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April 20, 2006

Blogging 101Stratospheric numbers endure for the blogosphere

Technorati published its quarterly report this week on the size and state of the blogosphere. Gigantic, in a word. Really, the numbers are mind-boggling:

  • Technorati tracks 35.4 million weblogs; the number doubles every six months
  • A new weblog is created every second
  • 19.4 million bloggers (55%) are still posting three months after starting their blogs; three months ago, only 50.5% of blogs were active
  • 3.9 million bloggers (11%) update their blogs at least weekly
  • Bloggers make 1.2 million posts a day, about 50,000 an hour, with major spikes around big news events such as the London bombings and the U.S. State of the Union address
  • About 9% of blogs are spam; about 60% of pings are spam pings

Those last numbers seem a bit low to me. Maybe the spam blogs make a bigger impact because they're so annoying. Do a Technorati search on "General Motors" to see how the Allergy News blog is covering GM's earnings statement.

Posted by Laurie Mayers at April 20, 2006 10:54 AM

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Hello,

Just wanted to let you know I linked to your blog in my column on CBSNews.com today. Thanks!

If you want to take a look, here's the link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/25/blogophile/main1541690.shtml

Happy blogging,

Melissa


Posted by: Melissa at April 26, 2006 08:30 AM

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