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How many blog platforms do you know? I sure you know the famous one: wordpress, blogger.com, and myspace. But actually there are more platforms in the blogsphere.

The blog platform is engine of the website. It drive auhor to their destination. Pie chart below show blog platforms use by Top 100 blogs.

Photo by Royal Pingdom

WordPress Win

Needless to say, WordPress is the most-used platformamong self-hosted blogs. Follow by Typepad and Blogsmith.

Get Top 100 blogs platform list here. Surprise me that Engadget and Gizmodo (my favourite tech / gadget blog) not using WordPress. Engadget use Blogsmith while Gizmodo using Gawker media platform. (more…)

What is elevator pitch? It is an overview of an idea for a product, service, or project (wikipedia). In simple words, it is a guide for your blogging.

How to Write Elevator Pitch?

This is definitely step by step to help achieve your blogging vision. Be specific, not too wide.

• Who is Your Audience? Teen, student, parent, techie person,etc. Define and target the reader you want.
• Solve problem or need – Define what topic you write to solve your reader’s problem or need. Must be main content guide. (more…)

I know I’m late but no expiry date to pick up 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge from Problogger.net.

As mentioned, it is a challenge to improve your blog by follow 31 different tasks for each day. 3 ways to join:

• Via email. Submit your email at here and instruction will send to your mailbox each day.
• Darren Rowse blog. Search keyword “31 days” you should find instruction for each day.
• Buy the 31DBBB workbook from e-junkie at $19.95

Of course I choose first method. Easy to keep in one place and it is FREE! (Yeah, I like Free things) (more…)

Swine Flu is spreading all over the world. The case in Asia is increasing too.

Photo by LA Times

While scientist is finding the inoculation (prevention injection), another illness – Meningitis start to spread in Malaysia. In simple word, it is a disease cause by virus infection inside brain.

Both sicknesses can bring to death! Different illness but almost same way to prevent. (more…)

Where do you stay? Am interested to know where my reader come from.

Is important to know blog reader territory. From there I roughly know what topic attract their attention the most.

Google Analytics Map Overlay

Visitor’s map overlay in Google Analytic tell where my readers stay. By country, most of them come from United States, Malaysia, and Canada. (more…)