“What a shock, then, to witness the near-instantaneous rise of 50 million blogs, with a new one appearing every two seconds. There – another new blog! One more person doing what AOL and ABC – and almost everyone else – expected only AOL and ABC to be doing. These user-created channels make no sense economically. Where are the time, energy, and resources coming from?
\nThe audience. “<\/i>
\nSource: Wired 13.08<\/p>\n
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\n– The blogosphere continues to double about every 5.5 months
\n– A new blog is created about every second, there are over 80,000 created daily
\n– About 55% of all blogs are active, and that has remained a consistent statistic for at least a year
\n– About 13% of all blogs are updated at least weekly<\/p>\n