Just playing around last night I decided to overlap 20 popular blogs ranked by fans on Technorati. I wanted to see if there was some hidden consistencies in their layouts. After I overlapped each blog at 10% opacity, I cranked the contrast, and this is the end result.

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I think most of us would expect to find the header on top, and that is where it was prominent when I did the overlap. It was not the case for all blogs though. Many had ads on top, or even content snapshots that pushed the header with logo down as much as 300 pixels. I think mine will stay where it is. Continue reading »