I have been very open about my love for BlogHer, the collective of women bloggers centered in North America. I love how blogging and social networks have amplified women's voices by offering a digital publishing and "distribution" platform and leads to natural networks as people's social graphs start to intersect. I am not describing anything more than social media 101 but it's great to se ethat dynamic alive and growing in Australia (I am here working with my team this week).
All for Women reminds me a bit of BlogHer. Leigh, the founder, is a young woman - mother, entrepeneur and self procliamed geek. She established the site in 2005 and covers everything from mom issues to beauty to tech. You can subscribe and pay extra attention every Monday as they feature another woman blogger. This week - their first - they feature the oldest woman blogger, Olive Riley who posts at Life of Riley.
They maintain a most excellent list (Alexa x technorati rankings) of the top 100 Aussie women bloggers. Inspired by Meg at Frogpond who maintains the top 100 Australian blogs list, Leigh's list is a great way to quickly see the breadth of women bloggers active here in Australia.
There's a lot to discover here - great voices. Two I like instantly - Snippets of Life from Karen Cheng, which is just a very grounded mom blog about real life. And the Bargain Queens which like it's title suggests is just plain useful.
(And by all means check out The Bra - a section of All for Women that is actually a great community-builder activity - fun for all!)
Hi John, cheers for the link and kind words!
Lovely to "meet" you and wow your list of projects sound really interesting!
Have a great day here in the land of oz!
~ Karen Cheng
Posted by: karen cheng | April 22, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Hi John..Hope you are enjoying yourself here in Australia :)
Thank you so much for the very kind words and featuring All for Women and some of our community initiative.
Posted by: Leigh Ingram | April 22, 2008 at 08:11 PM
Hi John,
Many thanks for spotlighting Aussie women bloggers, and Leigh's wonderful efforts. We've got a wonderful, supportive community. I hope you enjoy the rest of your visit.
(from the blogpond aka "frogpond" ;) )
Posted by: Meg | April 22, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Thanks for the greetings Meg, Leigh and Kristen. You've got a fan.
Posted by: John Bell | April 23, 2008 at 08:00 PM
I notice that you link to top 100 aussie women blog does not work...
I am the founder of http://www.redballoondays.com.au/ and have been blogging for several... on average 10 per month. The challenge is to be noticed beyond your immediate circle.
http://naomisimson.com
I look forward to hearing your thoughts - I listed with blog her along time ago... but to date the closest we have in Aust is Smart company
Posted by: Naomi Simson | August 12, 2008 at 05:50 AM