Highlighting lesser known blogs that caught the attention of our members.

Have you ever come across a blog that was a great read and you wondered why it didn’t have more followers? How about one you started, that you think the members here would find interesting; or one written by a friend or guild mate perhaps?

Well here’s your chance to get it more publicity. We’re looking to highlight blogs that have caught our reader’s attention. Not just any blog will do; there are a few criteria that it should meet after the jump:

1)    It needs to be about World of Warcraft.

Your mother’s blog about her flower garden may be interesting, but it isn’t necessarily what we are looking for!

2)    It should have a decent number of articles, be well written, in addition to being actively updated.

Older blogs are welcomed along with newer ones. However a submission should have at least 10-15 articles, and be at least a few weeks old; updates at least once a week or so would be nice. Proper spelling and grammar is a plus.

3)    More popular blogs need not apply.

The thought isn’t to give more traffic to well-known blogs out there, but instead to highlight some of the more interesting reads that people may not come across otherwise.

4)    Specific is okay, but general is better.

Good theory-crafting and class-specific blogs can be interesting, but often only appeal to a small subset of WoW players. That being said, a class-specific blog can still be featured. It’s only natural that a blog by someone who plays a hunter will have articles discussing hunter-specific macros and mechanics; but some general WoW related articles are a definite plus.

For example, here’s a recently started blog by Merinna of Nagrand (US-Oceanic) server. The blogger’s main character is a Restoration Shaman, so the blog has a few articles about shaman healing. There are also articles about the writer’s experiences in the Cataclysm Beta (a Hunter with a Felsteed?) as well as some thoughts about raiding and World of Warcraft in general. Feel free to check it out.

So if you have a blog you’d like to see featured send an e-mail to zamfeaturedblogs@gmail.com. Allakhazam staff will review the entries and choose one from among those that meet the criteria. We’ll periodically feature a new blog with a short summary article and a link. This will happen more or less frequently depending on the number of submissions.

-SomeProteinGuy