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You might have noticed that I haven’t done a Desi Blog of the Day post in the last few days. That’s because I have been asking myself a few questions about the series of late.

But, first, a little background. I started my Desi Blog of the Day series because -

I found myself thinking of the joy I felt when I first discovered blogs, and realized that I still feel it when I read some blogs.

I also incorporated a BlogTipping element in the series -

by offering three compliments and one helpful tips to the featured bloggers

- because even very popular bloggers often focus exclusively on the writing part and don’t really leverage the true potential of blogging in terms of optimizing design/ usability and/ or building a community.

However, I wasn’t really satisfied with how the series was shaping up. Here are some questions I have been asking myself -

Is there any value in featuring well-known blogs all my readers are probably reading anyway?

Should I focus exclusively on new or relatively unknown blogs - ‘Must Read Desi Blogs You Probably Don’t Read’?

May 1 is the first anniversary of BlogTipping Day.

But, what’s BlogTipping? BlogTipping is an idea started by Easton Ellsworth of Business BlogWire. The first calendar day of each month is a new Blogtipping Day. To participate, you publish a blog post in which you link to three unsuspecting blogs and offer three compliments and one helpful tip to each blogger. What I love about the idea is the element of selflessness that is built into it.

Blogtipping is a great way to show your appreciation of your favorite blogs, so grab your blogtipping icon and participate in the May 1 Blogtipping Day anniversary.

As for me, while I’ll participate in all Blogtipping Days from here on, I’ll also spread blogtipping love in my Desi Blog of the Day posts by offering three compliments and one helpful tips to the featured bloggers.

Also see - BlogTipping on Technorati.

It has been a week since I put up my thirty by thirty list, and already I have had some early wins.

I’m now writing for both DesiPundit and Global Voices, something I wouldn’t even have dreamed of a few months back. This gives me an unique opportunity to showcase upcoming desi blogs to both desi (via DesiPundit) and global (via Global Voices) readers and I’m hoping that, by promoting good desi blogs, I’ll play a small part in the growth of desi blogging itself.

I’m also trying to help other (desi) bloggers through my blogging tips for beginners - Novice Blogger - series. As you know, I’m not an expert on blogs or blogging. I still struggle with the simplest of code, I still make basic blogging mistakes, and my blog is not even moderately popular in terms of most metrics like number of feed subscribers, number of back-links, or number of comments. However, every single day, I’m trying out new things, both at the front-end and at the back-end, making mistakes and learning from my mistakes. I share my mistakes, and my learnings, in the hope that some of it will be useful to other bloggers, especially beginners. So, go ahead, read my Novice Blogger series, subscribe to my Novice Blogger feed, or bookmark my Novice Blogger resource page, and if you have more questions, feel free to contact me by e-mail or via my contact form. I cannot promise that I’ll always be prompt, or useful, but I’ll try.