As much of our success is down to our amazing community members, we want to extend an offer to all you – the opportunity to volunteer a blog post and have it published on the Answers blog!

Have you ever fancied being famous among online Pinoys?  Then this is your chance!  If your blog hits the spot we may even feature it on our sister-blogs in one of the 21 countries where we blog and translate it into some of the 9 languages we operate in.  This is your chance to have your voice heard, and have millions of people read your words!

If that isn’t incentive enough, how about an extra 50 points for each post we publish?

How do I become a guest blogger?

Simple – come up with a suggestion or a full blog post and email it to jonasdelosreyes [at] ymail [dot] com.

However, there are a few tips and rules we’d like you to follow:

1. What should you write about?

Focus on what would interest the Answers Community.  We are open to any subject area, even if only slightly related to Answers. This could include educational, instructional or informative topics.  Some examples are as follows:

• Subjects that you may have professional or personal experience in, for example if you have recently planned a wedding, you may want to pitch a topic on “How to organize a wedding?”
• Or you could pitch ideas based on your personal experience on Answers, such as tips on getting the most out of Answers, things that could be improved, and anything that you would like to share with the Answers community.

2. Use correct spelling and grammar.  The more understandable your suggestion is, the higher the chance it has to be used or chosen as a possible blog topic.
3. If you use any Answers content in your blog posts, it should adhere to the Community Guidelines.

Finally, the legal bit – your blog will be featured on the site in accordance with our TOS.  We reserve the right to translate and make editorial changes to your blog if selected.
We look forward to hearing from you – jonasdelosreyes [at] ymail [dot] com.

I’m sure this isn’t news to long-time bloggers but to those who may not know yet, MyBlogLog is a Yahoo! tool that allows bloggers to interact with their readers and create a community around them. By joining MyBlogLog, you can track your blog stats, view your recent readers, allow your readers to be part of your community, or lets you be part of other blog communities that you may find interesting. If you check out the right-hand side of the Answers blog, you’ll see the MyBlogLog widget and the names and images of the most recent visitors from the community.

So how does one join MyBlogLog? Simply click on “Join this Community”, sign up with your Yahoo! ID and create a new account. And if you’re a blogger, don’t forget to add the widget in your blog so you can easily create and grow your own community. So click on “Join this Community” on the Answers blog MyBlogLog widget now, I’m excited to see and meet everyone here in the Yahoo! Philippines Answers community!

How cliché to say for a first post but it’s the most appropriate thing to say in this case for two reasons. Firstly, it marks the Yahoo! Philippines Answers blog finally going live! Now you can get your regular updates about what’s new, what’s hot and what’s not in Yahoo! Philippines Answers straight from this blog. It used to be just one blog before which covered all versions of Answers in Southeast Asia, but now each country has its own blog.

Secondly, it’s to welcome me on my new job. As some of you may know already, I was recently hired to be Yahoo!’s Community Manager for the Philippines and it’s simply a thrilling experience to represent Yahoo! and be part of the team that makes sure that services like Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers and Flickr continue to empower Pinoys and help us grow a meaningful and responsible Pinoy online community.

You’ll be hearing from me constantly from this blog and occasionally, you’ll be seeing me offline as well in upcoming Yahoo! events across the country so please feel free to leave a post, email me or even chat with me should you have something in mind or just want to say hi. I’ll be here to listen to you to help make your online experience with Yahoo! a continuously enjoyable and meaningful one.

So to everyone, mabuhay!