If a blog posts in cyberspace and nobody reads it…
June 7, 2009
According to a 2008 survey by Technorati, which runs a search engine for blogs, only 7.4 million out of the 133 million blogs the company tracks had been updated in the past 120 days, The New York Times reports. “That translates to 95 percent of blogs being essentially abandoned, left to lie fallow on the Web, where they become public remnants of a dream — or at least an ambition — unfulfilled.”
WSJ: Nearly 2 million bloggers get paid to blog
April 21, 2009
The Wall Street Journal says about 1.7 million of the 20 million bloggers get paid for their work, and perhaps even more amazing 452,000 of them say blogging is their primary source of income. Read more »
The Policy Wiki: A social experiment
January 29, 2009
Canada’s Globe and Mail launched a site called the Public Policy Wiki several weeks ago. Read more »
Start a neighborhood blog
December 4, 2008
Neighborlogs is a free blogging and advertising platform designed specifically for the neighborhood blogger. Click here to register for the private beta.
Internet freedom in Egypt
November 10, 2008
Here is a short video that explains how blogs are being used in Egypt to expose human rights abuses, how Facebook and Twitter have been used to organize demos and strikes. Read more »
Twitter Vote Report
November 2, 2008
Twitter Vote Report is an all-volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators who have teamed up to help track voting problems on Election Day. Read more »
New Scholarship Award for Bloggers
October 16, 2008
The 3rd annual blogging scholarship has been launched, offering student bloggers a chance to win a $10,000 scholarship. Read more »
The 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All Time
September 17, 2008
This week Nerve published a list of “The 50 Buzziest Blog Posts of All Time.” Read more »
Center for Public Integrity launches investigative blog
August 5, 2008
The Center for Public Integrityhas launched a new investigative blog, PaperTrail. Read more »
Cover Olympics for OhMyNews
July 19, 2008
OhmyNews is looking for Citizen Journalists in China or going to Beijing to help cover the Olympics.