under 45:  It's just okay for me, dawg. (lol =D)  Keep working at it!


RULES&INFO
----please read before you do anything----

1.  I'll review any type of xanga site, except personal sites.

2.  I'm sorry if you aren't pleased with your review, but please understand, it's just my opinion.  Go to any other review site and they'll have a different opinion.  I'm not gonna be going around giving awful reviews, but if you think you should've gotten an 'excellent' rating and you only got a 'great,'  just take my suggestions as constructive critisism.  Work on your site, then come back and have me review it again.  See if your rating went up!

3.  What I'm mainly looking for is effort and dedication.  If I see that you work hard on your site and that people like it, I'll give you a high score.

4. Sorry, no more than three sites on the waiting list at a time.  If you apply and the list is full, I will ignore your request and you'll have to apply again later.

5.  Have fun!  Seriously, DON'T freak out if your rating isn't as high as you'd hoped.  I am just one girl.  I'm just giving you MYopinion and (hopefully!) helpful tips on how to make your site better.  What really matters is what you and your subscribers think of your site. 


Pickups, Waiting List, & Banners

Pickups
Reviews I've completed
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Review for 
plain_n_simple_layouts
_foryou
by Review_Queen

Site name: (9/10) A bit long, but cute!  It's good that it tells what kind of site you have.

Layout: (10/10) I love it!  The colors are really pretty and the background is gorgeous =]

Organization: (13/15) Good, organization, and clear titles for everything.  But some important things are hard to find at first glance (such as rules, faq, etc.)  Personally, I find right side modules helpful, but they're not everyone's style.  Maybe you could try making a "table of contents" of sorts for your site.
      Also, some of your blinkie images don't seem to be working.  I don't know if they show up on your computer or not, but on mine I'm seeing a lot of boxes with X's through them.

Content: (15/15) Beautiful and unique.  Great job!  I love the icons/fades/profiles.  Very cute =]

Advertising: (10/10) Perfecto!  Cute link buttons and TONS of sisters.  Plus a topsites button and lots of blogrings/subscriptions! 

Text: (9/10) Thanks for using proper grammar =]  The text is readable.  Yay!  But some of the headers for the different kinds of layouts have big gaps between the words (at least on MY computer.)  You might try fixing that. 

Updates: (9/10)  Pretty good!

Personal: (9/10) A lot of your layouts are absolutely gorgeous!  And I love the variety of layouts/stylesheets that you have.  There's so much to choose from!

Extras: (+9) You have tons of subscribers, a high topsites rating, music, lots of comments (eprops), plus icons/fades/IM profiles!  Awesomeness!

Total: 84/90 + 9 bonus= 93
Grade: Superior!
Final Comments: Keep up the awesome job!

 

Review for theicongirl by Review_Queen

Site name: (10/10) Very cute!  It's easy to remember and it tells what kind of site you have.

Layout: (9/10) It's cool.  Simple but attractive.  I like it!

Organization: (14/15) Everything is nicely arranged (yay scrollbars!)  At some point, it might be nice to organize the icons into different catagories, or maybe have separate entries for love icons/funny icons/nature icons/etc.

Content: (15/15) I <3 the icons!

Advertising: (9/10) Props for participating in contests & having several sister sites. Maybe work on getting a link button and/or a topsites button.

Text: (9/10) Yep, good.  It's kind of small, but it's readable.

Updates: (10/10)  Wow, every day!  Awesuuume :]

Personal: (10/10) I love the site!  You've got excellent taste in icons. lol :]

Extras: (+3) The box with links to your other sites is nice, and so is the goals section. 

Total: 86/90 + 3 bonus= 89
Grade: Excellent!
Final Comments: Yay for people like you who find the best icons & put them in one place where anyone can find them easily!

 

Review for asianstyles by Review_Queen

Site name: (10/10) I like it! 

Layout: (10/10) It's adorable!  I like your stylesheet.

Organization: (15/15) Great job.  Everything is clearly marked =D

Content: (15/15) Your layouts are so cute, as are your banners and pixels.  You obviously put a lot of time into this site.  Keep up the good work!

Advertising: (10/10) A+

Text: (8/10) I didn't see any bad language =D.  Your grammar is decent.  The banners are absolutely ADORABLE, but the text on them is sort of hard to read.

Updates: (10/10)  Good job!

Personal Opinion: (10/10) You've got a very eye-catching site!  I love it!

Extras: (+5) Music, topsites, plus awards and rules sections.  Yay!

Total: 88/90 + 5 bonus= 93 Grade: Superior

Final Comments: Awesome site!  You're doing a great job with everything!

 

Review for SweetDirectoryx3 by Review_Queen

Site name: (9/10) It's  very cute and easy to remember.  Plus it tells what kind of site you have!

Layout: (9/10) It's cute.  The colors match and it's unique.

Organization: (15/15) Everything is clearly marked and organized.  Plus the sites in your directory are alphabetized!  Awesome job.

Content: (15/15) Fabulous directory.  Anyone can find any kind of site they're looking for.

Advertising: (10/10) Excellent job!

Text: (9/10) A bit small, but readable.  I didn't see any bad language ( =D), and for the most part, you use proper english.

Updates: (10/10)  Wow, every day!  That's great!

Personal: (9/10) I love how helpful and organized everything is!  =D

Extras: (+6) Too Powerful, Goals & Ratings sections (cool!) Chatterbox, floating icons, + almost 200 comments!  Yay!

Total: 86/90 + 6 bonus= 92
Grade: Superior!
Final Comments: What a fabulous, extremely helpful site!  I love it!  You're well on your way to exceeding your goals.  And yeah, I'd love to be affiliates =D

 

Review for xOH_LaYoutSx by Review_Queen

Site name: (10/10) I like it!  It's cute, simple, and easy to remember.  Plus it tells what kind of site you have!

Layout: (8/10) I really do like it, but it might be nice to give your main layout a bit more color.  Since it's the first thing people see, a little bit of color might help grab their attention.

Organization: (15/15) Nicely organized.  I like the banners!

Content: (14/15) You obviously put a lot of work into your site and your layouts, and your stylesheets are unique.  So cute<33

Advertising: (10/10) Great job!  Two link buttons, tons of affies, 8 blogrings -- yay!

Text: (9/10) A bit small, but readable.  No bad language =D, and for the most part you spell things correctly and use proper english.  One suggestion- under the 'Pickups' section (even though they're old) it might be a good idea to distinguish between the links to the requestors' sites and the links to the actual requested layouts.  (Maybe put the link to the layout in bold?)  It would just look neater and help avoid any confusion.

Updates: (9/10)  Props for having an updates section!  I see you just updated yesterday.  That's great =]

Personal Opinion: (9/10) The backgrounds you use for your layouts are ADORABLE.  You've got a really nice site!

Extras: (+3) Comments, and music (and yeah, I'd look in to getting a TooPowerful button.  It's good advertising for your site!)

Total: 85/90 + 3 bonus= 87 Grade: Excellent!
Final Comments: Great job on your site!

Waiting List
Sorry, no more than three sites on the waiting list at a time.  If you apply and the list is full, I will ignore your request and you'll have to apply again later.

1.  SSSicons

2.  duckies_lyts

3   open!

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