According to KOMPAS, the largest Indonesia newspaper, Indonesian blogger has reached the one million milestone out of 30 million internet users. This is surprising, says Kompas, considering that there were only 6,00,000 blogger on 2008.

With this trend in mind, 2 million Indonesian blogger should not be far away provided each and every blogger should motivate others to blog.

Could it be in 2009 itself?

Content is paramount so far as blogging goes. No less important is to promote your blog contents. How bad it feels if your painstaking effort in making a good article doesn’t attract too much attention.

There are at least two ways on how to promote your blog.

1. Link exchange: it’s useful to have a higher Google PR (page ranking)

2. Blog submission. Submit your blog to free blog directory.

Here are the blog directory I found on the internet. A few of them requires you to put their badge / chicklet / logo in your blog, if it’s the case just follow the requirements and remove them once your blog has been accepted.

List of Blog Directory Worldwide for World Bloggers. If you feel it’s too much, take the first Five

http://www.blogtoplist.com/
http://www.blogcatalog.com/
http://www.blogtopsites.com/
http://topofblogs.com/
http://blog-indonesia.com/
http://feedcat.net/
http://www.bloghints.com/
http://www.bloghub.com/
http://www.dmegs.com/
http://www.bloggingfusion.com/
http://www.totalblogdirectory.com/
http://dir.blogflux.com/
http://www.wilsdomain.com/
http://www.bloggapedia.com/
http://www.bestblogs.org/
http://www.spillbean.com/
http://www.submitblognow.info/
http://blogannounce.info/
http://www.blogarama.com/
http://www.blog-directory.org/
http://portal.eatonweb.com/
http://www.bloglisting.net/
http://www.topblogarea.com/
http://blogs.botw.org/
http://www.blogadr.com/
http://www.bloggernity.com/
http://friend.webkios.info/
http://www.google.com/press/blogs/directory.html
http://www.quickblogdirectory.com/
http://www.domaining.in/Computers/Weblogs/
http://blogville.us/
http://www.search4blogs.com/bloggers/index.php
http://www.blogpoint.com/
http://www.superblogdirectory.com/
http://www.blogrankings.com/
http://www.herblogdirectory.com/
http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/
http://www.blogdirs.com/
http://www.weblogalot.com/
http://www.blogzoop.com/
http://www.blogged.com/
http://www.bloguniverse.com/
http://www.bloggeries.com/
http://www.blogdirectory.org.uk/
http://www.article99.com/blogs/
http://www.irishblogdirectory.com/
http://www.blogs-collection.com/
http://www.bloglisting.org/
http://www.addurlblog.com/
http://ontoplist.com/
http://topofblogs.com/
http://blogskinny.com/
http://www.blogtoplist.com/
http://blogroll.net/
http://www.blogratedirectory.com/
http://www.blogrankers.com/
http://www.blogupdate.org/
http://www.2-review.com/
http://www.myblog2u.com/
http://www.mynewblog.net/
http://www.blogengage.com/
http://www.lsblogs.com/
http://www.photarium.com/
http://www.britblog.com/
http://dir.yahoo.com/news_and_media/blogs/
http://www.dofollowblogs.com/
http://www.blogscanada.ca/
http://www.gayblogdirectory.com/
http://wikiblogdirectory.com/
http://www.blogsweet.com/
http://www.myblogdirectory.net/
http://www.topbloglists.com/
http://www.blogio.net/
http://www.myblog2u.com/
http://www.blogtagstic.com/
http://www.ablogin.com/
http://www.blogwebdirectory.com/
http://www.conseillemoi.net/
http://www.geoblogdirectory.com/
http://www.delightfulblogs.com/
http://www.blogsbycountry.com/
http://www.photoblogdirectory.net/
http://www.top100bloggers.com/
http://www.expat-blog.com/

Indonesian IT or Indonesia media company seems not so interested in investing their money to become a free blog providers. There are a few free wordpress-powered blog provided by Indonesia company or individual. Here are some of those. Let me know of additional free blog providers in Indonesia other than the ones already listed below. Important to note, among all free blog providers below, blogdetik.com and dagdigdug.com are the most popular and widely used in Indonesia (may be second only to wordpress.com).

I’d love to see many more Indonesian bloggers blog in English, the most-widely-understood world language. So that the world knows and understands more about Indonesia by reading anything written by Blogger Indonesia. Don’t let your voice echoes only in your backyard.

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principles, stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson.

A. Fatih Syuhud, Indonesian Muslim Blogger
Contact email: fatihsyuhud-at-gmail.com or afs-at-alkhoirot.com

Technorati Profile

Indonesia blogosphere this last two years has witnessed the growing and heartening development of good blogging and quality bloggers to cheer about. This, for most reason, due to the emergence of some Indonesian intellectuals, writers and journalists who start showing their interests to blog. I have some of good bloggers featured in the Indonesian Blogger of the Week.

Some other reasons as to why they are interested to blog are (a) the full-fledge democracy with freedom of expression attached to it and at the same time (b) the space-limit and tendentious and sometimes bias decision on the part of mainstream media in publishing an op-ed article are seen as factors which are contributing to their growing interest to blog. The infuence of globalization, of course, cannot be ignored.

Despite the full freedom we enjoy, however, another kind of “repression of freedom” comes not from the government. Instead, it comes from individual(s) or militant organisation who feel “annoyed” by critical postings of some bloggers.

Yosef Ardi , for example, who is blogging regularly on Indonesian riches and VIPs, once commented in Enda’s blog that he had received “complains” from three conglomerates regarding his posts.

While Indonesia Anonymus, also a journalist like Yosef Ardi, told us that he just received 127 hatemails with different addresses and different contents but he believes it came from the same individual or organisation, apparently from a militant organisation member. He reposts the hatemails after he translate it into English. Many comments of sympathy and supports in his “hatemails post”. Here are some of those.
An anonymous commenter said:
Keep on blogging, never mind those hatemails. We need to show the world that we ‘Indonesians’ are not just a bunch of fanatics. We’re once known as an open minded people. So, let’s prove that to the world. For that person(s) who sent those hatemails, shame on you for trying to force your own opinion upon others. Instead of putting to much energy into non essential matters, why don’t we put our minds together to fight the rising poverties in Indonesia ?
Andry said:
Well, from the way I see it you already knew how risky blog is at the first place. Despite of your “dancing words” I love to learn one or two things from this blog because you have a gut. Writing for popular demand –pleasing everyone—wouldn’t take us nowhere but writing our opinion (with true intention, I trust you) draws controversy but in time build a credibility.
Is Indonesia politics going more to Right?

Martin Manurung, one of new emerging insightful blogger highlight the current tendency of Indonesia’s politics which he thinks is going more to right (read, religious conservatism). He supports his analytical view with a table on 2004 Election Result Based on Political Parties’ Ideologies which will give his readers more clear picture on current trend on Indonesia’s politics. He’s, and all of us, understandably worried if the current Indonesia political trend is increasing, especially in the context of freedom of expression safety in case Indonesian people vote for the right wing parties in mass-scale in the coming general and provincial election.

Asia Blog Awards: Indonesia
Well, with the growing good and quality blogs, I think Jakartass, who is been busy nowadays as the judge for Asia Blog Awards Indonesia category will be excited in seeing the growing quality blog and at the same time confused to pick one.