Somewhere in... blog

Somewhere in... blog
Type of site
Blog
Area served Bengali Community in Worldwide
Owner somewherein.net limited
Website Somewhere in... blog
Alexa rank Decrease 14,654 in world, (64 in Bangladesh) (Oct 2015)[1]
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional
Homepage of Somewhere in... blog taken in December 19, 2014

Somewhere in... blog (also known as Samu) is a Bengali blogging web site. বাঁধ ভাঙার আওয়াজ or Voice of breaking obstacle is the slogan of the blog. It is the first[2] public blogging site in Bengali established in 2005[3] and the largest community of Bengali bloggers in the world.[4][5] It provides free blog posting for registered users. Registration is optional to read on blogs hosted on the site. Registration is required to post in or to comment on the post.

Founders

Syeda Gulshan Ferdous Jana and her husband Arild Klokkerhaug are the founder of the blog.[3] She is the editor of Somewhere in... blog. Site's programmer Hasin Hayder developed a Bengali phonetic keyboard which is the first tool to write in Bengali using an English keyboard.[4] There were over 175 thousands individual registered bloggers with the site as of November, 2014.[3] The number of active bloggers are over 10,000.[6]

Activities

Moderation

For bloggers of this site, there are four types of moderation status. They are safe, general, watch, and blocked. Moderators of this blog are also known as Modu. Post syndications are fully controlled by Moderators and Administrators.

See also

References

  1. "somewhereinblog.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  2. Islam, Arafatul (2013-03-25). "Bangladesh gags award-winning blogger". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Ali, Idrees (2014-11-17). "Popular Bangladeshi Bloggers Continue to Face Challenges". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  4. 1 2 Nova, Tasnuva Amin (2014-01-26). "Blogging, Bangla-style". Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  5. Subramanian, Samanth (2015-12-21). "The Hit List". The New Yorker. New York City: Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  6. Ahmed, Farid (2013-08-15). "বাংলা ব্লগে রাজনৈতিক ইস্যুর প্রাধান্য" [Bengali blog dominated by political issues]. BBC Bengali (in Bengali). Dhaka. Archived from the original on 2015-05-04. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
  7. "3rd Bangla blog day: freedom in clicks". ebangladesh.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
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