State of the Blogosphere

The blogosphere continues to grow at a quickening pace, according to David Sifry of Technorati. The site currently tracks 27.2 million weblogs with that number continuing to double about every 5 1/2 months.

New blog development continues to grow with Technorati tracking over 75 million new weblogs each day, and 13.7 million bloggers still posting 3 months after their blogs are created.

Beyond just the blogosphere is in a tremendous growth phase, the report also highlights:

• Dealing with spam
• A news cycle measured in megahertz
• The continued rise of tagging
• Tags for blogs

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