After looking over a post on Design Meltdown about the Top 20 Most Popular Blog Colors I had to give a big thanks to rss feeds. As I looked over the designs of the blogs I was just turned off by the bad designs most of them had. The interesting thing is, is that I read a lot of the ones listed but I use google reader to do so. I vary rarely visit the actual website and if I had to I would probably stop reading them. Unfortunately, most of the blogs are just covered in advertisements and clutter.

Among the worst designs and color selections is Techcrunch. Over 1/3 of the site is pure advertisements, which is good for Michael Arrington but it is a huge distraction to the blog posts. Again, thank goodness for feed readers.

Among the better designed blogs are Seth Godin's Blog which is clean and simple and you're not distracted by the clutter of advertising.

Of course, the fact that these site have the most links to there site by other blogs tells me that the world isn't concerned with how the site looks or they are like me, using a feed reader and never visiting the website.

Labels: Bad Design, blogs, Design Meltdown, Websites