Are blogs any good? Let's see!

What I think about blogs

I have never really thought about blogs or ever read them but after skimming through some and reading them, I have formed an opinion that they are very helpful and useful. They keep us entertained when we're bored and inform us about new trends and other information. For example, food blogs help give the steps to create the meals we want, professional blogs help us with inspiration and motivation, and personal blogs help keep us updated with our loved one's lives, so we are not missing out on all of the fun. That's very nice, isn't it?!

Blog #1

One blog that I have read and liked is The Pioneer Woman. I like this blog because it is a food blog and it shows recipes of the delicious dishes they show and tells us how many servings it yields, the prep time and total amount of time it would take to make the dish. 

Organization and format

This blog is organized by the title, The Pioneer Woman, the headings which includes the categories of the foods like "Newest Recipes", "Best for Breakfast", "Easy Dinners", "Delicious Deserts", and many more. The blog includes the ingredients of the dish and directions on how to make it. This organization helps us readers to be able to understand and find which section of the recipe for the meal we want to make is in. For example, if I wanted to make pancakes, I could go to the "Best for Breakfast" section and be able to find it. Yummmyyy! If not, I could still see the many other options of breakfast meals I could make. The Pioneer Woman is formatted into a casual type of food blog and has bright colorful pictures of the foods which makes me want to reach out of the screen and EAT them!!!

What is the author's purpose?

Ree Drummond's purpose is to show us how to make the dishes she shares in the blog so that we can enjoy eating them. She makes the words casual and the images appetizing which makes them so fun to look at. 

Blog #2

One blog that I do not like is HIGHSNOBIETY. There is only one reason that I don't like this blog and that is because there are so many pictures and a lot of them are big which takes up some of the screen but other than that, it looks nice and interesting!

The layout and style

The blog is organized by its title HIGHSNOBIETY, headings like "New Arrivals", "Discover" and "Shop". It also has images showing clothes and shoes along with posts describing the fashion. HIGHSNOBIETY is organized like this because it is a blog about street style, fashion trends, and art. The formatting is casual with many pictures and posts about famous people with trendy fashion to show the audience. 

What are the authors' goals?

The authors of this blog's purpose are to entertain the audience to gain our liking of streetstyle. The diction is very casual with slang, which helps catch the interests of many people including me and it sure has! The same with the headings being all bolded with a picture under or next to the models.


What are my final thoughts on this?

I still believe that blogs are good for us and can help us in life. Some might have design issues such as oversized images like the image I provided above, or having way too much scrolling but with a little bit of editing and change, it can look better. Overall, by reading the two different blogs, I have learned that they offer us readers guidance, knowledge, connection and entertainment. What are your opinions?

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