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Blogging is such a huge activity on the Internet and in fact Technorati the Internet search engine for blogs managed to track 112.8 million blogs in June 2008. Amazingly, the popular trend of blogging began a decade ago in 1999 and has stayed ever since. This large influx of bloggers, along with the inquisitive nature of people to explore and seek out another’s opinions or comments, explains why blogs are one of the most visited type of websites on the internet.
Undoubtedly, content itself plays the biggest role in attracting visitors to follow a blog’s posts. People visit blogs to check out what the blogger has to comment about recent events, the current affairs, his or her personal story and the likes. Still, a good design can be how a blog first captivates people enough to be aware of its presence. In other cases, bloggers want to stand out from the vast number of blogs in the blogosphere. Making improvements to the content may be an abstract task, so the easier way to distinguish the blog from others is to work on the design.
When we talk about design, the key word is ‘impression‘. A visually attractive blog leaves behind a deep impression among people such that the person remembers it enough to actually revisit the site another time. This list of absolutely gorgeous-looking blogs below was compiled to provide you with some ideas on what you can do to come up with an attractive and well-designed blog.
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Posted by hongkiat in Inspiration , at 08.07.09 |
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Comments
Amrit August 7th, 2009
Nice work….there are better too……hope u’ll include them in the next list…….
ReplyDanC August 7th, 2009
I only liked about half of these – too many are just too busy for my tastes!
ReplyAll for Design August 8th, 2009
eh eh :)
ReplyWhat a surprise to see my blog here !
To my mind I’m far far away from the great designs you have presented here… Nevertheless I’m happy to see that you think my blog have a little place in this article.
Thanks for the feature !
Kind regards
(sorry for my poor english language)
Salman Asghar August 8th, 2009
awesome designs!!!
ReplyEmilio Bello August 8th, 2009
Very nice and inspiring work!
ReplyChristoph August 8th, 2009
Well, I am honored. Thanks
ReplyMike @ WP Themes August 8th, 2009
Some of the are quite good.
I prefer clean/minimalistic designs. Some of the designs are just too graphic intensive.
ReplyElio August 8th, 2009
Oh my, I’m really flattered…
ReplyThanks for including my site next to all the other great designs.
I think that you’re absolutely right about impression. When I design sites I tried to give the design a strong branding (according to the client, of course) so you can remember it afterwards. You know, it’s like the difference between those great designed magazines, with high quality paper, big budget photographic production, and a small budget publication, with no time for design (not to say small budget is bad, but you know what I mean).
I find quite interesting the design for BearSkinRug, it’s quite uncommon and it works.
MyPSDStudio August 8th, 2009
what a nice and fantastic collection…
Replyvery appreciate
Tech Edges August 8th, 2009
@Elio….
Replywats ur site???
Smashing Themes August 8th, 2009
This is one of the awesome post showcasing blogs.
Markup & Style Society and The Darling Tree are the best blogs amongst the whole list.
Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyMariusz August 8th, 2009
Thanks for sharing this enormous dose of web inspiration. On a side note, I recently redesigned my blog, too, you might want to check it out.
ReplyGennice August 8th, 2009
Amazing collection! Thanks so much for sharing these… And the best part is, I have never seen any of these!
ReplyWallpapers August 9th, 2009
Really nice designs , thanks for sharing
Replydlv August 9th, 2009
excellent post Liam !
I love them…”hand made” style, colorfull, stylish, unique, grunge, “iconics”… i didn’t know some of this list, it’s nice to see new designs for me
adeux!
ReplyLewro August 9th, 2009
Thanks guys for including my blog. This is A jice collection of very creative blogs. I am honored to be a part of it. Cheers
ReplyDinesh August 9th, 2009
Awesome List, Loved Le Bloe
Replyshraqs August 9th, 2009
What a AWESOME collections. Thanks
Replymiziology August 10th, 2009
really like it..good post hk
Replyrozy August 10th, 2009
wow
Replyvery nice web
cool dude
Ah Hong August 10th, 2009
No doubt is the best design I ever seen. Ever wonder is these wordpress theme :D
ReplyTania Mohamad August 10th, 2009
awesome designs. Very nice and inspiring work!
ReplyJayce August 10th, 2009
They are lovely… ;)
ReplyLuis Lopez August 10th, 2009
Excellent blog design, I like a lot of those, a day I have to be in a list like this one.
ReplyDerek Tan August 10th, 2009
Wonderful selection! These are all great blogs with great design! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyPoker rakeback August 11th, 2009
I like the big bad collab. Although, to be honest, i’ve no idea what the design of the blogs that i frequent are. It’s the content that matters.
Replykorean girl August 11th, 2009
wow, it’s so amazing!!
ReplyI really love it
Best Final Fantasy Blog August 11th, 2009
I wish i could make my blog like those. Thx for the post!
ReplySam Logan August 11th, 2009
Great collection, so many beautiful blog designs! If I had to choose one as my favourite it would have to be Ali Felski’s blog, such a well thought out design and the little features like the weather widget make it.
ReplySean Hurley August 11th, 2009
Wow! I would love to see a list of the designers that did these or ones that are leading the WP design industry.
Replysriganesh August 12th, 2009
Nice and very creative designs, i am working on it. to be a nice illustrator . :lol:
ReplyCSS Showcase @CSSMadness.com August 12th, 2009
Marvelous list mate!
ReplyTim August 12th, 2009
Hey thanks for the mention! A great compilation of designs!
ReplyWeb Hosting Reviews August 13th, 2009
Thanks for posting this very interesting article.
This review seems to be informative in a way that they inform the readers about the updates of the featured blog design which are very beautiful.This is really cool!..=)
Thanks for keeping this posted.
ReplyStanley August 13th, 2009
Nice roundup! Excellent design.
Replyeldy August 13th, 2009
cool !! I surfing them randomly then ya .. ^@^
ReplyMarcell August 14th, 2009
WOW! Really cool website designs…Its amazing how creative people can get
ReplyGis August 14th, 2009
:) *blowkiss*
ReplyDesign Wannabe August 14th, 2009
These are beautiful. Just shows how versitle you can be with WP
ReplyV.C August 14th, 2009
Beautiful goes along with the load time of blog.
ReplyIt’s really colorful but It’s not very necessary, I think.
Evasion August 16th, 2009
You should like also the blog of WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg with a nice header by Joolz !
http://ma.tt/
ReplyWoodstock real estate August 17th, 2009
These are great! I am going to look into a few of these for my Woodstock real estate site! Thanks Hongkiat!
ReplySophie August 17th, 2009
Thanks for featuring my website ! There are so beautiful websites on this list ! So talentuous webdesigners !
ReplySarah Wu August 17th, 2009
Wow, these are really great collection of blog designs. Great picks! I love it.
Reply-Sarah
darmowetapety August 17th, 2009
Thanks for sharing! Really beutiful designs
ReplyMJ Stapleford Corporate Identity August 21st, 2009
These are all really good. I think Rockatee is my favorite that looks amazing.
ReplyRakeback August 31st, 2009
Wow there are some amazing themes there. i’ve been buying themse for 250-350 a shot. Some of those look outstanding!
ReplyDave August 31st, 2009
Very very nice Collection … i love beautiful Blog Designs ….
ReplyCMYK September 1st, 2009
Very nice post frienddd!!!!!!
:D:D
Replychaitrax September 2nd, 2009
Great post.. keep it coming…
ReplyBill Bartmann September 3rd, 2009
Cool site, love the info.
ReplyAshely Adams : Sticker Printing September 3rd, 2009
It was an enjoyable post on the whole, though I didn’t like some of the blog designs. Anyways….I really loved the design of Duirwaigh Studios and I Love Colors. Both the sites have wisely balanced the color combination. Nice work
ReplyOridusartic September 5th, 2009
This list is awesome!!!! Those are totally beautiful blogs and very inspiring. :)
ReplyOcim September 14th, 2009
wow .. great web design with beautiful art
Replypdf-search-engine September 15th, 2009
That’s cool , thanks very much.
ReplyLisalicious September 16th, 2009
wish there is a list that designed for blogger.com
Reply:D
Muhammad Faisal Jawaid Attari October 6th, 2009
i like very much.. awesome collection. good work
ReplyMetal roofing chennai October 21st, 2009
Wonderful collection of web design blogs
ReplyKelvin38 October 22nd, 2009
Decide what is the main concern and purpose of the meeting. ,
ReplyJohn74 October 23rd, 2009
When she moved in with me she was scared of everything, she refused to try anything difficult and new, she was incapable of trusting her own judgment. ,
ReplyPeb Chennai October 26th, 2009
Thanks for posting beautiful logo designs here ,
ReplyAccess Control System November 5th, 2009
The designs are wonderful and excellent
Replyplywood india November 9th, 2009
Excellent collection of web design blogs Thanks for sharing
Replyseo faqs November 21st, 2009
Fantastic effort, thanks for sharing
ReplyAlexander Gessler November 24th, 2009
Thanks for inspiration!
ReplyAmerican escort service December 22nd, 2009
It is extremely interesting for me to read this post. Thank author for it. I like such themes and everything that is connected to this matter. I definitely want to read more soon.
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