Blogging 101 A Mini Seminar On Blogging The Karachi Metroblog September 2, 2007 The Second Floor, Karachi

the WHAT ??

A personal diary. A daily pulpit. A collaborative space. A political soapbox. A breaking-news outlet. A collection of links. Your own private thoughts. Memos to the world. Your blog is whatever you want it to be.

Blogs Vlogs Podcasts Moblogs Photologs Group blogs MP3logs Political Blogs Sports blogs Artlogs Religious blogs Travelogs Showbiz blogs Business blogs Tech blogs and more!

the WHY ??

75 million blogs in total 120,000 new weblogs each day! 1.5 million posts per day! 1.4 new blogs every second! 17 posts every second!

Hey man, I can’t do no tech stuff, but I do love pie, and I love telling people that I love pie, can I blog? Yeah, sure man. ANYONE can blog!

the HOW ??

what NEXT ??

Tip # 1 : Be Opinionated

Tip # 2 : Link, Link, Link

Tip # 3 : Blogs Aren’t Monologues!

Tip # 4 : Be Regular

Tip 5: Be Legible

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what has blogging ACHIEVED ??

the GOOD Marketing Tool Career Development Self-discovery Crime Detection Revolutionary Journalism Politico-Social Activism And More!

Marketing Tool

Career Development

Self-discovery

Crime Detection

Revolutionary Journalism

Politico-Social Activism

And More!

the BAD Promiscuity Censorship Defamation Doocing Cyber bullying Addiction Copyright Infringement Corporate Crime

Promiscuity

Censorship

Defamation

Doocing

Cyber bullying

Addiction

Copyright Infringement

Corporate Crime

what about the Pakistani BLOGOSPHERE??

Name: The Pakistani Blogosphere Date of Birth: 6 th June, 2001 Father’s Name: Tariq Mustafa ( Window to Pakistan ) Mother’s Name: Blogger.com Siblings: Khalid Omar ( Off Road Pakistan ), Zack Ajmal ( Procrastination ) Prominent Cousins: S A J Shirazi ( Light Within ), Dr. Awab Alvi ( Teeth Maestro ), Umar Saleem ( Salam Bazar ) & Umar Siddiqi ( Umar Siddiqi )

Name: The Pakistani Blogosphere

Date of Birth: 6 th June, 2001

Father’s Name: Tariq Mustafa ( Window to Pakistan )

Mother’s Name: Blogger.com

Siblings: Khalid Omar ( Off Road Pakistan ), Zack Ajmal ( Procrastination )

Prominent Cousins: S A J Shirazi ( Light Within ), Dr. Awab Alvi ( Teeth Maestro ), Umar Saleem ( Salam Bazar ) & Umar Siddiqi ( Umar Siddiqi )

Quantity vs. QUALITY

WHERE to? Rating of credible Bloggers Bloggers as journalists Blog Business Model ??

Rating of credible Bloggers

Bloggers as journalists

Blog Business Model ??

Search Engine Optimization Optimize your blog to get higher rankings in search engines Niche topic – If you are blogging about a niche topic you will get more visits through search engines. Selection of keywords Avoid broken links Have as many incoming links as possible

Optimize your blog to get higher rankings in search engines

Niche topic – If you are blogging about a niche topic you will get more visits through search engines.

Selection of keywords

Avoid broken links

Have as many incoming links as possible

And finally…who are WE??

the END!! PS: Thank you for bearing this with us :)

References & Bibliography The honorable minds of the entire Karachi Metroblog team Wikipedia Spider Magazine Google

The honorable minds of the entire Karachi Metroblog team

Wikipedia

Spider Magazine

Google