Sifry has released the second part of ‘State of the Blogosphere, February 2006: Beyond Search’. This second part covers the growth of the blogosphere as media, and discusses some of the emerging trends that deal with handling information overload.


Sifry has released the second part of ‘State of the Blogosphere, February 2006: Beyond Search’. This second part covers the growth of the blogosphere as media, and discusses some of the emerging trends that deal with handling information overload.

David Sifry has said, “In a world of over 50,000 postings per hour, and over 70,000 new weblogs created each day, keeping on top of and in tune with the most interesting and influential people and topics is the new frontier beyond search. I’ve also got some surprises for you at the end of this post, two new features that I hope you’ll find useful. But first, let’s get our hands dirty in the data!” [source]

Sifry findings include:

Some bloggers are getting more attention than sites including Forbes, PBS, MTV, and the CBC.

Blogs take a more and more significant position as mainstream publishing models are expensive.

Bloggers are changing the economics of the trade magazine space, with strong entries covering WiFi, Gadgets, Internet, Photography, Music, etc.

There is a network effect in the Technorati Top 100 blogs, with a tendency to remain highly linked if the blogger continues to post regularly and with quality content.

To read the full report titled, “State of the Blogosphere, February 2006 Part 2: Beyond Search” click here.

If you want to read the first part of the report click here.

 

 

 

 

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