The Filipino youth today are now very much dependent to the internet. The popular culture is also very much appreciated. I believe that the youth are looking for something related to Technology, Entertainment and Lifestyle.
To tell you the truth, these are what I am looking for in a blog.
As a blogger, I intend to post these contents in my blog by writing a reviews and news updates of things related to technology, entertainment and lifestyle.
Technology includes gadgets, the internet, cars, computers, and other innovations. Since young people today are so much into socializing, they are also interested on how to socialize quickly and easily. Gadgets will be very useful if that’s the case that is why young people are interested in it. They want to be in and updated with the latest technologies.
With entertainment, I can have movies, sports, music and many more. Lifestyle on the other hand will include apparel, food, personal experiences, humor and tips.
This blog that is going to target the youth should not be heavy. It should be filled with interesting and useful information yet easy to read. By easy to read, I mean that articles or stories should not be very long and words are not so technical.
I like the color blue but is is now being used by Facebook, so the blog should not be more on blue. Experimenting on different colors would be nice. Yugatech has quite a nice color for its site.
Inserting photos to this blog will also help... a lot. Photos are helpful so that the blog will not become monotonous.It is also a great descriptive tool.
A mainstream blog site that caters the youth would be Tumblr. It is popular to many as people enjoy sharing funny stuff, pictures and short quotations by reblogging it.
The Blog should also look like this:
-Blog name should be in lower case letters
-There are links of recommended websites related to each category. (Not too many links)
-Comments and suggestions are encouraged
-It should have regulars posts and updates (especially for technology section)
-It should have an Archives Section for each category accompanied by a powerful search engine. This will make searching for previous articles easier.
One of my favorite youth website or blog is my friend's blog Deantastic
It is a blog about his personal experiences which I can relate of course. The thing about his blog is that he doesn’t write so much about this and that. What he does is he takes a snapshot of something interesting he encounters and posts it in his site. After that he will insert a humorous short article or caption about the picture.
It is so easy to read and understand. It will only take you around 5 minutes to finish reading an entry.
It is simple and minimalistic yet fun to read unlike some other bloggers who tend to write very long entries on their site.
The website is actually my friend’s own domain name. It is powered by Blogger so customization is really at the hands of its owner. Nothing complicated about the design though. It has several blog entries with the archives on the right side.
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