Blogging in Asia
Pranam Kolari, 12:54am 21 May 2005Following up on Slashdot’s recent post on Asia Next Frontier in Blogging.
For the curious, and language literate — here’s a partial (and probably noisy) listing of some Japanese/Asian blogs:
cocolog-nifty, fc2, blockblog,
blogzine, lolilop,
mo-blog, exblog,
ocn, dion,
blogical, yahoo,
Ameba, livedoor.
Staying with Asia … here’s one from China and one from India.
Via Glocom. Here’s an interesting piece about growth (and more) of Japanese blogs.
According to new surveys, 93.7 percent of Japanese Internet users were not aware of blogs as of February 2004, but by November of the same year, 60 percent had heard of blogs. Now the number of bloggers in Japan is estimated at 1 million. While most bloggers write their personal journals for fun and not for pay, blog-hosting firm Ameba Blog rewards its most popular blog sites with cash prizes. Known by the nickname “Kazuma,” a 32-year-old blogger who published the true story of his controlling wife earned 1.34 million yen ($12,800) in awards in four months.
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