Yahoo! Philippines Answers blog

I’ve been talking lately about how online social media has helped Pinoys everywhere connect and establish a really thriving online community. Japs particularly shares in his comment in my previous post how Yahoo! Answers has provided Pinoys with a great avenue for meaningful connections. Another service that essentially provides the same benefit to users is MyBlogLog.

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!

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I recently read in the news that according to a study entitled “Broadband Consumer Survey: Identifying Key Broadband User Segments in the Philippines” conducted by IDC , a US-based global research company, most broadband users in the Philippines are people who frequently blog, go to social media networks, and visit online communities. In another study, particularly the Universal McCann’s Social Media Research for March 2008, results showed that users in the Philippines ranked first in the world in joining a new social networking site (83.1%) and on uploading photos on photo sharing websites (86.4%), it ranked second in reading blogs (90.3%) and uploading of videos in video sharing sites (60.5%), and was fourth in writing blogs (65.8%).

Very interesting data because it gives us a glimpse of what Pinoys love to do online. Obviously the numbers show that we love social networking and online communities. Maybe that’s why The Outlaw asked the Answers community if we are more or less outgoing online than we are in the real world. It’s really something to think about and the answer to the question can be very subjective, although I remember reading somewhere that people who are sociable online have a tendency to be the same offline. Do you agree?

The data in the studies also showed that Pinoys are very much into blogs and blogging. I started blogging four years ago but only got the hang of it two years ago. If any of you are planning to start a blog, discover what 1Chance learned from Krishbhavara when he asked for help on how to start one. Also, Mac got some really good ideas when she asked the community for some ideas for a creative blog name.

It’s really good news to know how active we are in the online scene. I hope more Pinoys discover how online social media like Answers help us establish meaningful connections and continue to enable us to grow a relevant and responsible Pinoy online community.

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