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astroboy11:15 UTC29 Mar 2007

Just a suggestion, if you're going to have a blog about mainly living, working and traveling in China - wouldn't it be a good idea to make it accessible from China? You're blocked by the Great Firewall (yes I know about proxies, but that's an extra step and I'm lazy)

ellyse23:22 UTC29 Mar 2007

I would actually appreciate if he could stop plastering his site in every one of his answers to any thread.
Cheers!

zhet08:07 UTC30 Mar 2007

I was wondering about that, too, ellyse. He and a few others sometimes link to their blogs even when it seems like it's not to provide information. Can there be any benefit to a blog if more people go there? Do they get advertising money?

guenovnd09:06 UTC30 Mar 2007

Hi, there -- actually I host the blog on yahoo, so it is less likely to be blocked -- the other sites like blogger etc. are definitely out of reach.... Some times Yahoo is blocked sometimes not.

With regard to more people going or not, it is purely the way to get an aggregation of info. It will be nice to be able to aggregate the information so it is topical --- I am experimenting with ways to get info organized.

No, it is not for the advertisement. That is way over-rated.....

"Can there be a benefit to a blog if more people go there?" The short answer is YES, but it is not financial....

At any rate, I have had people send me long emails with detailed questions on specific items that they have just caught a bit of idea here on this site and we discuss options. I am all for the sharing of info but Forums have a limit too. Most of the readers of my blog appear to be from the US and Europe, so China does not get affected as much. I have looked at hosts other than Yahoo, but they require way too much management (I do not have the time between family, work, blog....) I used a host that crashed two times and lost tons of my info, so I am sticking with Yahoo for time being.

I apologize if I have bothered someone. Happy Travels!

astroboy09:09 UTC30 Mar 2007

No no I'm not really bothered. but it's just that I did want to take a look at it . . .but I cant access it in China.

chengdude20:27 UTC30 Mar 2007

Oops, just posted the same observation on another, newer thread...

ellyse09:53 UTC31 Mar 2007

#3, it would be better if you just tell people to look up your URL in your profile.
Cheers!

Hey guenovnd! Country forums / North-East Asia / China
astroboy11:15 UTC29 Mar 2007	Just a suggestion, if you're going to have a blog about mainly living, working and traveling in China - wouldn't it be a good idea to make it accessible from China? You're blocked by the Great Firewall (yes I know about proxies, but that's an extra step and I'm lazy)
ellyse23:22 UTC29 Mar 2007	I would actually appreciate if he could stop plastering his site in every one of his answers to any thread. Cheers!	1
zhet08:07 UTC30 Mar 2007	I was wondering about that, too, ellyse. He and a few others sometimes link to their blogs even when it seems like it's not to provide information. Can there be any benefit to a blog if more people go there? Do they get advertising money?	2
guenovnd09:06 UTC30 Mar 2007	Hi, there -- actually I host the blog on yahoo, so it is less likely to be blocked -- the other sites like blogger etc. are definitely out of reach.... Some times Yahoo is blocked sometimes not. With regard to more people going or not, it is purely the way to get an aggregation of info. It will be nice to be able to aggregate the information so it is topical --- I am experimenting with ways to get info organized. No, it is not for the advertisement. That is way over-rated..... "Can there be a benefit to a blog if more people go there?" The short answer is YES, but it is not financial.... At any rate, I have had people send me long emails with detailed questions on specific items that they have just caught a bit of idea here on this site and we discuss options. I am all for the sharing of info but Forums have a limit too. Most of the readers of my blog appear to be from the US and Europe, so China does not get affected as much. I have looked at hosts other than Yahoo, but they require way too much management (I do not have the time between family, work, blog....) I used a host that crashed two times and lost tons of my info, so I am sticking with Yahoo for time being. I apologize if I have bothered someone. Happy Travels!	3
astroboy09:09 UTC30 Mar 2007	No no I'm not really bothered. but it's just that I did want to take a look at it . . .but I cant access it in China.	4
chengdude20:27 UTC30 Mar 2007	Oops, just posted the same observation on another, newer thread...	5
ellyse09:53 UTC31 Mar 2007	#3, it would be better if you just tell people to look up your URL in your profile. Cheers!	6

Hey guenovnd!