I’ve accepted a review opportunity from ReviewMe, for a blog called The NextPost. It purports to be “centered around writing reviews of websites, books, products and services.” And the author apparently also does copywriting and editing. Just up my alley, I thought, and that’s why I accepted the offer to review the site.
My first impression of The NextPost was not very favorable, to be honest. For someone who claims to do copywriting and editing, the blog’s language just isn’t compliant with strict grammatical standards. Reading other blogs, I do not mind misspellings or slips in grammar at all. But for The NextPost, I’m afraid I’d set the standard high due to expectations. I was disappointed.
Content-wise, on the other hand, this blog might actually prove useful. In spite of the author’s penchant to be judgmental (e.g., slightly racist remarks against “Asian youngsters with poor English“), he does raise some interesting issues. For example, his take on the matter of ReviewMe.com and SponsoredReviews.com supposedly accepting blogger-reviewers with no clear criteria other than PageRank.
And yet, I can’t help but feel that the author injects too much personal opinion or feelings into his posts. For instance, he attempts to discuss why he prefers full RSS feeds, but he offers no real reason except that he finds it tiresome to click through to the source of the blog feed.
Then again, his style might work for other people.
This is a sponsored post.
