I’ve just read all 94 reviews of Melbourne restaurant Chin Chin on Urbanspoon. Few are longer than a hundred words and a handful of photos, so you don’t come away feeling any great sense of achievement. If I was to then describe Australian restaurant review bloggers in a single word, it would be “compliant”. In… Continue reading The end of food reviewing
Tag: food-blog
What makes a good food blog?
A few months ago someone asked me what makes a good food blog; a question that begs to find a common thread through the hundred or so food blogs that clog my feed reader with other people’s meals. As somebody that spends plenty of their working life measuring user behaviour on the web, I know… Continue reading What makes a good food blog?
Hellish hosting issues followed by rewarding breakfast
Sorry about the outages to the site over the last week. My hosts have been having problems with their DNS servers, which for laymen, means that the name of my site hasn’t been pointing to where my site is really located. Some people could get to my site, others could not. I’ve fixed it by… Continue reading Hellish hosting issues followed by rewarding breakfast
Making money with your food blog
Selling eggs near Russian Market, Phnom Penh, Cambodia As I mentioned in “How to start a food blog“, food blogging is a terrible way to make money if you enjoy living in the First World. This year, food blogging will pay my rent but not much else. Here is how to do at least that,… Continue reading Making money with your food blog
How to start a food blog, part 2: Design and building an audience
This post follows on from How to start a food blog. How do I design my blog? Don’t. Get someone else to do it, unless you’re lucky enough to be a web designer or are keen to use the blog to practice your web design skills. Good design counts. Firstly, all of the major blogging… Continue reading How to start a food blog, part 2: Design and building an audience
How to start a food blog
Honestly ask yourself “Why am I doing this?” I want to share recipes/restaurant recommendations/my boundless food wisdom with friends – If you want nothing more than to share your thoughts about food with people whom you already know (and you are being honest), your best bet is to get over to Blogger.com and start writing… Continue reading How to start a food blog