State of the blogospere 2008

Technorati has just released it's latest annual State of the Blogosphere report.

Highlights this year include:

Who are the bloggers?

The what and why of blogging

The how of blogging

Blogging for profit

Brands enter the blogosphere

Well worth a look!

Blogosphere continues to grow

According to the latest blogging statistics from Technorati, there appears to be little sign that the blogging phenomenon is beginning to wane.

Some statistics include:

1) Every day 100,000 new blogs are created
2) 1.3 million posts are made per day
3) There has also been an increase in the number of blogs being written in the Farsi language
4) Technorati tracks more than 57 million blogs, of which it believes around 55 per cent are 'active' - updated at least every three months
5) Technorati suggest there are around 4,000 elite blogs - have more than 500 blogs linking to them.

See Blogosphere sees healthy growth (BBC News: Technology) for more details and click here for the report itself.