Aug 19, 2009
DalianDalian.com Looking Better & Better
UPDATE: It looks as though some spam somehow got into my RSS feed when this post first went out. Apologies to anyone who had to put up with that. I believe the problem has been solved.
Just a quick note to remind those of you in Dalian that Alex has made some pretty impressive changes to DalianDalian.com over the past year or so. I do want to point out (because some of you might not be aware) that the site does have a blogging platform. So if you’d like to write your own travelogues while living in or visiting Dalian, you can do so for free on DalianDalian’s blog platform.
Even if you keep a Dalian-related blog on another platform (i.e. Blogger, Wordpress, etc) you can use the aggregation feature to have your posts imported. Hopefully it’ll bring you a little more exposure.
I haven’t been very involved with the project lately — seeing as how I’ve moved to Japan an’ all — but Alex is doing more than ok. On a google search for Dalian, the site currently outranks longer-established sites like DalianXpat, Runsky (the local English news site), and even the Dalian municipal government’s website. That’s pretty cool, considering that all of those sites are businesses, and we were just three dudes with some extra time on our hands.
Anyway, drop on over to DalianDalian if you get a chance. If you’re an English speaker in Dalian, it’s the best resource at your disposal.
