Posted on January 31, 2010 |
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Having a passion in social media and technology, Xavier started KidTechGuru.blogspot.com in June 2008 without any capital or experience. As the number of users began to grow at an exponential rate, he decided to make the switch to a self-hosted blog in February 2009. Today TechXav is one of the world's most popular technology blogs ever contributed by a group of zealous teenagers. Based in Singapore and the United States, TechXav now has about ten writers and the number is growing. We wouldn't be able to achieve our amazing feat without the support of our avid readers, followers on Twitter, and of course our sponsors --
SmartBloggerz,
Web Hosting Secret Revealed,
TweetsBot, etc.
We write the articles all by ourselves, including the coding the web design, setting up our web host, developing Xav.tc (TechXav's URL shortener), and even marketing our brand. As our pockets are rather shallow, we have to think twice before making a decision, especially when it comes to premium web hosting, subscriptions and services. Meanwhile, we also have to maintain a good scalability to provide an excellent user experience for our readers. Here are some of the methods we have embraced to make TechXav load faster, and we are still trying our best to improve it further.
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TechXav has reached its one year milestone, and we have garnered more than half a million visitors till date. In an effort to expand the TechXav Network, our young and dedicated team has been cracking our brains for new ideas lately.
Few days ago, we launched a new site called Teenchnology.com. It's a free blogging platform that encourages teens between the age of 13 to 18 to write articles encircling around social media, internet, gadgets, etc. Our main objective is to provide the root to help teens begin their tech entrepreneurship journey while they overcome adolescence to become adults, and to also show adults that teens have the capability to blog as well as them.
Recently, the URL shortener market is getting much hotter than before, with Google launching Goo.gl and Youtu.be, Facebook unveiling Fb.me, and Bit.ly releasing Bit.ly Pro Service. These services are built for the same purpose - CUSTOM URL Shortening. Our new and unique URL shortener Xav.tc is up and running, and readers can publish the shortened URLs in their tweets or via email. Many people may ask why TechXav decided to use a custom and self-hosted URL shortener instead of using Bit.ly (the default URL shortener on Twitter)?
