[akula]

Can you help out?

I'm just creating this directory of blogs.

I'm making a feature so that people can rate the blogs.

What criterial should I allow for?

Like....what makes a good blog (timeliness vs. lenghts of post etc..)

If you had to rate a blog, what features would you want to rate the blog on?

Thanks

[NeeJam]

I would rate a blog on:-
>Appearance
>Content
>How Detailed Is The Information
>Does It Explain What It Sets Out To Do
>How Good It Is To Other Blog's In Its Section

They are the main things i think a blog should be rated on.

[bbalfour]

adding to above I think frequency of posts as well. I hate people who say they blog but only post once a month.

[Talphin]

I would say just cartegorize them, and let the people decide what they think is good or not.

Or, if you do add criteria, you might want to add an "overall" rating that would be a curve of some sort.

Imagine the photo rating sites out there.
I have yet to see a site that allows you to rate the hair style, eye color, skin tone, etc... all in one rating. People like it simple. overall 1-10.

Then again, there are sites such as gamespot which allows you to vote for all different kinds of things for the games.

[Outta Hand]

Originally Posted by bbalfour

adding to above I think frequency of posts as well. I hate people who say they blog but only post once a month.

Frequency of postings would probably be the most vital pieces of information. Increases the "Stickiness Factor"

[gemini_bwoy]

Its pretty simple for me:
Content and Frequency of posts.
Design is cool and all, but eventually you go back for the content, not those cool looking "Comment Boxes"

[jbirdsong]

Akula tough task mainly because it is so subjective. People like different things especially when it comes to something so deregulated (allowing creativity) as blogs. However, most of the blogs that read are for informational purposes, not to be entertained Disney style.

To actually quanitify/rate itmes so individualistic as blogs will be tough, but I will give you my best for what I look for:

Credibility of the writer which in turn leads to interesting content- If he or she is an expert in the field they will more than likely to have some type of information that I am looking for.

If they can get to the point quickly, time is important and with my attention span I am not looking at reading an entire three page blog.

I would say those are the two big ones, all of the others have been discussed prior.

JBird

[gemini_bwoy]

Originally Posted by jbirdsong

If they can get to the point quickly, time is important and with my attention span I am not looking at reading an entire three page blog.

JBird

Good Point, some good bloggers tend to do this
y.a.r.o .. still one of my fav. blogs though

[dre]

I like blogs that are updated frequently.

[NeeJam]

Originally Posted by bbalfour

adding to above I think frequency of posts as well. I hate people who say they blog but only post once a month.

Thats a good point.

[Nick]

The most accurate criteria is no criteria at all. If you do not specify criteria, then people will rate the blogs according to the overall usefullness and/or entertainment value they receive. This will give you the most accurate rating of a blog and allow for a rating system that operates equally across blog categories.