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7 Reasons Bloggers Blog

Author: admin
Filed under: Create
Date: Nov 8,2008

The opportunity to create your own blog with little funding or technical ability has been around for some time now. I wanted to find out why people enjoy ‘their place on the Internet‘ and become a blogger?

Firstly to get an estimate on the size of the blogosphere we turn to studies over at Technorati. There are several separate studies into the actual number of blogs in existence. Most are Wordpress blogs but there are other platforms out their to blog from.

Technorati says 133 million (June 2008)
comScore MediaMetrix says (August 2008)
eMarketer says 22.6 million are US bloggers (May 2008)
Universal McCann says 184 million people worldwide have a blog (March 2008). They also say that 77% of active Internet users read blogs.

Bloggers Blog But Why?

Communication - sparking conversations regarding a timely event or interest
Information - in the process of writing a quality post they gain further knowledge of the topic
Influence - stating your opinion to the world and aligning others to your view
Fame - to increase popularity of their profile among others and get attention
Reputation - to become an expert on the topic
Business - the blogger is employed to market a brand or product indirectly increasing sales
Money - create content, build a readership and make money from ad revenue

How Did You Get into Blogging?

We at Blog Monies would love to hear how you entered the blogosphere. If you haven’t yet then start one now. It is never too late to get blogging!

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Author: admin
Filed under: Create
Date: May 5,2008

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