There are at least top ten reasons on why an Indonesian blogger should blog in English. If you run a Bahasa Indonesia blog, like I do, you should have an English speaking blog as well. Here’s why:

1. My English writing skill is not good. I’d like to improve it by writing regularly in a medium where editorial barrier does not exist.

2. English is undoubtedly understood –though not necessarily spoken or written–by many, if not by most, influential people in the world. Hence larger audience, more visibility and influence of some sort.

3. Most internet-literate Indonesians understand English. Using English in my blog, therefore, does not hinder Indonesian readers to appreciate what I’d intend to convey to them, my primary audience.

There are not many English-speaking media (newspapers, magazine, portal)  in Indonesia. In fact, they are very few compared, for example, to its neighboring countries like Malaysia and Singapore.

Among the below mentioned, only The Jakarta Post and The Jakarta Globe which have its print version.

How to Create Sticky Post in WordPress

Some readers who don’t know much about how WordPress work think that I rarely update my blog. The reason is two of old articles keep appearing in the frontpage namely Ten Reasons Why We Blog in English and English Media in Indonesia. Those two posts/articles are called sticky post. A post which is set to be sticky post will show on the frontpage for as long as you want it.

After the invention of blogging platform, the monopoly of media as a publisher is over. Well, almost. Because everybody can be a publisher now. The facts remain that not all bloggers want to compete with media in terms of quality content and originality. Many of whom are just following the trend, whatever that means.

Here’s the Top Ten types of bloggers you may find when you do a blogwalking

Here’s the list of Top English speaking blogs on Indonesia written by Indonesian bloggers or non-Indonesian (expats) who stay in Indonesia. The list is focused on English-speaking blogs which discuss about Indonesia’s (a) current events or socio-cultural viewpoint as the main topics and, no less important, are (b) regularly updated.

Any non-Indonesian who wants to know Indonesia’s culture, custom and current event commentary with a blogosphere style can find this list useful. For the latest news on Indonesia, you can visit   Indonesia’s Media in English.

How to create and install breadcrumbs navigation trail in Blogger Blogspot and self-hosted WordPress blog. For SEO purposes, breadcrumb is one factor highly recommended by many SEO experts.

Breadcrumb is necessary to optimize a website or blog visibility to search engine result page (SERP). It’s also important for a website/blog usability.

For Meaning, definition and picture of breadcrumbs scroll down below.