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"Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all. How do we define this lively darting about with words, of hitting them back and forth, this sort of brief smile of ideas which should be conversation?" Guy de Maupassant

Saturday, October 2, 2004

Blogstreet India launched

Way to go Rajesh and Veer - the brains behind this project !

"There are various useful tools for both, authors and readers of blogs. Some of the salient features include:

  • RSS Search Engine for Indian blogs. It searches the Indian blogosphere and takes you directly to the blogposts which contain what you searched for. Unlike other search engines, the database is current and updated daily.
  • The Top 100 Indian blogs and Most Influential Indian blogs lists
  • RSS2Mobile service is India's first service enabling you to read your favorite blog / RSS feed on the go i.e. on your WAP enabled mobile phone.
  • Blog Directory listing Indian bloggers city-wise
  • Find out what popular Books, Movies and Music are the Indian bloggers talking about in their blogs
  • Community Forums are a place to discuss anything that is blog related, show off your new blog, ask for help if you are newbie, announce the blogger meet in your city or just make friends with other bloggers.

    Blog authors can have more:

  • A blogger can check his popularity by way of BlogRank listed in his BlogProfile.
  • The BlogBack features tells you which blogs link to you from their blogroll.
  • Another interesting feature is BlogNeighborhood which take a blog URL and lists other blogs that are similar to it.
  • Those whose blog is already listed in BlogStreet India can claim their blog and update their profile.

    BlogStreet India is part of BlogStreet, one of the first portal in the world dedicated to blogs. BlogStreet was launched in August 2002 and grew to be one of the most popular web-services in the blogosphere." [E M E R G I C . o r g]

    Just the other day i was talking to a new friend who pinged me on Skype when he read my blog, and he asked me about Indian blogs and what Indian bloggers talk about - i sent him a few links. 

    Now Blogstreet India would make that so simple. I spent some time there yesterday and discovered some really nice Indian blogs.  I particularly like the search function - as of today there are 825 blogs in the Blogstreet India directory - and its neat to be able to find posts on topics of interest. I think i will build a separate blogroll for Indian blogs i enjoy - i've seen such location specific blogrolls on some blogs.

    Here's another reaction from one of the most influential bloggers (Rank 3 by Blogstreet India) in the Indian blogosphere:

    "So, I'm supposed to be the 3rd Most Influential Blogger in India according to BlogStreet.com. While it certainly feels good, I suspect this kind of ranking is going to start a small race. Since these rankings are based on how many blogs blogroll you, there's bound to be these "I link you, you link me" symbiotic requests happening in the Indian blogosphere."



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