My GPS Camera Phone

Thanks to Dan’s blog review by Michael Kwan at Beyond the Rhetoric, I’ve picked up some tips on cleaning out the dead wood. Nothing major, but little things that make a difference.

First off, I’ve moved the RSS feed subscription links to the sidebar and added an e-mail option. I subscribed myself and must say that the e-mail is surprisingly clean and pleasant to look at. So if RSS readers aren’t your thing, then try subscribing via e-mail. I’ve also added a comment feed if you want to keep track of the current conversations.

The next thing up is fixing some annoying IE bugs. Being a Mac and Camino/Firefox guy, sometimes I don’t think about checking the site in IE (mainly because I’d have to get up every minute to check the site on my Windows machine in the other room). Thankfully, Chica hooked me up and told me what was wrong when she viewed it in IE. So if you see any weirdness over the weekend, it’s just me trying to find the right CSS hack to fix the problem. The navigation is apparently off as well in IE, so that will be fixed, too.

After that, I’ll look at the right side of the header and see if it’s worth putting up something or just leaving it as-is. It seems empty with just text. I thought about a well-blended ad, but I don’t want to make it look bad. As for ads in general, I’ll be reassessing ad placement in an attempt to get some more click-throughs. Same goes for affiliates. I also may look at different methods of monetization that may better fit my audience.

If you want a good review of your blog, maybe it’s worth the money to have Michael do one for you. I learned a lot from Dan’s review and I can only imagine how much I could learn from a review of my own. Thanks, Dan, for footing the bill this time around.

Update: It looks like I managed to fix everything, but I’d sincerely appreciate it if you would report any weirdness in the site layout. IE users shouldn’t have anymore rendering issues with the navigation and the content background. On top of that, I also updated the site search with the newer Google Custom Search, which seems a lot more smoother. Suggestions? Let me know via the contact form. Thanks!