I’ve recently become a bit addicted to listening to podcasts. I’ve got quite a few favourites which I plan to share in upcoming posts. Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been listening to a series called 31 days to build a better blog by Darren Rowse of ProBlogger fame. I like listening to Darren because he’s Australian and he’s very down to earth. The series is aimed at helping people like me to improve their blogging practices. You can listen to an episode here.
Take a peek
In a recent episode Darren suggested that we conduct some user testing of our blogs to see what a new visitor really looks at when they arrive and how long they stay. You can get a real live stranger to do this via a free service called Peek. It’s really awesome and a bit confronting at the same time. You simply pop your website address into the box and a couple of hours later you get a recording of someone visiting your site for the first time.
Good advice
The result was not quite what I expected but also not too awful. I’m also mindful that this was just the view of one person and that another visitor might have had a completely different response. Their main criticism was that my blog was in need of a bit of freshening up. In other words, it was visually quite boring and a bit dull. On the upside, they liked the writing which made me happy. Since the whole point of starting this blog four years ago was to practice my writing, I was pleased to think that I might be improving.
The result
So here we have a fresh as a daisy new theme and a few new features such as my favourite posts. Let me know what you think. I’d love your feedback.
Margaret Moon 
Are you originally from Northern NH? My mother and Inwere talking about Priests, and my mother brought up your name and wondered where you are now. My mother’s name was Annette McLellan, and she wanted to say hello.
Hello there Julie. I live in Australia so I think maybe I’m not your woman as I’m assuming NH is New Hampshire? All the best to you and your Mum though.
Looks good Margaret. Loved the one about the accountant, and the daisies 🙂
Sue
Thank you lovely friend.
Nice. Look forward to more blogs.
Thank you dear sister. Hope you are travelling well.