Posted 4/29/08 - Kellex


The Player:

Triviality of Basketball


The Stats:

Alexa: 994,468
Compete.com: N/A
Google PageRank: 2


The Niche:

A NBA basketball minded blog that looks into the triviality of the sport by asking some very entertaining questions.


The Story:

Triviality of Basketball is a very entertaining NBA basketball blog run by a 17 year old from the Philippines. This is also an NBA blog I was unaware of until Melvin, the author, approached me. You can tell from reading one paragraph of his work that he truly loves the game. Isn't that something we hear over and over again about the success of a blog? You must genuinely love or be passionate about your topic?

Well the Triviality of Basketball is definitely about love and passion. Melvin looks at the game the way I try to at Le Basketbawl. Rather than reporting average recaps and box scores, he takes a game and forms a questions from it to keep his readers answering. He also takes the time to form original thought that you won't see many places around the NBA's blog-o-sphere. I will always gives "props" to a blog run by a young and driven entrepreneur that will do whatever it takes to succeed.

I have two simple critiques for this blog and that would be for Melvin to watch his grammar just a little closer. At times, you can tell he is young and has not yet completely owned the English language. (Not that we are all grammar pros here!)

The other thing would be for him to purchase his own domain. Right now Compete.com is registering blogspot.com's numbers instead of his actual numbers. (Plus, advertisers tend to shake their heads at blogspot.com or wordpress.com addresses.) I can see the work he has put in, and making the switch earlier will save him much time and anxiety.

Overall, this kid has got a lot of great ideas and skills that should make Triviality thrive. I can't wait to see where Melvin will be in a year from now! Please stop by and drop him a comment; his threads live by reader participation!


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