Monday, January 15, 2007

Profile of a Malaysian blogger

According to a report last November, if I am a Malaysian and I have a blog, the odds are that I will be a woman and aged 25 or under. It is also found that about 64% of the Malaysian bloggers are ladies and 74% are under 25! In fact, nearly 41% of those who online blog regularly. So how do I fit in?

Seriously I can't see why nowadays people are so attention craved. I have read some news reports that there are full time bloggers earning thousands per month! I as quite astounded to say. As for me, I am 33 years old, male, and very new to stuff about blogging. It was my sister who taught me what is blog, blogger, how to attach pictures and the do's and dont's of blogging. Oh yes, she's Malaysian and she's under 25. Do you see that? I guess I really have a lot to pick up because things online move really fast. Last talked to her, I heard some terms like RSS, digg, furl, del................... I feel like a dinosaur.

She told me you need to have some specific subject to blog about, and if you have several topics to rant about, you can divide the blog into categories if you are lazy to maintain a few blogs at the same time. I thought about that hence I just focus on Marie Callas.

However, I am already facing that feeling of 'emptiness' to continue with logging. Sometimes I just do not know what to put in the blog! The general profile of the bloggers primarily do it for entertainment and to share their lives with family and friends.

The report also says that most blog visitors like to read stories and enjoy the pictures posted by
the blog owners. I guess my blog is too dry and bland so I hope I have some nice pictures to post.