Yesterday's Indiblogger meet can be compared to the glass half full and half empty! It was unlike the Samsung sponsored meet I had attended earlier.
Half Empty:
1. The location of meet not clear. Meet details were "Cafe Coffee Day(CCD)" SRF Building... Landmark BDA Complex.Reached the BDA complex and found a very small CCD there. On Asking the CCD guys about meet there got a negative response. Then they said there might me one in the next CCD little far from there.
2. On reaching the other CCD and asking the team found that a group of people less than 10. No indiblogger offical and organizer missing. Dissappointed. Wondering did I do the right thing in coming for such meet.
Half Full:
It became an informal meet with us going through the blog of each of the attendees. Found some good ones in addition to one I follow(Soul and Space and One who wrote about why we Hindus don't read our religious book like Muslims and Christians). Thanks to Pavitra who had lugged her laptop along. Had a nice discussion on:
1) Wordpress vs blog spot
2) Owing your own domain vs having one on blogspot or wordpress.
3) SEO optmizations: onpage and off page
4) Blogging takes time and effort - To get decent traffic people blog for atleast 8-9 hours a week,
5) The Big bloggers : Amit Aggarwal(Labnol or Digitial Inspiration) & Amit Bhawani (whom was there for last Samsung indiblogger meet with his team from Hyderabad)
6) Location of indiblogger meet in Banaglore should be central like M.G Road or Kormangla.
After a nice round of tea and sandwitches split.
It was great meeting everyone and seeing their blogs. It was worth it!
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