The Blogging Phenomenon 1

Current Blogging Phenomenon

Since 2002, Blogosphere has grown tremendously to a figure of 133, 000, 000 blogs as indexed by Technorati acknowledged by futurebuzz (2009). There has been an increase in the number of subscribers on a Technology blog called Tech Crunch.

In January 2009, the total number of subscribers stood at 1, 750, 000. A record of 46% blogs about technology as compared to 54% about personal and lifestyle and 35% about politics in 2008, Technorati , (Eldavo 2008, p.1 of 2).

In 2009, about 53% blogs about personal musings whereas 41% blogs about technology, Technorati, (Sussman 2009, p.1 of 2). Personal musings are most popular in Asia.

(Source: http://www.warong-kopi.blogspot.com/)

Malaysia

In 2007, Sabahan mentioned that 28% of Malaysian Top 50 Bloggers writes about their personal things , 16% write about politics and 16% writes about technology, Gaman (2007).

The top five blogs in Malaysia as mentioned in Sabahan (2007) are based on Technorati ranking;

1) Kennysia.com which is a personal blog ranks at, 234 (4,828 links from 2, 406 blogs))

2) SapiensBryan.com which is a technology blog. It ranks at 604 (2, 676 links from 1, 577 blogs).

3) Hemmy.net which is a humour blog, ranks at 1, 667 (1, 862 links from 932 blogs).

4) Jeffooi.com which is a political blog, ranks at 2, 009 (2, 824 links from 836 blogs).

5) LiewCF.com which is also a technology blog ranks at 3,346 (1, 532 links from 613 blogs).

(Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1584)

Europe

Technorati conducted a survey involving 50 countries, 26% of bloggers are from Europe.
The types of blogs which are popular differs from one state to another, for example, Milton Keynes is popular for business blogs. Moreover, there are seasonal blogs. During football season, footie blogs are extremely popular in Manchester and Liverpool, Clapperton (2007).

“State of the blogosphere is strong,” Richard Jalichandra said, (Technorati, 2009, pg.1 of 2). It has evolved into professional and business blogging. Bloggers are now more prolific and influencial. Social media, like Twitter is the most important trend influencing blogosphere.

Arianna Huffington, (Day 2) (Technorati, 2009, pg. 1 of 2) states that bloggers experience “positive impacts” on their personal lives, career and business. 70% of respondents said they are better known in their industry because of the blog.

Dean Takahashi, (Technorati, 2009, pg.1) mentioned that the impact in Blogosphere is immediate and noticeable especially in politics and business.

Blogosphere leads to globalisation of freedom and speech, Fred Wilson said, Day 5 (Technorati, 2009, pg.2 of 2). People are more informed, more tolerant and society has become more democratic. Blogosphere will be borderless across the world and beyond the reach of government.

References:

Singer 2009, Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats, viewed 1 November 2009, http://thefuturebuzz.com/2009/01/12/social-media-web-20-internet-numbers-stats/

Sussman 2009, State of the Blogosphere 2009 Introduction, viewed 1 November 2009, http://technorati.com/blogging/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2009-introduction/

Gaman 2007, 50 Most Influential Blogs in Malaysia, viewed 7 November 2009,
http://www.sabahan.com/2007/02/06/50-most-influential-blogs-in-malaysia/

‘Perception in Malaysian Politics’ 2008, Warong Kopi more than just your daily hangout place, viewed at 2 November 2009, http://www.warong-kopi.blogspot.com/

Blankenhorn 2007, Is Microsoft’s Europe Agreement A Big Deal?, viewed at 7 November 2009, http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1584


Clapperton 2007, Mapping Britain’s Blogosphere, viewed at 7 November 2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/dec/20/blogging.internet