The site I have picked for this review came from out of nowhere. The site has been up and running since January 2007 but I didn’t notice it until today. Every time I come by a blog that I like (really like), I add it to my list of sites that I want to do a review on as a contribution to the owner of the blog.

My current list has some really high quality sites on it but NetBusinessBlog gave me something that I haven’t seen before and that earned it its place as the site to be reviewed this time.

Design
The design NetBusinessBlog uses might be a theme borrowed from some designer but it can also be their own design. I haven’t seen the design used at other blogs I have visited so far but one never knows. The thing I like about the design is that it is rather simple and there is not too much going on at once.

Keeping some of the top stories above the fold and framed in dark green frames is a great way to give those articles more attention. We all know that not all of our posts are top notch and letting new visitors see some of the best articles upfront will definitely get them to stay a bit longer.

I am normally known to have exceptional eyesight but I do think that the font size used in the articles could be increased just a bit. Especially when reading the long articles I can feel that I need to concentrate more than when reading normal sized text.

Ads Placement
I can understand from what I have read that NetBusinessBlog has spent time testing and tweaking ad placement and I think that they have done a nice job. I can’t point out any articles that interrupt my user experience when reading the articles, except for maybe the Amazon ads when they show completely off topic products.

The top banner ad beside the logo is actually the only “annoying” ad that I’ve seen on the site. I can’t claim that it ruins my reading put I can’t stop noticing that it’s there. The reason might be that it is an animated ad and a static ad might take care of that.
 
Content Quality
Now this is the part that made me do this review in the first place. I was literally amazed about the information that I found and rarely do I come across a front page where I actually want to read every post written. The writing style is great because it is informative, strait forward and easy to understand. It is clear that the people writing the posts know what they are talking about.

Two of my favorite posts are the ones about creating mini sites. I got so inspired that I just had to create a niche site to test out their suggestions. It really did work (I changed a few things but the idea was the same as the one mentioned) and I can’t wait to see the mini site perform.

I am not the only one that likes the blog’s content and so far +1,600 people have subscribed to the RSS feeds of the site. I know that you can read stories about how people have gotten a lot more subscribers faster than that but in my world that it a fairly good amount to have after approximately 8 months in operation.

Miscellaneous
So what is there to improve? From a user perspective I don’t see any major changes needed but I’m sure that the site could be monetized even better than it currently is. I don’t know the blogs statistics or the monthly revenue but with around 1,600 feed subscribers I believe that they would be able to create a fairly decent monthly income.

Conclusion
I have found a new “must read” blog and I hope that I’ll be able to wake up every day and see a new good article produced. If not, then I can always go back and read up on some of the older articles.