Our reviewers were mostly positive about Hurty Elbow. The site's great name and clever logo had several of our reviewers laughing right off the bat, but the consensus seemed to be that the content didn't quite live up to expectations. As one reviewer noted, "Too much reliance on other blogs/sites work and not enough original content... Too much clutter and confusion."
| Category | Score | Points |
| Content | 5.73 | 40/70 |
| Writing | 5.55 | 3/5 |
| Web Design | 5.73 | 3/5 |
| Intangibles | 5.05 | 3/5 |
| Read Regularly | 4.55 | 5/10 |
| Frequency | 6 | 3/5 |
| Total |
| 57 |
Percentile Rank: 33 Some quotes from our reviewers:
Not something I found very funny, although it appears to be fairly popular. Not my brand of humor.
The name of the blog gave me high hopes because I laughed for 5 minutes straight when I first saw it -- Hurty Elbow. HAHAHAHAH! The content wasn't as sharp as I hoped BUT it is promising and the site looks great.
Recaps of Man vs. Wild? Seriously? At least make them funny if you consider your site to be a humorous one.
Somehow it makes this type of blogging seem fresh and interesting. It caught my eye--and I consider myself quite an indifferent reader.
It's like he 'gets me' in the most intimate of ways. Could also be becaused I banged his mom in the late 70s and there's a 4% chance he's my kid.
The sidebars together (on the right side of the page) are almost the same width of the blog post section, and therefore are a distracting focal point from the blog post content.
I love the logo. I am never a fan of the double-sidebar, it just makes things too busy. This is fairly standard fare, not hilarious, but not unenjoyable either. "Not cute enough" is pretty good stuff.
I tried so hard to like this blog, but I just couldn't manage it. The 'click here to read more' drives me nuts, the colors made me think I'd had an aneurysm and there was just way to much linkage and embedded video.
The writer is obviously very good, and the site should work more at getting that writing up front.
Simple is better, and it's not funny when I'm that distracted.
There's some genuine hilarious content here. My only "criticism" would be the ads, because, well, I don't like being tricked into reading crummy commercials.
I just didn't get it. But in between there were a few comments that gave me a wry smile.
Top nav links take you to other blogs/sites...aren't nav bars supposed to be for navigating your own site? Attempts at original humor often not funny nor original. Tries to latch on to popular blogs like Boing Boing to enhance blog's own profile.
It's a good blog, well-written, but it's also very generic and similar to many of the popular humor blogs out there.
Once again, another sort of funny blog with some interesting premises like Not Cute Enough and some promise. And once again, another blog that doesn't have a posting schedule. Big minus for all the incomplete sentences too.
Finally, a man who is as funny as me! (almost as funny, let's not get carried away)
This went way over my head.
Many of the links did not open for me.
One of the best blogs I've visited, plenty to keep the grin on your chin.
So there you have it. Based on the reviewers' comments, I'd suggest getting rid of the ads (do you make any money on those? I have yet to make a dime on Google ads), and relying less on videos and links to other sites. Your writing and the site's name and slogan ("Comedy that's quite hurty in the elbow") suggest that you've got some serious humor potential. Let's see what you've got.