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Dan's Blah Blah Blog garnered mostly positive reviews, if not a lot of overwhelmingly enthusiastic endorsements. The reviewers were mostly in agreement that Dan has a friendly, easy-going writing style, but several of them mentioned that it seemed like he was trying too hard to be funny. The reviewers were also turned off by the length of posts and the need to click an extra link to read the full post. Several remarked on the virtually unprecendent number of comments Dan gets on each post. As one reviewer wrote, "I didn't know there were 300+ people on the internet, let alone 300+ people that would comment on one blog. Is he as funny as his readership indicates? Probably not, but Jerry Seinfeld doesn't deserve 300+ comments per post either." Dan's infrequent and somewhat irregular posting schedule also hurt him a little. Overall, the sentiment seemed to be that Dan's Blah Blah blog was well-written and enjoyable, but not really remarkable. More than half said they would return on a regular basis.

Category	Score	Points
Content	6.48	45/70
Web Design	6.7	4/5
Writing	7.43	3/5
Intangibles	6.35	3/5
Read Regularly	5.22	5/10
Frequency	4	2/5
Total		62

A sampling of quotes from our reviewers:

"Long posts turn me off. I just couldn't get into the rhythm of the writing."

"Dan's blog is funny. Dan is funny. I read his blog regularly."

"Although I found this blog to be fairly well written, the posts tended to be a bit long. They were somewhat humorous, but the nature of said humor was fairly predictable. As I scrolled through there was the requisite picture of the binkini clad woman...oh look, another (this one with the blog author). Then...more pictures of the blog author."

"Dan has a smooth and fun voice. His self-deprecation is right on... I like the site and will be a semi-regular reader."

"I think this particular blog is amusing, and friendly. The author has a nice breezy writing style, which I enjoy for the most part, although I am sometimes struck by the thought he's trying a bit too hard to be funny -- which comes across as disingenuous.... The number of commenters makes it unbelievably frustrating to leave a comment. I mean, well done on cultivating such a loyal following of female readers, but my wrist can only sustain so much scrolling."

"This blog is hilarious, but you have to be quick or there'll be around a 1000 comments before yours."

"I see promise, but this blog just screams 'vanilla.' That's OK, I guess, but I like my humor a bit closer to the edge. Really, really long sidebar with lots of good and bad. Why the extra click to read every post? That's really annoying."

"I can tell this guy is a good writer and he seems to have a huge fan base given the number of comments each of his posts get, but I just really did not find the writing very funny."

"I don't like that I have to click through to read the rest of each post. Otherwise, it's a great blog!"

"Can you fire people from the internet?"

"He is a good writer, I just didn't find the posts to be my cup of tea."

"This blog tries really hard to be funny. I mean, REALLY HARD. It's kind of painful watching it, actually. And the posts go on and on and on."

"I thought this one was pretty solid, although some of the posts flirted with being too long. I don't normally like observational humor, but this got a few chuckles out of me."

"300+ comments a post? It takes longer to see the comment page than the blog. THAT'S funny. Otherwise, Dan has a nice, easy-going style of writing that will (and obviously) appeals to the masses. It would be nice to see a list of Dan's favorite posts."

"You know, I like Dan's writing. He has a very conversational style, and expresses his difficulties (real or imagined) in a way that I can relate to. I would definitely read this blog again."

"Everyday humour is the kind I like best. The entries are pretty long but good."

Funny, but tries too hard to be funny- the humor feels forced at times, like British slapstick at its worst. Also, I hate-hate-HATE blogs that make me click to read the entire post and then take you to a separate page."

"This is a blog I currently read. Dan's writing has a natural, unforced humor to it. He's a man on a journey, and fortunately sees the humor in spots where some of us would not.... He comes off as a genuinely good natured person."

"This guy has a good, everyman sense of humour. He is also obsessed with the human bum. It's a surprisingly good combination."

"Occasionally amusing, but usually not laugh out loud funny. Also a little self-absorbed -- I dont need to hear about his affinity for supermodels in every post."

"Great blog."

So Dan, if you're listening -- You've obviously got a style that appeals to a lot of people, so I'm guessing you're not going to take a few unenthusiastic readers too seriously. But maybe try to break your posts into more frequent, shorter entries, and get rid of that "Click to read the rest..." link, and some day you may break through that 1,000 comment ceiling.