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Should I QUIT blogging? I ask myself twice today. Why I ask myself such question? Six months ago, New York Times said Blogging is Dangerous. And now,Wired Magazine say Twitter, Flickr, Facebook make blogs look so “2004″. The author said:

Thinking about launching your own blog? Here’s some friendly advice: Don’t. And if you’ve already got one, pull the plug.

Reasons to QUIT Blogging

In that article, the author give few reasons to quit blogging.

1) Impersonal - He mentioned the author of Weblogs network, Jason Calacanis annouced his retirement from blogging 3 months ago. In Jason’s blog, he said the main reason he quit was because blogging is impersonal. I look at this statement, it is not a problem at all. Blogger have right to turn on “private blog” then others can read your “personal” article. But for me, blog is not only write, it also a sharing media. If not for sharing, better write article in Word and save only on computer?

Another point, the author don’t know Jason is microblogging at twitter? (@jasoncalacanis) In fact I follow him at twitter for more than 6 months and he is quite active. As a result, Jason is NOT totally quit from blogging.

2) Google search result -He not satisfy with the Google search result. A post can quickly skyrocketing to the top of Google search result when blogging was young. Now no more. Well, I say Google has formula or algorithm to decide the ranking for search keyword (by PR, traffics, linkbacks). Unless he don’t want to use Google? Quite funny reason huh?

Not all blogger blogging for traffics. Some blog for fun, blog for hobby, blog for social. Does that mean they don’t have right to tell people their thoughts? No. So I doubt the author’s motive to stop people from blogging. (more…)

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Today, 11th September 2008 is a memorial day for 9-11 victims of terrorist attrack at US World Trade Centre. Its also my very 1st Blogging  Anniversary! As I always say, time flies too fast. Yes, can’t imagine I’ve been blogging here for exactly one year.

What I get for the past one year? Well, I prove to myself that make money online is workable. I manage to make some money to upgrade stuffs. I’m saving money to buy gadget too. Also, I’ve won a lovely sleek iPod touch! The stuffs I got from blogging listed below

• iPod touch
• Sonic Gear Evo III Pro
• FM Transmitter for iPod
• TMNet Streamyx
• Spectacles
• some pocket money

I got all items above for Free! (Yeah, I like free things!). Or I should say it is from my hard work of blogging. There is no free meal in this world. (more…)

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As a serious blogger, I’ll try my best to provide continuous valuable content for my reader, you. Sometime I do not publish new post. Why? Because I only deliver quality content!

And you know, I am not all time blogging person. I enjoy do other things online too. So, what I did while not blogging? What you should do while not blogging?

• Read Others Blog – I believe a good blogger always a good reader. I learn and love to read others blog often. So, I’ve subscribed hundreds of blogs that I think should benefit my own reading. Not only read post, but also post comment to voice out opinion.
• Social Network – This is another thing I like to do recently. I do not know about StumbleUpon, Digg and FaceBook before become a blogger. Now I know its a very good social media for us to rambling around the Internet.

I get to know many online friends. Also got useful info about anything and everything, especially on stumble upon and digg. Sometime I accidentally get tons of traffics if post get duggs! (more…)

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Many bloggers claim that they are problogger. I am curious on what problogger means? I search for the word “problogger” in wikipedia but have no answer. Does it mean someone earn a lot of money and traffics from web log? Or someone have a lot of RSS readers?

I don’t think so. Why? Let’s analyze this question from the aspects below:

Money

This might be the most concerning part by most bloggers. Many bloggers thought that more money they earn from blog, more professions they have in blogging. That’s the reason why many bloggers use this aspect to compare or criticize one another by using their monthly earnings.

But, let’s think. Does it mean that bloggers that does not earn money is not, or cannot be a professional blogger? How about bloggers that blog with their profession in certain niche without putting ads? Can we call them ProBloggers? Sure! Spammers might earn a lot of money from their websites, but does it mean they are professional blogger? No! Hence money is not a factor to become ProBlogger.

Traffics

Certainly, traffics is a factor. But it should not the only criteria. For example, a car technician might blog about car technical knowledge. His blog traffics inferior to everybody here and none of us have interest to read his blog. Does it means he is not a professional blogger? No. Who knows his blog has high authority in the niche of car maintenance?

RSS Subscribers

Same thing above applied in this aspect. If someone does not have RSS subscribers, does it means they are not professional blogger? Definitely RSS subscriber quantity should not be a qualification to determine a professional blogger.

Definition of ProBlogger

So what is the definition of ProBlogger? In my opinion, there are 2 main factors to determine a professional blogger: (more…)

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