Analysis of a past AS Media blog

I am analysing a blog from a member of last year's AS group, Catrina Rogers.
http://catrinarogersas.blogspot.com/
Here is a print screen of her blog.

You can already see signs of her using the resources she has already got (her blog) for market research through things such as her poll. It doesn't ask a particularly relevant question, but is a very good idea. The colours used, although not particularly relevant, may represent her personality, but i feel the black and pink makes the blog have a gothic feel to it, and makes it less appealing to the eye.. or my personal eye? as the pink is also a very harsh colour. Reading through her opening sentence, we can see that she has a very friendly character and tone to her voice, which helps when you are reading something like a blog. She has a blog archive, making it east to get to the specific work required, but no visible useful links, which i feel are crucial to gain an effective blog for the course. We need to be able to see clearly where she has gained her information from.