BlogAdda (no relation to BigAdda) is an aggregator that provides Indian bloggers a platform to showcase their blogs. You might find this website useful if you are looking to promote your own blog or discover blogs on various topics. Readers can discover interesting blogs using tags or ratings. For those wishing to add their blog to the network, you need to create an account and add your blog’s url to the site (along with other info). You cannot create a blog on the site itself, you just specify the blog’s URL which could be hosted anywhere. That factor by itself makes the site fall short of being a complete blogging network; it works essentially like an aggregator of sorts. BlogAdda comes from a web-development company called Nettalk.
The idea behind the site is simple but it probably needs more meat to enhance its overall appeal. From a user perspective, the best place to discover interesting blogs is the blogroll (or inbound/outbound links) on other blogs and social bookmarkings sites. The world over, blogging aggregators have not found the kind of success that blogging networks (like LiveJournal, Blogger, WordPress etc) or blog search engines (like Technorati, GoogleBlogSearch, IceRocket) have. Maybe there is some learning for BlogAdda here.
Update As pointed out by Sandeep in the comments, something that BlogAdda could add is an innovative blog ranking system for India that is in line with the times (BlogStreet is one that I know of though I am unsure how contemporary its methodology is…does anybody else have any perspective on this???)
I think they could significantly enhance their appeal by providing some kind of ranking of Indian blogs..
Sandeep,
Thats a very good idea…let me add it to the post itself
Hi Amit
I had posted a comment on Oct. 31, but somehow it’s disappeared.
Thank you for reviewing BlogAdda. I agree that blogging aggregators have not found as much success as blogging networks or search engines, but then we are not just an aggregator. We allow bloggers to add tags and description for their blogs. Tags allows readers to search for blogs of their interest.
We do have ratings for blogs and also count total views of the blog profile pages. From these stats, we have the top rated blogs and most popular blogs.
Sandeep, thank you for your suggestion. It would make sense to have a blog ranking system for India. Amit, I will have a look at Blogstreet if they share the methodology and would appreciate if readers here would want to share something on this or otherwise.
Thank you.
If an aggregator just aggregates all the blogs out there it doesn’t provide any real value. Google does a much better job of crawling and discovering content. IndiaSphere takes a different approach to aggregation, we catalog “the best” Indian blogs based on various ratings (Technorati, Indie Bloggies, etc) and other factors. The content is clearly categorized. We recognize this approach misses a lot of interesting content out there so the 2nd approach is added to the mix, this we call, social aggregation. Where users can submit stories and links to IndiaSphere and every one can vote for the stories they like (much like digg). We believe that the combination of the 2 approaches makes for a useful aggregator. Our users seem to agree as we are seeing steady growth in the number of registered users as well as daily visitors.
IndiaSphere is a India Aggregator – aggregates Blogs, Videos, Podcasts, and News.
I think these are well proven techniques which most of the folks here are trying to replicate, and thats perfectly fine. The goal is to do it in a way which helps the end user to get this thing going.
To me, this would mean an easier user interface, simple features, large inventory and probably some flexibility or customization to suit my own taste (say giving filters etc)
Without sound like using this as a ad platform, please visit http://www.ghumakkar.com in your free time and give feedback.
I would now check-out IndiaSphere in detail to see what kind of users are hanging there.
Nice info.i am gona join this site right now.
Shaan
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Hi all ! I am new to this vast world of internet.I have just created my website Sandeepraj001.It consists of a blog too.Besides this,I have also created a blog @ blogspot……..Sandeep’s Blog .I am very much eager to bring my blogs n my website in big search engines’ results. But even after following many steps found in web world, its not even coming on the last reslut page.Can any1 help me out in this regard. After going through this blog topic, I am going to visit this site also n try my luck.But frnds plz help…..
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Ten-year old Siddharth is traumatized when he witnesses a religious ceremony gone terribly wrong. During this sacred ritual, his mother is consumed by flames and his father is horribly burnt. Once a normal, outgoing boy, Siddharth is transformed by the tragedy into an introverted child of a few words.
While awaiting and praying for his father’s recovery, Siddharth is forced to live with his uncle. Continuing the inexplicable downward spiral of his life, young Siddharth is subjected to abuse from his aunt. The only bright spot in his life is the warmth he receives from his cousin, Druki. Despite the sad circumstances that have caused it, she is delighted to have Siddharth living in her home and existing in her life.
One evening, as she is preparing for bed, Druki asks her mother about the death of Siddharth’ mother. Searching for words to give peace to her daughter, the woman tells Druki that God took Siddharth’s mother away because he loved her so much. Siddharth learns of this and is puzzled, wondering how it is possible that God loved his mother more than he. The question burns in his mind like a sliver and, try as he might, he cannot banish the tormenting thought. In his young wisdom, he finally realizes that the only one who does know the answer is God Himself. And thus begins Siddharth’s epic journey to find God and pose the question to him.
With a childlike innocence, he begins this journey by asking those around him where God lives. Since no one can tell him where God lives, he decides to find out for himself. He begins on this path by watching those around him whose lives appear to be spiritual, feeling they may know where God resides. He visits temples, follows religious processions, spies on priests – always searching for clues that will lead him to God… always to no avail.
In the depths of depression, the pointer to the direction he must go, finally and unexpectedly comes to him in the form of an old man who says he knows where God lives. The old man explains that, of course, God lives in the middle of the Himalayas. Enlightened and excited, he now prepares to embark upon the high path to God’s home. As they learn about this, his cousin Druki and Siddharth’s best friend, Raju, implore him to take them along. At first he resists, but when he understands that they too have questions for God, there is no way he can refuse. And so, the three set out to find God in his home.
They begin their arduous trek riding atop a bus. But, before long, the bus’ passengers grow suspicious and they are forced to continue on foot. Along the way a helper comes to them – almost as if he has been sent to do so. Ali, a teenager who works at a highway motel, gains them passage on an Army truck, also joining them as he, too, has questions for God and is inspired by Siddharth’s plan. A harrowing struggle ensues as they ford a river, desperately scavenge for food and dare the howling winds of the Himalayas. As they continue their journey into the clouds – further challenges assail and assault the quartet… yet none can deter them.
And then, true tragedies strike – Raju plunges through melted snow and drowns. In the thin atmosphere, Druki draws her final breadth. And even Ali vanishes into the consuming mists of the upper reaches of the Himalayas.
At last, Siddharth alone reaches the mountain respite that is God’s true home. In triumph and humility, Siddharth poses his questions to God – questions that all mankind has pondered since time immemorial. In a scene as powerful as Lord Krishna’s narration of the Bhagwad Gita to Arjuna, Siddharth’s life is forever changed – and so shall our viewers’ as they come to bathe in the joys of God’s revelation to this simple boy. Triumph is Siddharth’s at last… for he has, with intrepidity, determination and pureness of spirit, sought God where he lives. And in that triumph, he comes to know the greatest blessing of them all… peace. Om shanti, shanti, shanti, Om.
Enjoy the Trailer of the Movie:
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=i8t2Z8x7Ky4
Lets review real time, I have never come across a blogger meet organized by blogadda or a heard of a tour to each city in India and met the people who signed up for an account.
I din’t find any cool networking feature that i found in http://www.indiblogger.in
btw, i had the opportunity to meet them in person in Mumbai, they came all the way to just meet us all.
And since i have registered with both the portals, i kind of feel blogadda copies indiblogger as soon as they launch a new cool concept.
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Transport Minister Sri R Ashok today charged the JD(S) of fielding candidates only for name sake in the ensuing general elections in the state and said Congress and JD(S) have entered into a secret agreement for seat adjustments.
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