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The Imdateless.Com Website
This is a re-review of The Imdateless.Com Website
The title of this blog brought a smile to my face. "Imdateless.com". Doesn't that just make you smile and think, "Wow, here comes another blog that might be absolutely funny and entertaining." But this is not an absolute decision. Therefore, I kept my fingers crossed.
The layout wasn't something that I particularly liked but I just loved the icon that the blog had. It was a stick-figure boy (or is it girl?) and it moves around as you move your mouse. Well, that was quite amusing.
Entry-wise, I was amazed and was quite teary-eyed after reading all the funny works of literature our dear author has written. It turned out to be a great blog with funny little news about our dear author. I'd have to say that some topics were random and I got lost reading through the pile a few times, but it was well worth it.
Overall, I loved it! I'm sure you all would too. Don't let the title and the url intimidate you into not going because then you wouldn't know what you're missing. Or maybe you will since I just told all of you that wouldn't know what you'd be missing. Ah, that was quite confusing. So, go visit the blog.
This site was reviewed on 2005-02-24 by jade smith.
They felt this site belonged in the Entertainment category.
jade smith felt that The Imdateless.Com Website deserved a rating of 4.75.
This is a re-review of The Imdateless.Com Website
When I saw The Imdateless.com Website was up for a re-review I was a little excited. I remembered back to my first visit to the site nearly 18 months ago. I remembered that the navigation sucked at the time, but the content was amazing. Hopefully the author fixed some things this time around.
The first thing I noticed was the design was actually organized and not a mess. The site is a 3 column layout with some links to the navigation at the top and then of course more links in the first column. While the pieces of the design look nice, together they didn't mesh as well as I think the author is hoping for. Nonetheless, the design has improved immensely.
So 18 months later and this guy is still single! I mean seriously ladies. Read his story, find him, date him. As noted last time I reviewed the site he created a company and ran the site (and his dating life) like one. He has purchased advertising, hired people to put up flyers around campus, and sent out emails. This guy is going all out to get a date or two.
Overall I found the site just as enjoyable as I did last time. The main difference is that the design has improved dramatically and helps create a good vibe for the site. I think this guy has some serious writing talent I am surprised to see he is still dateless. I wonder what happens when he does start to date someone regularly. Will the site shut down? I hope not. Go enjoy.
This site was reviewed on 2005-02-24 by Brent.
They felt this site belonged in the Entertainment category.
Brent felt that The Imdateless.Com Website deserved a rating of 4.5.
The first thing I thought when I saw ImDateless.com is that it’s one of those match
making sites. The banner ad on the bottom of the splash page IS from a match making
site and I was wondering how this got into The Weblog Review. The site’s splash
page uses Flash, but there is an option for a non Flash entry page. I clicked on the
Flash intro and the animation reminded me of the Star Wars intro and while it’s not
as professionally animated as some Flash animations, it has a nice charm to it. It is
entertaining, if you have Flash, I suggest you watch the animation.
When I entered into the main page, I still thought it was a dating site, but
reading on shows that it is indeed a weblog, recounting experiences of this 24 year
old part time Retail Manager and university undergraduate student. The blog is in
the news section and it makes interesting reading, if you’re into personal blogs. I
find his writing easy to read since he somewhat writes in the same style as me and
he structures his paragraphs well.
Even though this is a fairly new site, it has a lot of content from his writings. I
found that the most interesting aspect of this site. He writes about a lot of things,
from his travel diaries to religion. I particularly enjoyed reading his trips around
Europe. He writes a day by day recount of his experience traveling and that is a
major attraction of this site if you like traveling stories.
Design wise, the site navigation is a little unusual, but the Expand All and
Collapse All dynamic navigational change does help in this aspect. However, I
found the sidebar too cluttered when it’s expanded. I also found the Membership and
Shopping pages to be distracting, although I can understand the need for it, since I
pay a lot for excess bandwidth fees as well. The site’s design isn’t exactly the best
out there, but that’s not the point – the content more than makes up for this.
Back to the content, a whois lookup revealed that the domain was registered on
the 12th of August 2003 and his blog begins on the same day! Even though it seems
like there is a scant 2+ months of entries, don’t let that dissuade you from visiting –
he has a lot of other writings to occupy you for many hours. He says he is a
“ubiquitous storyteller” – and I agree, his stories would entertain you.
I’m wondering what the hell this site is doing on my computer screen though. ;)
P/S – Read the 4th October 2003 entry if you didn’t get that one.
This site was reviewed on 2003-10-27 by sixthseal.
They felt this site belonged in the Entertainment category.
sixthseal felt that The Imdateless.Com Website deserved a rating of 4.
I really wondered what was going to be waiting for me at The Imdateless.com Website. Was this going to be a male or female author? Was it just going to be like the other sites where the person goes out on dates with people and blogs about it? Or was this just going to be a dating website? Lots of possibilities, so lets hope for the best.
When I first got to the site I was greeted with a flash intro. I am not big on intro pages at all. I don't think they serve a purpose other than inflating statistics for a page. I chose to skip the intro and I was presented with a membership page all done in flash. What the hell is going on here? This is a dating site? This isn't a blog. Where is the blog? All of those shot through my mind immediately.
So I saw a non-flash intro link and clicked on that. Again, I am presented with a membership page and I am starting to get frustrated. I notice a news link on the left, so I click that. That expands into a couple of options so I click on current, and I am brought to a blog! Finally I found it. So for all of you who wonder where the blog is from the front page it is: Non-flash -> News link -> Current. Ok, since my first time visiting he added a "Current News" link on the front page. Just click that.
The design of the blog is very simple: two columns with navigation on the left. To give it a little bit of flair he is using a DHTML menu thing to expand and collapse all the options for the navigation. Kind of cool, but I can see where it will get annoying since he manually has to change it.
Now that I have gotten to the blog I found the golden gem. This blog, for the most part, is a very fun read. He talks about why he is dateless, his attempts at dating, and other things in his life. There are posts about updating the site which seem to get old and annoying quickly, but it just ads to his personality. One thing that he could benefit from is using includes as he talks about having to update like 90 pages every time he changes something.
The stories of why he doesn't have a date and his attempts are the best. You just want to help this guy out with any advice you think you should give him. Some times I thought man he is trying way to hard, others I thought not hard enough, and other times I was asking myself "Why the hell is he doing that?" This is the only downside I have to the blog itself: it is good because of the topic and how he is telling it. What will happen when he does get a date? What will happen if he gets a second date? Will the stories still be as vividly told, or no? I hope not.
Overall we have a great blog with a great idea behind it. He even went so far as to make imdateless.com a company and to run it like a company. Interesting. The lack of a fluid design for the site and hard to find (originally) weblog make it hard to give it anything above a 4. This site has some improvements to make and I hope they get made. Interesting that my initial reaction for this site was give it a 2 or worse based on the hard to find navigation, but then this is the WEBLOG review and his weblog is very good.
This site was reviewed on 2003-10-27 by Brent.
They felt this site belonged in the Entertainment category.
Brent felt that The Imdateless.Com Website deserved a rating of 4.
4 reviewers gave The Imdateless.Com Website an average rating of 4.3125
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