Archive for May, 2008

Thank you, dear IndiBlogger

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

This is a special post, and one I’ve been meaning to make for some time now. The IndiBlogger team has made it thus far thanks to one thing – and that’s been all the warm hearted, selfless support from the Indian blogging community. Time and again, bloggers have taken time out of their busy schedules to send us an email, post a comment or even call us long distance telling us how we can improve IndiBlogger.in.

Here’s an example – This is a comment that was posted by Nachiketa, and she followed it up with a phone call:

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Hi!

My compliments for coming up with this site. It looks nice.

Have some 2-bit feedback:

1. The registration activation mail takes toooooooooooooooooo…… long in finding it’s way to the inbox. (some thing users have listed in this section earlier) would like to repeat it so that it adds as a vote to better this process. All other sites that I have ever registered on send it within seconds of registration.

2. Email format of network mails:
Bloggers have been adding me to their network.. (very flattering indeed). I get emails which inform me about the same.
Sample below:
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Dear Nachiketa ,

Your blog The Variable has been added to the network of Noopur Rangera , a blogger from Gurgaon.

Reciprocation is a good thing. If you like Noopur Rangera ‘s blog, you can add it to your own network.

Go to your network now.

Thanks,
The IndiBlogger Team
http://www.indiblogger.in
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In this mail the following are hyperlinks:
1. My blog name: The Variable
2. The network page of Indibloggers: “Go to your network now.”
3. The indibloggers website homepage: “http://www.indiblogger.in

This is such a long process for me to see Noopur’s blog. [after logging in and then viewing my netwrok]
Why should I have to login to Indibloggers to see Noopur’s blog?

If you are tracking the traffic, you have driven to a particular blog, then embed the tracker jump URL in the mail itself, Which for Noopur’s blog happens to be “http://www.indiblogger.in/blogger.php?blogger=3545

Would urge you to look into this small usability feature, which I’m sure will increase the absolute pageviews for the site as well.

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It just goes to show – sometimes we miss the obvious! :)

We’ve fixed the email format today, and we’ve informed our host that emails are not leaving our server fast enough. Most of our development updates are a result of this kind of feedback from bloggers.

Finally, this is what the IndiBlogger team has to say to all the bloggers who support us – Thank You!!!

Chennai Blogger Meet – 80+ bloggers!

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Thanks to all the bloggers who have signed up for the Chennai IndiBlogger Meet! For those of you who haven’t, it’s scheduled for the 8th of June – so sign up now!

Regional language blogging!

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

For all IndiBloggers who blog in Indian languages, please update your blog listing under your profile, where you can select the language you blog in. The IndiBlogger directory will soon have an option to find blogs by language. If your language is not listed, please let us know by posting a comment.

For those who blog in English, you can leave your listing as is. Thanks!

Reviews for blogger meets

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

We’ve added a section on the blogger meet pages to display links to reviews, pictures, press coverage and videos of the IndiBlogger meets. Check it out on the recently concluded Pune and Mumbai meeting pages.