Blog Ownership And Readership Continues To Grow

When I started blogging, the mainstream media thought of blogging as a fad and paid almost no attention to the growing blogsphere. Now with 12 million blogs in America and 57 million blog readers, it is impossible to classify blogging as a fad or a passing craze. From Xinhua Online: BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhuanet) -- 12 million Americans keep a computer log and share it with the world while about 57 million Americans read these blogs, or Web journals, most of which detail everyday experiences, the Washington-based nonprofit Pew Internet & American Life Project revealed on Thursday. The study, Pew's most extensive yet of blogging, found that both the number of bloggers and the number of blog readers have quadrupled during the past four years, said Amanda Lenhart, senior research assistant and author of the Pew study. More than half of all bloggers are younger than 30, and their numbers are evenly divided between women and men. "Our findings take on the myth of the blogger as a tech guy interested in politics whose goal is to influence media," Lenhart said. "The sense we get is most blogs are for family and friends. They're a wonderful way to tell stories." In Pew's findings, 8 percent of all Internet users now write blogs, while 39 percent read them. Nearly 8 of every 10 bloggers use a high-speed broadband connection, making it easier to share artwork, photos and videos online. Among all Internet users, about six in 10 have a broadband connection. Enditem If you are one of the millions of blog readers and you do not have a blog yet, checkout Blogger.com and start your free blog today. Make sure to leave a comment below and I will link to your new blog and help you get a few readers. Blog | Blogging | Blogger | Computers and Internet | Internet | News | Weblog