Critiquing Blogs

Great Big Sea
This blog entry by Alan Doyle, a group member from Great Big Sea, was very well done in my opinion. There are lots of blogs out there, one that may interest one person might completely repulse the next, this blog isn't for anyone. You probably wouldn't be interested in reading it unless you are a GBS fan or a young musician. But for those of us who fit that profile, its very entertaining. He talks about his home life and life on the road and the way his life flows, being a musician of such high demand. Although his blog is not posted in point form, it is broken up into paragraphs to make it easier to follow and read. He gives his thoughts and ideas for up coming albums and new things he would like to try within 2011. He asks his readers many questions and looks for feed back and ideas and has a place available on the web page to do so. He is very personal with his readers, he really seems to be himself and I as a reader love the idea that he is looking for his fans ideas and suggestions and the fact that he really seems to take them seriously and into considering makes it all the better. He really communicates with his fans. Replies back to what they have to say and always says thanks. He uses humor and makes fun of himself and the fact that he has no clue whatsoever how to use Twitter, but he explains that the reason he got it was to really keep in touch with his fans. It really makes us as viewers see him as down to earth and not too famous to live beyond his fans. Also, there is a link on web page to the blogs of the other GBS members and tour dates along with their entire discography and online store.

Go Travel and See The World
This blog was extremely well done as far as I can tell and I, as a traveller, will definitely be visiting this blog before any trips I will be taking in the future. It gives tips on everything! It tells how to make your own blog (which has nothing to do with travelling but I found very useful because we will be making our own blogs soon), told of her personal experiences in many many places in the world, and even has an alphabetical list of links to all the places in the world in which she has posted blogs about. It tells of the best way to really get the full affect of the city or town you plan to see and the "must see places". The site of full of links to travel sites such as Expedia and hotel deals all over the world. It even has links to other travellers blogs and "deals of the day". She keeps it personal, all the pictures that are on there are taken by herself. All in all, its full of color and kept up to date and lifelike. No wonder her blog was suggested to us!