What Happens in Vegas…Gets Blogged About at Megavegalicious.com
What do you do if your a 23 year old living in Las Vegas and looking to start your new life in the United States. You blog! Forget your computer programming life in Romania and embrace the glitz and glamour of sin city. Let the world know about your adventures with a fun and interesting blog called Megavegalicious.com!
Last September Anca Bristena did just that. She started an original and fun blog called Megavegalicious.com. (Which should win some honor for the most creative blog name in some time.) At Megavega, Anca posts about everything from shrimp cocktails to blog reviews. Of course, the continuing thread throughout the blog is Vegas in all it’s glory!
I really enjoy the conversational style of Anca’s writing and the different, sometimes quirky look at Las Vegas life. After having visited Megavega from some time, I’ve decided to write a review of the site. Here’s my thoughts on the blog, the stories and the Vegas adventure.
What I love:
- When someone said that content is the most important aspect of any blog, Anca was definitely listening. The stories and information are well written, entertaining, and often humorous. The posts remind me of conversations at a friend’s house where the topic is usually light, changes frequently, and is never stuffy or pretentious. For a couple recent examples, see My 100th Post! and 10 Things I’ve Learned So Far.
- The simplicity of the design puts the emphasis where it belongs…on the content. The design is simple and the font is large and easy to read. There are not distracting ads or other junk to clutter the page.
- Anca adds videos of Vegas in many of her posts. These videos may show a Vegas attraction or how to make a pizza. But each video is well chosen and I’ve yet to find one that didn’t work.
- Anca creates a community feel at her blog by responding to comments and interacting with readers. She rewards frequent commentors with a “Top Commentors” plugin at the bottom of the page.
- There is always something new to read at Megavega! Anca is one of the most prolific bloggers I know. She reached the 100th post after only 229 days. That’s an average of one post every 2.3 days. Recently Anca has been posting almost daily.
What I would change:
- The graphic and logo for Megavega are begging to be improved. Just like the logo on my own blog, the Megavega logo would benefit from some design work.
- There is no search feature on the blog. Anca could help her readers find posts and Las Vegas topics by adding a search function.
- Several key features are hidden at the bottom of the page. I would move the popular posts, archives and categories lists to the empty right hand column. Currently the column is just wasted space and these features would encourage visitors to discover more of the gems at Megavega.
- With the already long list of posts on the blog, I would love to see an archives page like the one generated by the Clean Archives plugin from iDunzo.com.
Anca, thanks for all your work to bring us Las Vegas from a blogger’s point of view. Keep up the great work and the sense of humor. I’ll definitely be back, and may even plan a visit to the city of lights this summer!
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Comments
Hi Anca! I’m glad the review was helpful. I love your blog and really enjoy the conversational and humorous style of your writing. Of course, I feel like I need to quit commenting on the logos on other blogs until I do something about my own. 
I do plan on visiting Vegas sometime soon, and your blog has played a role in that decision. I really enjoy reading about Las Vegas from an insider’s point of view.
Jim, thank you again, you really motivated me right now to keep blogging. And your advice is always welcomed, I have a lot to learn from people like you. As for Vegas, make sure you bring a lot of SPF cream, it is getting hot!
Wow Jim, I don’t know what to say but thank you so much! It was such a nice surprise to read your review today,I really appreciate your kind words and the advice.
I will surely make the changes you were talking about, and the “design” work is awful well, because I did it…It’s something worth investing in and I plan to do that.
Lately I was caught up with my day job and other projects and didn’t post as often as before. You made me realise how important that is by showing me that someone does read my blog
Thanks again,
Your friend in Vegas, Anca