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As you would know, we have been bringing out the Directory of Best Indian Blogs for the last 13 years, in May-June every year. We update the directories mid-way in December-January to include and exclude blogs based on our examination of Indian blogs in English during the previous six months.  The Directory of Best Indian Blogs (in English) has been updated on 31 December 2023. You can visit the updated directory, and also two other compilations of top Indian blogs at the links below:  Directory of Best Indian Blogs Directory of Best Hindi Blogs Hindi web magazines, collective blogs and aggregators Hope to come up with well-researched informative articles and advice in the coming year. We wish you a very happy new year!

Google is set to delete inactive accounts starting December1, raising concerns about potential data loss of Google account holders. This deletion process targets accounts that have not been operated in the last two years, putting content stored in associated products like Gmail, Drive, Docs, Meet, Calendar, Photos, and YouTube at risk. To safeguard your account from deletion, it's crucial to sign in before the impending deadline this Friday. Google emphasizes that an account is considered active and exempt from deletion if it has been accessed recently. However, if your account falls into the inactive category, take immediate action to prevent any data loss. For those who wish to retain their data without keeping the inactive account, Google provides an option to back up your content. Utilize the Google Takeout page to download and export your data, including folders, documents, and media. This precautionary step ensures that even if your account becomes inactive, your valuable da

After two decades of constant rise, blogging in its original form has plateaued all over the world, and India is no exception. For self expression, content sharing and social engagement, individuals have hopped over to other platforms such as social networks and content sharing platforms (Facebook, Twitter/ X, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, etc.) in addition to instant messaging platforms/ apps (e.g. WhatsApp and Telegram). In fact, content creators do a form of blogging on these platforms. Mainstream blogging is not growing, and in fact it is declining in terms of numbers. However, it has evolved into a powerful tool for various purposes, including journalism, marketing, education, and activism.  Indian blogging has transformed from personal to professional in a big way in recent years. That has led to a greater proportion of well-maintained blogs, blog monetization and blogs as a medium of commercial/ corporate communication. Individual bloggers who have professionalized their blogs

हिंदी के श्रेष्ठ ब्लॉगों ( top Hindi blogs ) की डायरेक्टरी का 13वां संस्करण 1 सितम्बर 2023 को जारी किया गया. इसमें एक सौ ब्लॉग हैं. इन्हें ब्लॉग के URL के मुख्य भाग के अनुक्रम में लगाया गया है.  आपको शायद पता होगा कि शुरू में जो ब्लॉग इस डायरेक्टरी में सम्मिलित किये जाते थे, वो केवल व्यक्तिगत (personal) ब्लॉग होते थे, लेकिन जैसे-जैसे समय बदलता गया, ब्लॉगिंग का महत्व सोशल नेटवर्किंग और वीडियो शेयरिंग प्लेटफॉर्म्स में तेज़ी से बढ़ोतरी के चलते कम होता गया. अब पर्सनल ब्लॉगिंग कम हो चली है और वेब/ सोशल मीडिया में अन्य विधाएँ काफी हद तक इसका स्थान ले चुकी हैं. इस वजह से ब्लॉगिंग का चरित्र बहुत बहुत बदल गया है.  अब हिंदी में जो पर्सनल ब्लॉग ठीक से चल रहे हैं, वो अधिकतर उन लोगों के हैं जिन्हें लिखने-पढ़ने का शौक है. इनमें से अधिकतर अपने ब्लॉग को हॉबी या जुनून (passion) की तरह चलाते हैं और ब्लॉग से पैसे कमाना उनका उद्देश्य नहीं. कुछ ऐसे ब्लॉगर गूगल एडसेंस, एफिलिएशन आदि से कुछ धनार्जन कर लेते हैं लेकिन वो उनके लिए ब्लॉगिंग का प्राथमिक उद्देश्य नहीं होता.  दूसरी ओर, पिछले कुछ वर्षों में व्यावसायिक ब

  Dear Hindi bloggers and visitors, Compilation of the 2023 edition of the  Directory of Best Hindi Blogs  is in the last phase. Hope to see your blog in the Directory, if it is being maintained well enough to be considered a top Hindi blog. If you know of a good Hindi blog that has not been included in the existing edition of the blog listing, please suggest that to us. The directory will be released on September 1, 2023. मित्रो, हिंदी के सर्वश्रेष्ठ ब्लॉगों की डायरेक्टरी  के 2023 संस्करण के संकलन का काम लगभग संपन्न हो चुका है. आशा है, आपका ब्लॉग इसमें संम्मिलित होगा। हाँ, इसके लिए यह ज़रूरी है कि उसमें अच्छे पोस्ट लगातार प्रकाशित हो रहे हों. अगर उत्तम गुणवत्ता का ब्लॉग सुझाना हो जो इस डायरेक्टरी के 2022 संस्करण में नहीं है तो ऐसा शीघ्र करने का कष्ट करें .   डायरेक्टरी 1 सितंबर 2023 को प्रकाशित होगी. 

We are glad to release the latest (13th) edition of the Directory of Best Indian Blogs.  Though there has been small change in the way the directory of best blogs is compiled every year, we have made a big change in selection of blog for the directory since 2022. Going by the current trends in blogging - in which personal blogging is giving way to commercial blogging, and blogging is going much beyond the traditional sense of blogging - we include all types of websites in the directory if they (or a section of theirs) is maintained as a 'blog'.  Though good blogs are repeated year after year (and they should, no?), each edition is a fresh, de novo , compilation. Though the term blogging* now includes all forms of digital/ online self-expression and content-creation, we are unable to include video blogs, podcasts and other social sharing content (Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, etc) since we are yet to find a common denominator to juxtapose these 'blogs' along with traditi

This short, transitional, post is for informing dear bloggers that the 13th edition of The Directory of Best Indian Blogs will come out on 1st June, 2023. The following post tells about the blog selection criteria: submit blog for Indian blog directory If you know of a good blog on India or by an Indian, please help us by sending the blog's URL at this email address: kp.nd.2008@gmail.com 

Blogging has come a long way since the days of LiveJournal and Xanga. Today, it's a powerful tool for sharing information, building a community, and even making a living. But what does the future hold for blogging? Let's quickly look at some of the trends and developments that are shaping the future of blogging, especially after the advent of regenerative IA such as ChatGPT.  Let's then see how we can ride the wave. How to use chatGPT effectively One of the biggest recent trends in blogging is the rise of video content. The trend is not that recent but now it has established itself too well. With platforms like YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, video blogging is becoming increasingly popular among bloggers. Video content is definitely more engaging than text, it's also more easily shareable and discoverable on social media, and it surpasses the limitations of written word. Many traditional bloggers have turned to video blogging, but many more have started blogging with vid

In this small article, we tell you how to make use of the  signal of 'experience' for your website's search engine optimization.  And that is not difficult. You do not need to be an SEO expert to implement this. Google now gives high importance to creator experience If you are even slightly interested in search engine optimization (SEO), you would have learnt that Google has an age-old concept of E-A-T (expertise, authority, trust) for judging the quality of websites. Recently it said, it has included one more 'E' to this to account for experience.  You can visit the announcement at this link to Google announcement on experience added to quality rating guidelines   That means, Google now considers web content that has been created by experienced creators as more important as compared to that created by others.  But how does Google get the signal for experience? Going by the latest rater guidelines issued by Google, people or organizations that deal with that topic