Chinalyst - China blogs in English blogs http://www.chinalyst.net/blog en-US Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:42:21 -0600 Drupal TotalFeeds Module Chinalyst - China blogs in English blogs http://www.chinalyst.net/blog http://www.chinalyst.net/files/chinalyst-red.png 101 32 China Blog Awards 2008 : Best China Blogs Winners Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2008 for the last month. Voting for the best China blogs opened on 01.12.2008 and closed on 31.12.2008. Voting is now over and the results are in . Best overall China blog for the year 2008 is Wo Shi Laowai - Wo Pa Shui with 508 votes. Congratulations MyLaoWai! Following are the winning blogs according to category. Business-Law Blog The China Observer (411) Experience Not Logic (162) China Sports Review (112) Best General Blog chinaSMACK (395) A Modern Lei Feng (135) This Ridiculous World (96) Best News Blog The Foreign Expert - Translations and Review (387) The Opposite End of China (253) Imagethief (82) Best Personal Blog Beijing Boyce (260) Thomas Crampton - China, Media and Technology as seen by a recovering journalist (175) Absurdity, Allegory and China (120) Best Technology Blog Digital Marketing Inner Circle (438) MOBINODE (177) Digital China Guide (71) Best Travel Blog Xinjiang: Far West China (143) China Travel 2.0 and Chinese traditional culture (57) Chengdu Letters (56) Blog Awards Winners are invited to put the following "Best China Blog Awards 2008 WINNER" banner on their websites linking to this page as proof of their winning by using the following code : <a href="http://www.chinalyst.net/node/55211" title="This blog won the Chinalyst Best China Blog Awards 2008" ><img src="http://www.chinalyst.net/files/chinablogawards_120x240_winner_2.jpg" title="This blog won the Chinalyst Best China Blog Awards 2008" alt="This blog won the Chinalyst Best China Blog Awards 2008"></a> To view the results per category, please visit the blogs sorted by voting according to category : Business-Law Blog General Blog News Blog Personal Blog Technology Blog Travel Blog To view the China Blog Awards winners of 2007 please visit "China Blog Awards 2007 : Best China Blogs winners". Thanks to all the blogs, bloggers and voters who participated. We hope you had fun and got to know a few more good China blogs. See you again next year.

Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2008 for the last month. Voting for the best China blogs opened on 01.12.2008 and closed on 31.12.2008. Voting is now over and the results are in .

 

Best overall China blog for the year 2008 is Wo Shi Laowai - Wo Pa Shui with 508 votes. Congratulations MyLaoWai!

 

Following are the winning blogs according to category.

Business-Law Blog

  1. The China Observer (411)
  2. Experience Not Logic (162)
  3. China Sports Review (112)

 

Best General Blog

  1. chinaSMACK (395)
  2. A Modern Lei Feng (135)
  3. This Ridiculous World (96)

 

Best News Blog

  1. The Foreign Expert - Translations and Review (387)
  2. The Opposite End of China (253)
  3. Imagethief (82)

 

Best Personal Blog

  1. Beijing Boyce (260)
  2. Thomas Crampton - China, Media and Technology as seen by a recovering journalist (175)
  3. Absurdity, Allegory and China (120)

 

Best Technology Blog

  1. Digital Marketing Inner Circle (438)
  2. MOBINODE (177)
  3. Digital China Guide (71)

 

Best Travel Blog

  1. Xinjiang: Far West China (143)
  2. China Travel 2.0 and Chinese traditional culture (57)
  3. Chengdu Letters (56)

 

Blog Awards Winners are invited to put the following "Best China Blog Awards 2008 WINNER" banner on their websites linking to this page as proof of their winning by using the following code :

<a href="http://www.chinalyst.net/node/55211" title="This blog won the Chinalyst Best China Blog Awards 2008" ><img src="http://www.chinalyst.net/files/chinablogawards_120x240_winner_2.jpg" title="This blog won the Chinalyst Best China Blog Awards 2008" alt="This blog won the Chinalyst Best China Blog Awards 2008"></a>

 

To view the results per category, please visit the blogs sorted by voting according to category :

 

To view the China Blog Awards winners of 2007 please visit "China Blog Awards 2007 : Best China Blogs winners".

 

Thanks to all the blogs, bloggers and voters who participated. We hope you had fun and got to know a few more good China blogs.

See you again next year.

]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:42:21 -0600 Chinalyst news Voting for the best China blog 2008 now closed Thanks to all the bloggers, blogs and voters for taking part in choosing the best China blog for 2008. A summary post will be published soon. Happy new year ! ^_^

Thanks to all the bloggers, blogs and voters for taking part in choosing the best China blog for 2008.

A summary post will be published soon.

Happy new year ! ^_^

]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:59:59 -0600 Chinalyst news Voting now open : Vote for the best China blogs 2008 Voting is now open. Chinalyst, the community website for English language China blogs, is pleased to invite you to vote for the best China Blog Awards. Chinalyst has grown over the past year to become a home for over 200 English-language China blogs dealing with diverse China topics - China news, business, law, technology, travel, expat life, English teaching, Chinese studies etc., - all providing invaluable China information that cannot be found elsewhere. The China Blog Awards is our small tribute to those blogs and the hard-working bloggers behind them. A few weeks ago Chinalyst announced the China Blog Awards for 2008 and it is now time to vote according to the following categories: Business-Law Blog News Blog Personal Blog Technology Blog Travel Blog General Blog Voting will close at the end of 31.12.2008 and winners will be announced soon after. How to vote? Next to every blog display here's a small voting box with a plus sign at the bottom. Want to vote for a blog? press the plus sign. The vote will then register, the number of votes will update and the plus sign will turn green. Changed your mind or made a mistake? select the "reset vote" link at the bottom of the blog description. You can browse the blog categories or just go through the posts in the main page and go to the author's blog by clicking on "source" available on the links under the post. Please note that anonymous voting is allowed, and is limited to one vote per one IP for a duration of 24 hours. This system of voting isn’t perfect and it is subjected to obvious biases, and yet – keep in mind we’re doing this for fun and the promotion of China’s English blogosphere. We trust that our fellow bloggers will do what they can to play fair. You should also note that anonymous users are served 1 hour cached pages, and so to see live updates on the number of votes you must be logged in. Link, link, link Blog Awards are a great opportunity for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then please consider writing a few words about the blog you like, linking to it, encouraging your readers to visit it, and maybe asking your readers to vote for it. Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the China blogosphere and China related content on the web. Promoting your China blog If you want to promote votes in your blog, then look for the direct link to your blog on Chinalyst and link to it. You may use the following banners in anyway you like: Registering a new blog at Chinalyst For those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2008 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide . Any suggestions, comments or feedback are very welcome. Good luck!

Voting is now open. Chinalyst, the community website for English language China blogs, is pleased to invite you to vote for the best China Blog Awards.

Chinalyst has grown over the past year to become a home for over 200 English-language China blogs dealing with diverse China topics - China news, business, law, technology, travel, expat life, English teaching, Chinese studies etc., - all providing invaluable China information that cannot be found elsewhere. The China Blog Awards is our small tribute to those blogs and the hard-working bloggers behind them.

A few weeks ago Chinalyst announced the China Blog Awards for 2008 and it is now time to vote according to the following categories:

Voting will close at the end of 31.12.2008 and winners will be announced soon after.

How to vote?

Next to every blog display here's a small voting box with a plus sign at the bottom. Want to vote for a blog? press the plus sign. The vote will then register, the number of votes will update and the plus sign will turn green. Changed your mind or made a mistake? select the "reset vote" link at the bottom of the blog description.

You can browse the blog categories or just go through the posts in the main page and go to the author's blog by clicking on "source" available on the links under the post.

Please note that anonymous voting is allowed, and is limited to one vote per one IP for a duration of 24 hours. This system of voting isn’t perfect and it is subjected to obvious biases, and yet – keep in mind we’re doing this for fun and the promotion of China’s English blogosphere. We trust that our fellow bloggers will do what they can to play fair.

You should also note that anonymous users are served 1 hour cached pages, and so to see live updates on the number of votes you must be logged in.

Link, link, link

Blog Awards are a great opportunity for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then please consider writing a few words about the blog you like, linking to it, encouraging your readers to visit it, and maybe asking your readers to vote for it.

Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the China blogosphere and China related content on the web.

Promoting your China blog

If you want to promote votes in your blog, then look for the direct link to your blog on Chinalyst and link to it. You may use the following banners in anyway you like:

 

Registering a new blog at Chinalyst

For those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2008 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide .

Any suggestions, comments or feedback are very welcome.

Good luck!

]]> Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:59:00 -0600 Chinalyst news China Blog Awards - Best China Blogs 2008 Chinalyst, hosting the English language China blogs community, is pleased to announce the China Blog Awards 2008. Chinalyst has grown over the past year to become a home for over 200 English-language China blogs dealing with diverse China topics - China news, business, law, technology, travel, expat life, English teaching, Chinese studies etc., - all providing invaluable China information that cannot be found else where. The China Blog Awards is our small tribute to those blogs and the hard-working bloggers behind them. Last year, Chinalyst hosted the 2007 China Blog Awards and the best China blogs 2007 were announced. China Blog Award The China Blog Awards will be based on the Chinalyst China blog categories : Business/Law blogs News blogs Personal blogs Technology blogs Travel blogs General blogs (that don't fit into the other categories) Titles will be Best China Business/Law blogs, best China News blog etc. accordingly. Registered blog owners may change their blog's categorization at any time before voting opens. Please feel free to tell us, if you have any ideas for other categories. Voting There are no judges, no rankings, no nominations. This China Blog Awards is only based on voting and if you have a China blog registered at Chinalyst then you're in. The voting implemented is a positive Digg style voting mechanism (no minuses "-" or "bury"), which allows all visitors to vote for all their favorite China blogs. Every visitor can contribute one vote per blog for as many China blogs as they like. The blog that gets the most votes within a certain category is declared "The best China <category> blog". Support Forum A new China Blog Awards forum has been added to allow you to express your opinion and discuss everything related. China Blog Awards Schedule The China Blog Awards will work according to the following schedule : Till 30/11/2008 - China blogs that haven't registered to Chinalyst can still be added till the end of the month to allow a fair start for all. Existing Chinalyst blogs may change their categorization, description, tags etc. to help promote their blogs. From 01/12/2008 till 31/12/2008 - Voting will open for all. Blogs may still register during this process. 01/2009 - Best China Blogs 2008 announced. Voting Voting will open on the 01/12 and will appear on all blogs on Chinalyst. You're invited to take a look at all the blogs registered at Chinalyst sorted by categories. You can also access blogs through the posts view and clicking on "source" for any of the posts. Please note that anonymous voting is allowed, and is limited to one vote per one IP for a duration of 24 hours. This system of voting isn’t perfect and it is subjected to some biases, and yet – we’re only doing this for fun and the promotion of China’s English blogosphere. We trust that our fellow bloggers will do what they can to play fair. Registering a new blog at Chinalyst For those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2008 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide . China Blog Awards notes It is highly recommended for blog owners to login to Chinalyst and edit their blog's description to add an introduction. It is also recommended that an image or logo be added to the blog description to attract readers and voting. Blog Awards are great for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then link to it asking your readers to vote for it. Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the whole China blogosphere and China related content on the web. This whole thing is just for fun! Like any system, I'm sure that the system can be abused, but I'm counting on the general good of the China blogosphere that this will not happen. Any suggestions, comments or ideas are very welcome. China Blog Awards banners and badges, created by Daobydesign.com, are available for you to use those in any way you see fit: Good luck and enjoy.

Chinalyst, hosting the English language China blogs community, is pleased to announce the China Blog Awards 2008.

Chinalyst has grown over the past year to become a home for over 200 English-language China blogs dealing with diverse China topics - China news, business, law, technology, travel, expat life, English teaching, Chinese studies etc., - all providing invaluable China information that cannot be found else where. The China Blog Awards is our small tribute to those blogs and the hard-working bloggers behind them.

Last year, Chinalyst hosted the 2007 China Blog Awards and the best China blogs 2007 were announced.

China Blog Award

The China Blog Awards will be based on the Chinalyst China blog categories :

Titles will be Best China Business/Law blogs, best China News blog etc. accordingly.

Registered blog owners may change their blog's categorization at any time before voting opens. Please feel free to tell us, if you have any ideas for other categories.

Voting

There are no judges, no rankings, no nominations. This China Blog Awards is only based on voting and if you have a China blog registered at Chinalyst then you're in.

The voting implemented is a positive Digg style voting mechanism (no minuses "-" or "bury"), which allows all visitors to vote for all their favorite China blogs. Every visitor can contribute one vote per blog for as many China blogs as they like. The blog that gets the most votes within a certain category is declared "The best China <category> blog".

Support Forum

A new China Blog Awards forum has been added to allow you to express your opinion and discuss everything related.

China Blog Awards Schedule

The China Blog Awards will work according to the following schedule :

  • Till 30/11/2008 - China blogs that haven't registered to Chinalyst can still be added till the end of the month to allow a fair start for all. Existing Chinalyst blogs may change their categorization, description, tags etc. to help promote their blogs.
  • From 01/12/2008 till 31/12/2008 - Voting will open for all. Blogs may still register during this process.
  • 01/2009 - Best China Blogs 2008 announced.

Voting

Voting will open on the 01/12 and will appear on all blogs on Chinalyst. You're invited to take a look at all the blogs registered at Chinalyst sorted by categories. You can also access blogs through the posts view and clicking on "source" for any of the posts.

Please note that anonymous voting is allowed, and is limited to one vote per one IP for a duration of 24 hours. This system of voting isn’t perfect and it is subjected to some biases, and yet – we’re only doing this for fun and the promotion of China’s English blogosphere. We trust that our fellow bloggers will do what they can to play fair.

Registering a new blog at Chinalyst

For those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2008 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide .

China Blog Awards notes

  • It is highly recommended for blog owners to login to Chinalyst and edit their blog's description to add an introduction. It is also recommended that an image or logo be added to the blog description to attract readers and voting.
  • Blog Awards are great for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then link to it asking your readers to vote for it. Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the whole China blogosphere and China related content on the web.
  • This whole thing is just for fun! Like any system, I'm sure that the system can be abused, but I'm counting on the general good of the China blogosphere that this will not happen.
  • Any suggestions, comments or ideas are very welcome.

China Blog Awards banners and badges, created by Daobydesign.com, are available for you to use those in any way you see fit:

Good luck and enjoy.

]]> Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:06:00 -0600 Chinalyst news Chinalyst & Feedburner Yep, the Great Firewall of China is at it again, and many of the China blogs have already covered the fact that Feedburner is blocked in China. First thing, Chinalyst's RSS is also available through http://www.chinalyst.net/rss.xml , so you don't have to use Feedburner to get the Chinalyst RSS feed. I won't be able to track it for statistics, but it's important that you know this option is available. Second thing, a request to the blogs aggregated at Chinalyst - I'll just quote one of the Chinalyst reader/bloggers - Chris : I think those China blogs who aggregate with Chinalyst, you may want to change your feed URL in the Chinalyst configuration for your site if you have previously provided a feedburner link (I'm talking to you, Danwei). The problem still remains when I see your post in a Chinalyst feed and I want to click on it to be sent to your site to read more, feedburner gets in the way. You know the rest... To change your feed address, login with the username you registered the blog with at Chinalyst, go to your blog's page and select edit, then replace the feedburner address with a direct RSS or Feedsky address.  If you have any thoughts or requests regarding this issue, let me know by commenting here. Thanks, and happy Chinalysting.

Yep, the Great Firewall of China is at it again, and many of the China blogs have already covered the fact that Feedburner is blocked in China.

First thing, Chinalyst's RSS is also available through http://www.chinalyst.net/rss.xml , so you don't have to use Feedburner to get the Chinalyst RSS feed. I won't be able to track it for statistics, but it's important that you know this option is available.

Second thing, a request to the blogs aggregated at Chinalyst - I'll just quote one of the Chinalyst reader/bloggers - Chris :

I think those China blogs who aggregate with Chinalyst, you may want to change your feed URL in the Chinalyst configuration for your site if you have previously provided a feedburner link (I'm talking to you, Danwei).

The problem still remains when I see your post in a Chinalyst feed and I want to click on it to be sent to your site to read more, feedburner gets in the way. You know the rest...

 

To change your feed address, login with the username you registered the blog with at Chinalyst, go to your blog's page and select edit, then replace the feedburner address with a direct RSS or Feedsky address. 

If you have any thoughts or requests regarding this issue, let me know by commenting here.

Thanks, and happy Chinalysting.

]]> Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:14:35 -0500 Chinalyst general Chinalyst promoting the China blogosphere : Testimonial from PanAsianBiz Chinalyst has been running for almost a year now, first setup to find a way to help boost the China related blogs that were scattered all over the web. Chinalyst has grown steadily to include hundreds of subscribed readers and thousands of visitors every week. My goal is that all this reader base and traffic will be driven back to the China blogosphere. To get some feedback, I asked a few bloggers to share some of their stats with me about Chinalyst. Some stats, like readers coming in from Chinalyst's RSS, can not be measured, but it is possible to get a feel of the traffic coming in from the actual site. Bill of PanAsianBiz, a China-related problogger with an extremely popular blog, has been kind enough to be the first to share some of his stats and thoughts about Chinalyst: According to Google Analytics - from July 4th - Sep. 4th I had 1,060 traffic sources for my blog... Chinalyst was the sixth top referring site. Chinalyst sent me 1,892 visitors (1.2%) who viewed an average of 2.57 pages. The page view figure is tops among all of the referrals. Chinalyst visitors to my site spent an average of 4:14 on the site, a full one minute more than the second longest referrer. One in five of the visitors are returnees, third best among my referring sites. Chinalyst visitors have the lowest bounce rate....in  other words they come looking and find what it is they want... All in all, Chinalyst is a great source for bringing traffic to my site. Bill further adds that ... One of the best things I have gained from Chinalyst, however, is NOT the traffic...but the exposure to other China related sites in English...I have been doing a series introducing those sites that were the top ten in the various categories of the recent blog awards...and it seems my readers are happy to know what else there is to read. I appreciate Chinalyst being a gathering point for bloggers focused on China. Bill has enabled the Adsense revenue sharing feature in Chinalyst and adds that Chinalyst brings in over 3US$ a week in Adsense earnings. It's nothing big, but it might be nice to get a few beers from Chinalyst every once in a while. These are surprisingly great stats. If you combine incoming traffic from the site, the incoming traffic from the RSS feed readers, the Search Engine Optimization boost with incoming links, and the side beer-money, I believe that Chinalyst does do a little for the China blogosphere. I pointed out to Bill that I believe his stats would be even more impressive if he would use summary feeds instead of full text feeds on Chinalyst, as suggested in the Chinalyst guides. So, if you have some interesting Chinalyst stats from your China blog, please do share those with me. If you have any ideas or requests, I'm very interested.

Chinalyst has been running for almost a year now, first setup to find a way to help boost the China related blogs that were scattered all over the web. Chinalyst has grown steadily to include hundreds of subscribed readers and thousands of visitors every week. My goal is that all this reader base and traffic will be driven back to the China blogosphere.

 

To get some feedback, I asked a few bloggers to share some of their stats with me about Chinalyst. Some stats, like readers coming in from Chinalyst's RSS, can not be measured, but it is possible to get a feel of the traffic coming in from the actual site.

Bill of PanAsianBiz, a China-related problogger with an extremely popular blog, has been kind enough to be the first to share some of his stats and thoughts about Chinalyst:

According to Google Analytics - from July 4th - Sep. 4th I had 1,060 traffic sources for my blog... Chinalyst was the sixth top referring site.

Chinalyst sent me 1,892 visitors (1.2%) who viewed an average of 2.57 pages. The page view figure is tops among all of the referrals.

Chinalyst visitors to my site spent an average of 4:14 on the site, a full one minute more than the second longest referrer. One in five of the visitors are returnees, third best among my referring sites.

Chinalyst visitors have the lowest bounce rate....in  other words they come looking and find what it is they want...

All in all, Chinalyst is a great source for bringing traffic to my site.

Bill further adds that ...

One of the best things I have gained from Chinalyst, however, is NOT the traffic...but the exposure to other China related sites in English...I have been doing a series introducing those sites that were the top ten in the various categories of the recent blog awards...and it seems my readers are happy to know what else there is to read.

I appreciate Chinalyst being a gathering point for bloggers focused on China.

Bill has enabled the Adsense revenue sharing feature in Chinalyst and adds that Chinalyst brings in over 3US$ a week in Adsense earnings. It's nothing big, but it might be nice to get a few beers from Chinalyst every once in a while.

 

These are surprisingly great stats. If you combine incoming traffic from the site, the incoming traffic from the RSS feed readers, the Search Engine Optimization boost with incoming links, and the side beer-money, I believe that Chinalyst does do a little for the China blogosphere. I pointed out to Bill that I believe his stats would be even more impressive if he would use summary feeds instead of full text feeds on Chinalyst, as suggested in the Chinalyst guides.

 

So, if you have some interesting Chinalyst stats from your China blog, please do share those with me. If you have any ideas or requests, I'm very interested.

]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:43:59 -0500 Chinalyst general revenue sharing The China law blogs discussion in Chinalyst While running the China Blog Awards things heated up quickly within the China law blogs category. I was preoccupied with various things in my personal life as I started receiving endless e-mails regarding comments that were posted on some of the China law blogs competing for the awards. As I was unable to look into the issue, I quickly disabled the comments to cool things off till I can have a closer look. That brought in even more e-mails about unnecessary moderation in Chinalyst. Running the China Blog Awards, this is the last thing I thought I'll have to deal with, thinking that all of us China bloggers are one big happy family, and I can honestly say that I really do not like this new role forced upon me...I've brought back the comments on the two winning blogs and will leave the blog with the problematic comments disabled. It has been a very difficult decision for me to make, but some of the discussion written there goes against all that has led me to build this site. Naturally, I also do not have the legal and financial resources to defend Chinalyst's freedom of speech in problematic legal situations.My apologies if anybody was offended by anything written or by my decision. I ask that you please keep your comments decent and non-offensive. It will help me to focus my energies on more productive activities in promoting Chinalyst and the English language China blogosphere. Fili

While running the China Blog Awards things heated up quickly within the China law blogs category. I was preoccupied with various things in my personal life as I started receiving endless e-mails regarding comments that were posted on some of the China law blogs competing for the awards.

As I was unable to look into the issue, I quickly disabled the comments to cool things off till I can have a closer look. That brought in even more e-mails about unnecessary moderation in Chinalyst. Running the China Blog Awards, this is the last thing I thought I'll have to deal with, thinking that all of us China bloggers are one big happy family, and I can honestly say that I really do not like this new role forced upon me...

I've brought back the comments on the two winning blogs and will leave the blog with the problematic comments disabled. It has been a very difficult decision for me to make, but some of the discussion written there goes against all that has led me to build this site. Naturally, I also do not have the legal and financial resources to defend Chinalyst's freedom of speech in problematic legal situations.

My apologies if anybody was offended by anything written or by my decision. I ask that you please keep your comments decent and non-offensive. It will help me to focus my energies on more productive activities in promoting Chinalyst and the English language China blogosphere.

 

Fili

]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:00:15 -0500 Chinalyst china blog awards 2007 general Advertise on Chinalyst About Chinalyst : Chinalyst is a popular blogging community for China and Chinese culture related blogging information. Who reads Chinalyst : Chinalyst has been growing steadily over the past few months now reaching a few thousand pageviews per day and a few hundred RSS subscribers: July 2007 stats : ~4000 daily pageviews, ~150 China bloggers registered, ~600 RSS subscribers. About 90% of the visitors come from the US, the UK and main-land China. During July 2007 Chinalyst hosted the China Blog Awards 2007. During recent months, a few advertisers have shown interest in advertising on Chinalyst. That option is now available. Here are the options available for advertisers to advertise on Chinalyst : Google Adwords (per click)- If you have a Google AdWords account, you can advertise on Chinalyst. Don't have an AdWords account? Custom Ads - Please contact me for more details. If you have any other questions, feel free free to contact me at anytime.‹ Why build Chinalyst ?upAdvanced Chinalyst tips : Playing around with Chinalyst's feeds ›

About Chinalyst : Chinalyst is a popular blogging community for China and Chinese culture related blogging information.

Who reads Chinalyst : Chinalyst has been growing steadily over the past few months now reaching a few thousand pageviews per day and a few hundred RSS subscribers:

July 2007 stats : ~4000 daily pageviews, ~150 China bloggers registered, ~600 RSS subscribers. About 90% of the visitors come from the US, the UK and main-land China. During July 2007 Chinalyst hosted the China Blog Awards 2007.

 

During recent months, a few advertisers have shown interest in advertising on Chinalyst. That option is now available.

 

Here are the options available for advertisers to advertise on Chinalyst :

  • Google Adwords (per click)- If you have a Google AdWords account, you can advertise on Chinalyst. Don't have an AdWords account?
  • Custom Ads - Please contact me for more details.

If you have any other questions, feel free free to contact me at anytime.

‹ Why build Chinalyst ?upAdvanced Chinalyst tips : Playing around with Chinalyst's feeds ›
]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:59:47 -0500 Chinalyst news China Blog Awards 2007 : Best China Blogs winners Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2007 for the last month. Voting for the best China blogs opened on 01.07 and closed yesterday. Voting is now over and the results are in. Best Business-Law China Blog China Law Blog with 584 votes. China Briefing Blog is 2nd place with 444 votes .All Roads Lead to China came in 3rd place with 160 votes . Best General China Blog Sinocidal with 289 votes. PanAsianBiz is 2nd place with 151 votes .China Snippets came in 3rd place with 140 votes . Best China News Blog The Opposite End of China with 201 votes. PanAsianBiz is 2nd place with 151 votes .Danwei came in 3rd place with 85 votes . Best Personal China Blog Beijing Boyce with 198 votes. Mysterious and Misplaced Logic of a Maniac Gone Awry is 2nd place with 149 votes .Midwesterner in the Middle Kingdom came in 3rd with 126 votes . Best Technology China Blog Mobinode with 108 votes. China SEO blog is 2nd with 69 votes .China Webmasters Guide came in 3rd with 57 votes . Best Travel China Blog China Travel News with 49 votes. Shanghai Gossip is 2nd with 36 votes .China travel industry blog came in 3rd with 33 votes . Notes: Since announcing the China Blog Awards 32 new China blogs have joined Chinalyst, and Chinalyst now registers 141 China related blogs. There are still many China blogs out there... 7,532 votes were cast for the awards. The purpose of the China Blog Awards was to drive traffic to the China blogosphere and promote link-love between the China blogs. Thanks to all the China bloggers that have kindly taken this opportunity to recommend blogs they enjoy reading.

Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2007 for the last month. Voting for the best China blogs opened on 01.07 and closed yesterday. Voting is now over and the results are in.

 

Best Business-Law China Blog

China Law Blog with 584 votes.

 


China Briefing Blog is 2nd place with 444 votes .

 

All Roads Lead to China came in 3rd place with 160 votes .

 

 

Best General China Blog

Sinocidal with 289 votes.

 

PanAsianBiz is 2nd place with 151 votes .

 

China Snippets came in 3rd place with 140 votes .

 

Best China News Blog

The Opposite End of China with 201 votes.

 

PanAsianBiz is 2nd place with 151 votes .

 

Danwei came in 3rd place with 85 votes .

 

Best Personal China Blog

Beijing Boyce with 198 votes.

 

Mysterious and Misplaced Logic of a Maniac Gone Awry is 2nd place with 149 votes .

 

Midwesterner in the Middle Kingdom came in 3rd with 126 votes .

 

Best Technology China Blog

Mobinode with 108 votes.

 

China SEO blog is 2nd with 69 votes .

 

China Webmasters Guide came in 3rd with 57 votes .

 

Best Travel China Blog

China Travel News with 49 votes.

 

Shanghai Gossip is 2nd with 36 votes .

 

China travel industry blog came in 3rd with 33 votes .

 

Notes:

  • Since announcing the China Blog Awards 32 new China blogs have joined Chinalyst, and Chinalyst now registers 141 China related blogs. There are still many China blogs out there...
  • 7,532 votes were cast for the awards.
  • The purpose of the China Blog Awards was to drive traffic to the China blogosphere and promote link-love between the China blogs. Thanks to all the China bloggers that have kindly taken this opportunity to recommend blogs they enjoy reading.

 

 

]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:48:05 -0500 Chinalyst china blog awards 2007 4th week for the China Blog Awards 2007 : Final chance to vote Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2007 for 3 weeks now. On 01.07 voting for the best China Blogs opened and will keep running for another week till the 31.07. This is the last chance for you to vote and make a difference. Here's a short summary of the voting so far: Since announcing the China Blog Awards 20 new China blogs have joined Chinalyst, and Chinalyst now registers 129 China related blogs. There are still many China blogs out there... So far ~4300 votes have been counted for the awards. The purpose of the China Blog Awards is to drive traffic to the China blogosphere and promote link-love between the China blogs. I hope the China blog awards contributed for a slight boost in traffic for the Chinalyst China blogs this past 3 weeks. A few China bloggers have kindly taken this opportunity to recommend blogs they enjoy reading. Aside from promoting your own blog, write about the blogs you regularly read and link to them. As of today, here are the top China blogs in each China blog category: Business-Law China Blog : China Law Blog (196), All roads lead to China (132), China Briefing Blog (116). General China Blog : Sinocidial (201), The A modern Lei Feng (70), Yellow Wings (55). News China Blog : The Opposite End of China (161), Danwei (52), PanAsianBiz (51). Personal China Blog : Mysterious and Misplaced Logic of a Maniac Gone Awry (120), The Humanaught (110), Shopgirl's Shanghai (90). Technology China Blog : China SEO Blog (48), China Blogging (39), China Webmasters Guide (34). Travel China Blog : China Travel News (28), Forever Sleepy (26), Shanghai Gossip (26). Time to make that last effort...

Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2007 for 3 weeks now. On 01.07 voting for the best China Blogs opened and will keep running for another week till the 31.07. This is the last chance for you to vote and make a difference.

Here's a short summary of the voting so far:

  • Since announcing the China Blog Awards 20 new China blogs have joined Chinalyst, and Chinalyst now registers 129 China related blogs. There are still many China blogs out there...
  • So far ~4300 votes have been counted for the awards.
  • The purpose of the China Blog Awards is to drive traffic to the China blogosphere and promote link-love between the China blogs. I hope the China blog awards contributed for a slight boost in traffic for the Chinalyst China blogs this past 3 weeks. A few China bloggers have kindly taken this opportunity to recommend blogs they enjoy reading. Aside from promoting your own blog, write about the blogs you regularly read and link to them.
  • As of today, here are the top China blogs in each China blog category:
    • Business-Law China Blog : China Law Blog (196), All roads lead to China (132), China Briefing Blog (116).
    • General China Blog : Sinocidial (201), The A modern Lei Feng (70), Yellow Wings (55).
    • News China Blog : The Opposite End of China (161), Danwei (52), PanAsianBiz (51).
    • Personal China Blog : Mysterious and Misplaced Logic of a Maniac Gone Awry (120), The Humanaught (110), Shopgirl's Shanghai (90).
    • Technology China Blog : China SEO Blog (48), China Blogging (39), China Webmasters Guide (34).
    • Travel China Blog : China Travel News (28), Forever Sleepy (26), Shanghai Gossip (26).
  • Time to make that last effort...
]]> Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:11:45 -0500 Chinalyst china blog awards 2007 Did you vote for the best China blogs? the 1st voting week summary Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2007 for a week now. On 01.07 voting for the best China Blogs opened for all and will keep running till the 31.07. Here's a short summary of the first voting week : Since announcing the China Blog Awards 9 new China blogs have joined Chinalyst, and Chinalyst now registers 118 China related blogs. There are still many China blogs out there... So far 1609 votes have been counted for the awards. The purpose of the China Blog Awards is to drive traffic to the China blogosphere and promote link-love between the China blogs. I hope the China blog awards promoted a slight boost in traffic for the China blogs this past week. A few China bloggers have kindly taken this opportunity to recommend blogs they enjoy reading. Aside from promoting your own blog, write about the blogs you regularly read and link to them. Some of the blogs have received an impressive amount of votes due to efficient blog promotion. I've been tracking the process and for those who emailed for details, here are the methods I saw used this weeks sorted by their efficiency: Calling all forum members that the blogger is affiliated with to come in and vote. Some have even went as far as putting detailed explanations on how to vote for their blog on Chinalyst in their forum and email signatures. Calling all blog readers to vote for the blog with a direct link. Putting one of the China Blog Awards Nominee banners on the blog with a direct link to the blog on Chinalyst and a small text "Go vote for me". Writing about the China Blog Awards in general and pointing to the categories. As of today, here are the top blogs in each China blog category: Business-Law China Blog : China Law Blog (36), All roads lead to China (35), China Business Law Blog (25). General China Blog : The Opposite End of China (77), Sinocidial (33), Lost Laowai (26). News China Blog : Imagethief (24), Danwei (17), Jottings from the Granite Studio (17). Personal China Blog : Shopgirl's Shanghai (45), The Humanaught (40), Midwesterner in the Middle Kingdom (25). Technology China Blog : China SEO Blog (24), Tech China Blog (19). Travel China Blog : Forever Sleepy (16), China Travel News (15), Shanghai Gossip (12). There are 3 more weeks till voting closes. Everything can change. Good luck.

Chinalyst has been running the China Blog Awards 2007 for a week now. On 01.07 voting for the best China Blogs opened for all and will keep running till the 31.07.

Here's a short summary of the first voting week :

  • Since announcing the China Blog Awards 9 new China blogs have joined Chinalyst, and Chinalyst now registers 118 China related blogs. There are still many China blogs out there...
  • So far 1609 votes have been counted for the awards.
  • The purpose of the China Blog Awards is to drive traffic to the China blogosphere and promote link-love between the China blogs. I hope the China blog awards promoted a slight boost in traffic for the China blogs this past week. A few China bloggers have kindly taken this opportunity to recommend blogs they enjoy reading. Aside from promoting your own blog, write about the blogs you regularly read and link to them.
  • Some of the blogs have received an impressive amount of votes due to efficient blog promotion. I've been tracking the process and for those who emailed for details, here are the methods I saw used this weeks sorted by their efficiency:
    • Calling all forum members that the blogger is affiliated with to come in and vote. Some have even went as far as putting detailed explanations on how to vote for their blog on Chinalyst in their forum and email signatures.
    • Calling all blog readers to vote for the blog with a direct link.
    • Putting one of the China Blog Awards Nominee banners on the blog with a direct link to the blog on Chinalyst and a small text "Go vote for me".
    • Writing about the China Blog Awards in general and pointing to the categories.
  • As of today, here are the top blogs in each China blog category:

There are 3 more weeks till voting closes. Everything can change.

Good luck.

]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:28:57 -0500 Chinalyst china blog awards 2007 Voting open : Vote for the best China blogs Voting is now open. Chinalyst, the community website for English language China blogs, is pleased to invite you to vote for the best China Blog Awards. A few weeks ago I announced the China Blog Awards and it is now time to vote according to the following categories: Business-Law Blog News Blog Personal Blog Technology Blog Travel Blog General Blog Voting will close at the end of 31.07.2007 and winners will be announced soon after. How to vote? Next to every blog display here's a small voting box with a plus sign at the bottom. Want to vote for a blog? press the plus sign. The vote will then register, the number of votes will update and the plus sign will turn green. Changed your mind or made a mistake? select the "reset vote" link at the bottom of the blog description. You can browse the blog categories or just go through the posts in the main page and go to the author's blog by clicking on "source" available on the links under the post. Getting more readers and votes It is highly recommended for blog owners to login to Chinalyst and edit their blog's description to add an introduction. It is also recommended that an image or logo be added to the blog description to attract readers and voting. If you want to promote votes in your blog, then look for the direct link to your blog on Chinalyst and link to it. Ryan has made a banner that you can use : What else? link, link, link Blog Awards are a great opportunity for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then consider writing a few words about the blog, linking to it to encourage your readers to visit the blog, and maybe ask your readers to vote for it. Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the whole China blogosphere and China related content on the web. More information is on the previous post - China Blog Awards - Best China Blogs 2007. This is the first time Chinalyst is running the China Blog Awards. Any suggestions, comments or ideas are very welcome. Good luck.

Voting is now open. Chinalyst, the community website for English language China blogs, is pleased to invite you to vote for the best China Blog Awards.

A few weeks ago I announced the China Blog Awards and it is now time to vote according to the following categories:

Voting will close at the end of 31.07.2007 and winners will be announced soon after.

 

How to vote?

Next to every blog display here's a small voting box with a plus sign at the bottom. Want to vote for a blog? press the plus sign. The vote will then register, the number of votes will update and the plus sign will turn green. Changed your mind or made a mistake? select the "reset vote" link at the bottom of the blog description.

You can browse the blog categories or just go through the posts in the main page and go to the author's blog by clicking on "source" available on the links under the post.

 

Getting more readers and votes

It is highly recommended for blog owners to login to Chinalyst and edit their blog's description to add an introduction. It is also recommended that an image or logo be added to the blog description to attract readers and voting.

If you want to promote votes in your blog, then look for the direct link to your blog on Chinalyst and link to it. Ryan has made a banner that you can use :

 

What else? link, link, link

Blog Awards are a great opportunity for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then consider writing a few words about the blog, linking to it to encourage your readers to visit the blog, and maybe ask your readers to vote for it. Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the whole China blogosphere and China related content on the web.

 

More information is on the previous post - China Blog Awards - Best China Blogs 2007.

This is the first time Chinalyst is running the China Blog Awards. Any suggestions, comments or ideas are very welcome.

 

Good luck.

]]> Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:11:50 -0500 Chinalyst china blog awards 2007 Reminder : China Blog Awards 2007 voting begins July 1st The China Blog Awards 2007 voting will begin in 4 days on July 1st, and so there's still time to register China blogs or to update blog descriptions to attract more voters (example). Voting Voting will open on the 01/07 and will appear on all blogs on Chinalyst. You're invited to take a look at all the blogs registered at Chinalyst sorted by categories. You can also access blogs through the posts view and clicking on "source" for any of the posts. Registering a new blog at Chinalyst For those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2007 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide .

The China Blog Awards 2007 voting will begin in 4 days on July 1st, and so there's still time to register China blogs or to update blog descriptions to attract more voters (example).

 

Voting

Voting will open on the 01/07 and will appear on all blogs on Chinalyst. You're invited to take a look at all the blogs registered at Chinalyst sorted by categories. You can also access blogs through the posts view and clicking on "source" for any of the posts.

 

Registering a new blog at Chinalyst

For those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2007 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide .

 

 

]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:08:17 -0500 Chinalyst china blog awards 2007 China Blog Awards - Best China Blogs 2007 Chinalyst, the community website for English language China blogs, is pleased to announce an all-new China Blog Awards for the China blogs registered with the community. Chinalyst has grown over the past year to become a home for over a 100 English-language China blogs dealing with diverse China topics - China news, business, law, technology, travel, expat life, English teaching, Chinese studies etc., - all providing invaluable China information that cannot be found else where. The China Blog Awards is our small tribute to those blogs and the hard-working bloggers behind them. Unfortunately, during the last year there were a few unsuccessful attempts at building a China Blog Awards with AsiaPundIt's China category and even one with an optimistic 10k RMB prize. For some unknown reason, those faded away quietly and finally disappeared. But, at its core, being the heart of the English-language China blog community is what Chinalyst is all about. As such, we hope to provide the right platform for the voting procedure. China Blog Award featuresFor the China Blog Awards we've implemented a few new Chinalyst features: Categories Aside from the free-style tags option that was available, we've added China blog categories and went through the blog list to categorize each blog on Chinalyst. The categories are: Business/Law blogs News blogs Personal blogs Technology blogs Travel blogs General blogs (that don't fit into the other categories) Registered blog owners may change their blog's categorization at any time (moderated). Please feel free to tell us, if you have any ideas for other categories. The China Blog Awards will be based on the Chinalyst categories - Best China Business/Law blogs, best China News blog etc. Voting Naturally, we've also implemented voting. There are no judges, no Technorati rankings, no nominations. This China Blog Awards is only based on voting and if you have a China blog registered at Chinalyst then you're in. The voting implemented is a positive Digg style voting mechanism (no minuses "-" or "bury"), which allows all visitors to vote for all their favorite China blogs. Every visitor can contribute one vote per blog for as many China blogs as they like. The blog that gets the most votes within a certain category is declared "The best China <category> blog".New ForumA new China Blog Awards 2007 forum has been added to Chinalyst to allow you to express your opinion and discuss everything related. China Blog Awards ScheduleThe China Blog Awards will work according to the following schedule : Till 30/06/2007 - China blogs that haven't registered to Chinalyst can still be added till the end of the month to allow a fair start for all. Existing Chinalyst blogs may change their categorization, description, tags etc. to help promote their blogs. From 01/07/2007 till 31/07/2007 - Voting will open for all. Blogs may still register during this process. 08/2007 - Best China Blogs announced. Voting Voting will open on the 01/07 and will appear on all blogs on Chinalyst. You're invited to take a look at all the blogs registered at Chinalyst sorted by categories. You can also access blogs through the posts view and clicking on "source" for any of the posts.Registering a new blog at ChinalystFor those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2007 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide . China Blog Awards notes It is highly recommended for blog owners to login to Chinalyst and edit their blog's description to add an introduction. It is also recommended that an image or logo be added to the blog description to attract readers and voting. Blog Awards are great for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then link to it asking your readers to vote for it. Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the whole China blogosphere and China related content on the web. This whole thing is just for fun! Like any system, I'm sure that the system can be abused, but I'm counting on the general good of the China blogosphere that this will not happen. My personal blog appears in Chinalyst but will not be counted for the China Blog Awards. This is the first time Chinalyst is running the China Blog Awards. Any suggestions, comments or ideas are very welcome. In addition, Chinalyst has also partnered with the Hao Hao Report to provide a platform for deciding the China Blog Awards - Best Story. Unlike here at Chinalyst, the Best Story nominations will be for particular, and remarkable, stories. Dubbed the Zui Hao Report (Best Report), nominations and voting will be running in tandem with the China Blog Awards here at the Chinalyst. Be sure to head over there and nominate your favourite stories now . China Blog Awards banners and badges, created by Daobydesign.com (Ryan of The Humanaught), are available for you to use those in any way you see fit: Good luck and enjoy.

Chinalyst, the community website for English language China blogs, is pleased to announce an all-new China Blog Awards for the China blogs registered with the community.

Chinalyst has grown over the past year to become a home for over a 100 English-language China blogs dealing with diverse China topics - China news, business, law, technology, travel, expat life, English teaching, Chinese studies etc., - all providing invaluable China information that cannot be found else where. The China Blog Awards is our small tribute to those blogs and the hard-working bloggers behind them.

Unfortunately, during the last year there were a few unsuccessful attempts at building a China Blog Awards with AsiaPundIt's China category and even one with an optimistic 10k RMB prize. For some unknown reason, those faded away quietly and finally disappeared. But, at its core, being the heart of the English-language China blog community is what Chinalyst is all about. As such, we hope to provide the right platform for the voting procedure.

 

China Blog Award features

For the China Blog Awards we've implemented a few new Chinalyst features:

Categories

Aside from the free-style tags option that was available, we've added China blog categories and went through the blog list to categorize each blog on Chinalyst.

The categories are:

  • Business/Law blogs
  • News blogs
  • Personal blogs
  • Technology blogs
  • Travel blogs
  • General blogs (that don't fit into the other categories)

Registered blog owners may change their blog's categorization at any time (moderated). Please feel free to tell us, if you have any ideas for other categories.

The China Blog Awards will be based on the Chinalyst categories - Best China Business/Law blogs, best China News blog etc.

Voting

Naturally, we've also implemented voting. There are no judges, no Technorati rankings, no nominations. This China Blog Awards is only based on voting and if you have a China blog registered at Chinalyst then you're in.

The voting implemented is a positive Digg style voting mechanism (no minuses "-" or "bury"), which allows all visitors to vote for all their favorite China blogs. Every visitor can contribute one vote per blog for as many China blogs as they like. The blog that gets the most votes within a certain category is declared "The best China <category> blog".

New Forum

A new China Blog Awards 2007 forum has been added to Chinalyst to allow you to express your opinion and discuss everything related.

 

China Blog Awards Schedule

The China Blog Awards will work according to the following schedule :

  • Till 30/06/2007 - China blogs that haven't registered to Chinalyst can still be added till the end of the month to allow a fair start for all. Existing Chinalyst blogs may change their categorization, description, tags etc. to help promote their blogs.
  • From 01/07/2007 till 31/07/2007 - Voting will open for all. Blogs may still register during this process.
  • 08/2007 - Best China Blogs announced.

 

Voting

Voting will open on the 01/07 and will appear on all blogs on Chinalyst. You're invited to take a look at all the blogs registered at Chinalyst sorted by categories. You can also access blogs through the posts view and clicking on "source" for any of the posts.

 

Registering a new blog at Chinalyst

For those who would like to add their China blog to the community for the China Blog Awards 2007 - You can add your China blog to the community after registering. There's more information in the site guide .

 

China Blog Awards notes

  • It is highly recommended for blog owners to login to Chinalyst and edit their blog's description to add an introduction. It is also recommended that an image or logo be added to the blog description to attract readers and voting.
  • Blog Awards are great for promoting link-love between the China blogs. If you write a blog and you like a certain blog then link to it asking your readers to vote for it. Link-love between the China blogs helps promote the whole China blogosphere and China related content on the web.
  • This whole thing is just for fun! Like any system, I'm sure that the system can be abused, but I'm counting on the general good of the China blogosphere that this will not happen.
  • My personal blog appears in Chinalyst but will not be counted for the China Blog Awards.
  • This is the first time Chinalyst is running the China Blog Awards. Any suggestions, comments or ideas are very welcome.

 

In addition, Chinalyst has also partnered with the Hao Hao Report to provide a platform for deciding the China Blog Awards - Best Story. Unlike here at Chinalyst, the Best Story nominations will be for particular, and remarkable, stories. Dubbed the Zui Hao Report (Best Report), nominations and voting will be running in tandem with the China Blog Awards here at the Chinalyst. Be sure to head over there and nominate your favourite stories now .

 

China Blog Awards banners and badges, created by Daobydesign.com (Ryan of The Humanaught), are available for you to use those in any way you see fit:

 

Good luck and enjoy.

]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:05:19 -0500 Chinalyst china blog awards 2007 new features news Advanced Chinalyst tips : Playing around with Chinalyst's feeds Using Yahoo Pipes, Chinalyst is fully customizable to achieve the feed that's right for you. Kevin of The Weifang Radish sent the following tip :I have created a filter for Chinalyst's Recently Popular content using Yahoo! Pipes. The filter removes any content from the Recently Popular feed that I already subscribe to individually, letting me focus on popular content that I don't subscribe to and would therefore likely otherwise miss.For example, I already subscribe to the China Law Blog feed, so I've filtered feed items from China Law Blog out of my Chinalyst Recently Popular Piped feed. I don't, however, subscribe to Chinese in Vancouver, so items from this blog appear in my Chinalyst Piped feed.Take a look at the customized Chinalyst Piped feed edit and run mode. Since everything in Chinalyst is RSSable including most popular lists, categories, forums etc. you can play around with everything and customize Chinalyst to your liking.If you've piped around Chinalyst, do share it with us. If you have any questions - comment here.Thanks Kevin. ‹ Advertise on Chinalystup

Using Yahoo Pipes, Chinalyst is fully customizable to achieve the feed that's right for you. Kevin of The Weifang Radish sent the following tip :

I have created a filter for Chinalyst's Recently Popular content using Yahoo! Pipes. The filter removes any content from the Recently Popular feed that I already subscribe to individually, letting me focus on popular content that I don't subscribe to and would therefore likely otherwise miss.

For example, I already subscribe to the China Law Blog feed, so I've filtered feed items from China Law Blog out of my Chinalyst Recently Popular Piped feed. I don't, however, subscribe to Chinese in Vancouver, so items from this blog appear in my Chinalyst Piped feed.

Take a look at the customized Chinalyst Piped feed edit and run mode. Since everything in Chinalyst is RSSable including most popular lists, categories, forums etc. you can play around with everything and customize Chinalyst to your liking.

If you've piped around Chinalyst, do share it with us. If you have any questions - comment here.

Thanks Kevin.

‹ Advertise on Chinalystup
]]> Wed, 09 May 2007 06:51:41 -0500 Chinalyst tips Chinalyst hosts the Duck Pond forums The Duck Pond forums have been migrated to the Chinalyst forums. The Duck Pond is a forum community of the Peking Duck blog, a long running and popular China English blog. We're proud to host the forums on Chinalyst, welcoming back all of the Duck Pond users and inviting all Chinalyst visitors. Some notes on the forums : All users can login to Chinalyst as they did to the Duck pond. Private messages have also been preserved. If you're missing something, something's not working or you have a new idea or suggestion - contact me in Chinalyst contact form and let me know. I'll do my best to fix it ASAP. All Chinalyst features also apply for the forum users, like Revenue Sharing. Take a fe w minutes to explore around the site and take a look at the guides. Enjoy.

The Duck Pond forums have been migrated to the Chinalyst forums.

The Duck Pond is a forum community of the Peking Duck blog, a long running and popular China English blog. We're proud to host the forums on Chinalyst, welcoming back all of the Duck Pond users and inviting all Chinalyst visitors.

 

Some notes on the forums :

  • All users can login to Chinalyst as they did to the Duck pond. Private messages have also been preserved.
  • If you're missing something, something's not working or you have a new idea or suggestion - contact me in Chinalyst contact form and let me know. I'll do my best to fix it ASAP.
  • All Chinalyst features also apply for the forum users, like Revenue Sharing. Take a fe w minutes to explore around the site and take a look at the guides.

Enjoy.

]]> Tue, 08 May 2007 08:03:58 -0500 Chinalyst news Chinalyst servers upgraded During the last month, Chinalyst has grown beyond my expectations and has far exceeded the limitations on the account is was served on. To keep up with Chinalyst's growth I've upgraded Chinalyst to a VPS account. This should result in a much faster user experience. I apologize for the downtime some experienced while DNS servers updated to the new hosting. All should be in order, but if you think something's not working properly or you have any feedback to give on Chinalyst surfing from other countries, especially China, please feel free to comment here or contact me.

During the last month, Chinalyst has grown beyond my expectations and has far exceeded the limitations on the account is was served on.

To keep up with Chinalyst's growth I've upgraded Chinalyst to a VPS account. This should result in a much faster user experience.

I apologize for the downtime some experienced while DNS servers updated to the new hosting. All should be in order, but if you think something's not working properly or you have any feedback to give on Chinalyst surfing from other countries, especially China, please feel free to comment here or contact me.

 

]]> Mon, 07 May 2007 04:33:50 -0500 Chinalyst news Chinalyst: Revenue sharing and referral rewards Chinalyst is now 6 months old, and I'm quite pleased to see how much Chinalyst has grown during this time. The Chinalyst community now registers 86 China related blogs and is visited by hundreds of people daily with hundreds more getting updates through RSS. Looking through the Chinalyst frontpage I'm overwhelmed with the power of the English China blogosphere and the quality of information provided. I strongly believe that in the case of China, the blogosphere is the best source of information for what's going on, and I'm hoping that Chinalyst has contributed to the growth and development of the blogosphere. - To celebrate, Chinalyst is now running a unique model for rewarding everybody who's contributing to the community, and so I'm happy to announce our revenue-sharing and referrals model. Revenue sharing A month or so ago, to support our increasing hosting and maintenance costs, we've implemented some small Google ads on the site. Since the site is built around the blogosphere and the community users, we've implemented a revenue sharing mechanism on all contributed content to the site. When a blogger submits a blog, the blog and its aggregated feeds on Chinalyst belong to the blogger and he may edit and delete them at any time without any help. When a user posts a message on the forums, the user owns that message and can manage it at any time. Using this ownership model, it is now possible for the owner to receive ~50% of the ads revenue for the content that was contributed - both for aggregated posts and forum postings. The way this works is that the users enter their Google ID in their account, information which is public information, and 50% of the ads that will be displayed on the content they contributed will be with their Google ID. A click on content in this site with the users' ad displayed will cash the users the amount paid for that click. The more popular the content, the more content contributed - the bigger the reward. Looking at the "all-time popular content" section on the right sidebar you might notice a few bloggers that, aside from getting inbound traffic, could have made a buck or two for their wonderful posts. Referrals Some bloggers have been very kind in linking to Chinalyst and helping the community grow. To reward such bloggers it is now possible to refer users through a referral link. Referring a user to Chinalyst will grant the referring source ~5% of all ad revenue that comes from the content that the referred user contributed. Summing up, Chinalyst shares 50-55% of the its revenue with the community members, and I do hope that users will take advantage of this program. For more information on how this works and how to set this up on your user account, please check out the "Revenue sharing" and "Referrals rewards" sections under "Guides and FAQ". Thank you for being a part of Chinalyst.

Chinalyst is now 6 months old, and I'm quite pleased to see how much Chinalyst has grown during this time. The Chinalyst community now registers 86 China related blogs and is visited by hundreds of people daily with hundreds more getting updates through RSS.

Looking through the Chinalyst frontpage I'm overwhelmed with the power of the English China blogosphere and the quality of information provided. I strongly believe that in the case of China, the blogosphere is the best source of information for what's going on, and I'm hoping that Chinalyst has contributed to the growth and development of the blogosphere.

-

To celebrate, Chinalyst is now running a unique model for rewarding everybody who's contributing to the community, and so I'm happy to announce our revenue-sharing and referrals model.

 

Revenue sharing

A month or so ago, to support our increasing hosting and maintenance costs, we've implemented some small Google ads on the site. Since the site is built around the blogosphere and the community users, we've implemented a revenue sharing mechanism on all contributed content to the site.

When a blogger submits a blog, the blog and its aggregated feeds on Chinalyst belong to the blogger and he may edit and delete them at any time without any help. When a user posts a message on the forums, the user owns that message and can manage it at any time. Using this ownership model, it is now possible for the owner to receive ~50% of the ads revenue for the content that was contributed - both for aggregated posts and forum postings.

The way this works is that the users enter their Google ID in their account, information which is public information, and 50% of the ads that will be displayed on the content they contributed will be with their Google ID. A click on content in this site with the users' ad displayed will cash the users the amount paid for that click.

The more popular the content, the more content contributed - the bigger the reward. Looking at the "all-time popular content" section on the right sidebar you might notice a few bloggers that, aside from getting inbound traffic, could have made a buck or two for their wonderful posts.

 

Referrals

Some bloggers have been very kind in linking to Chinalyst and helping the community grow. To reward such bloggers it is now possible to refer users through a referral link. Referring a user to Chinalyst will grant the referring source ~5% of all ad revenue that comes from the content that the referred user contributed.

 

Summing up, Chinalyst shares 50-55% of the its revenue with the community members, and I do hope that users will take advantage of this program.

For more information on how this works and how to set this up on your user account, please check out the "Revenue sharing" and "Referrals rewards" sections under "Guides and FAQ".

 

Thank you for being a part of Chinalyst.

]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:41:26 -0600 Chinalyst news referral revenue sharing Tips - How to optimize your blog for Chinalyst In order to get the most out of adding your blog to Chinalyst, here's a list of tips on how to optimize your blog for getting the best results in Chinalyst : Use categories - Chinalyst loves categories and uses the categories when indexing posts. If you categorize your blog posts in your blog then Chinalyst will import those categories and use them as tags. It helps when users search for a specific keyword and look up a certain tag. Use tags - Chinalyst loves tags and uses tags in the same way it does with categories. Tags are not only helpful for Chinalyst as search engines and blog sites like Technorati use tags to index your blog. The more you tag your post, the easier is will be for users to find you through the topics you write about. Find a plugin for your blogging platform that will insert -metatags- into your blog's HTML code. Optimize your RSS - First, it would really help advertise your blog if you add an image to your RSS feed, as this image will show up on the beginning of every blog post imported by Chinalyst. Secondly, I recommend that you use summary feeds in Chinalyst, but make sure that the users have enough to read to get them interested. A summary of 400-500 characters should be just right. Optimize your content - Showing up on blog aggregators and blog search sites require you to think differently about how you lay out your blog. So, Use explosive titles - don't be dull, your titles are the best promotion you usually have. They are what shows up first. Make it clear what you're writing about, and use humor if possible. Start with a bang - have the first two paragraphs blog away the readers with the a smashing bottom line. Readers get tired fast and Chinalyst only shows your first paragraph. This way you can get the readers' attention. Add an image - Content is great, but images attracts readers better. Start your post with a relevant image that corresponds to what you're writing about. If you put an image in the first paragraph of your post - Chinalyst will show it on the front page. Good luck.

In order to get the most out of adding your blog to Chinalyst, here's a list of tips on how to optimize your blog for getting the best results in Chinalyst :

 

  1. Use categories - Chinalyst loves categories and uses the categories when indexing posts. If you categorize your blog posts in your blog then Chinalyst will import those categories and use them as tags. It helps when users search for a specific keyword and look up a certain tag.
  2. Use tags - Chinalyst loves tags and uses tags in the same way it does with categories. Tags are not only helpful for Chinalyst as search engines and blog sites like Technorati use tags to index your blog. The more you tag your post, the easier is will be for users to find you through the topics you write about. Find a plugin for your blogging platform that will insert -metatags- into your blog's HTML code.
  3. Optimize your RSS - First, it would really help advertise your blog if you add an image to your RSS feed, as this image will show up on the beginning of every blog post imported by Chinalyst. Secondly, I recommend that you use summary feeds in Chinalyst, but make sure that the users have enough to read to get them interested. A summary of 400-500 characters should be just right.
  4. Optimize your content - Showing up on blog aggregators and blog search sites require you to think differently about how you lay out your blog. So,
    1. Use explosive titles - don't be dull, your titles are the best promotion you usually have. They are what shows up first. Make it clear what you're writing about, and use humor if possible.
    2. Start with a bang - have the first two paragraphs blog away the readers with the a smashing bottom line. Readers get tired fast and Chinalyst only shows your first paragraph. This way you can get the readers' attention.
    3. Add an image - Content is great, but images attracts readers better. Start your post with a relevant image that corresponds to what you're writing about. If you put an image in the first paragraph of your post - Chinalyst will show it on the front page.

Good luck.

]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:14:44 -0500 Chinalyst tips News about Chinalyst This small Chinalyst news blog will include the following : Features - Every once in a while I add a new feature to Chinalyst, based on something nice that I've seen that might match the Chinalyst community or a feature that one of the members has suggested. I will detail the features and changes to Chinalyst here as they occur and will be glad to mention who came up with the idea. Issues/Q&A - Since Chinalyst has been up I've been getting some emails about various issues or questions regarding Chinalyst that might be of interest to other members of the community. Tips - Since Chinalyst was founded to promote China related blogs, then I'll try and add some tips about blogging and how to optimize the blog for Chinalyst with a bit on general blogging and SEO.

This small Chinalyst news blog will include the following :

  • Features - Every once in a while I add a new feature to Chinalyst, based on something nice that I've seen that might match the Chinalyst community or a feature that one of the members has suggested. I will detail the features and changes to Chinalyst here as they occur and will be glad to mention who came up with the idea.
  • Issues/Q&A - Since Chinalyst has been up I've been getting some emails about various issues or questions regarding Chinalyst that might be of interest to other members of the community.
  • Tips - Since Chinalyst was founded to promote China related blogs, then I'll try and add some tips about blogging and how to optimize the blog for Chinalyst with a bit on general blogging and SEO.

]]> Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:08:16 -0500 Chinalyst general