Hello everyone, The BlogGuy coming with more news on blogging. I've been researching more about how to get that #1 spot with my blogs and the more I read the more I learn. I'm going to address today is this: If You Are Not Blogging You Are Losing OUT! You are losing the biggest market growth to advertise your business to. You are losing ground in getting in on this NEW internet land rush. Why do I say this? Let me refer to a company, Technorati, a blogging directory and a little more, and let you see what they are seeing. In summary: * Technorati now tracks over 27.2 Million blogs * The blogosphere is doubling in size every 5 and a half months * It is now over 60 times bigger than it was 3 years ago * On average, a new weblog is created every second of every day * 13.7 million bloggers are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created * Spings (Spam Pings) can sometimes account for as much as 60% of the total daily pings Technorati receives * Sophisticated spam management tools eliminate the spings and find that about 9% of new blogs are spam or machine generated * Technorati tracks about 1.2 million new blog posts each day, about 50,000 per hour * Over 81 million posts with tags since January 2005, increasing by 400,000 per day * Blog Finder has over 850,000 blogs, and over 2,500 popular categories have attracted a critical mass of topical bloggers Did I just post right? Technorati now tracks over 27.2 Million blogs? Now, granted, there are some blogs that should not exist or just waste digital space. Don't confuse 'MySpace' as a blog either. It is a community with a blog feature within. So all of the teen ranting you see there will not be accounted for as legit blogs. Anyway back to Technorati. The State of the Blogosphere is Strong OK, I'm paraphrasing from a more famous speech (Bush-2006) that happened January 2006, but the truth is that the blogosphere continues to grow at a quickening pace. Technorati currently tracks 27.2 million weblogs, and the blogosphere they track continues to double about every 5.5 months. The blogosphere is over 60 times bigger than it was only 3 years ago. New blog creation continues to grow. Technorati currently track over 75,000 new weblogs created every day, which means that on average, a new weblog is created every second of every day - and 13.7 million bloggers are still posting 3 months after their blogs are created. In other words, even though there's a reasonable amount of tire-kicking going on, blogging is growing as a habitual activity. In October of 2005, when Technorati was only tracking 19 million blogs, about 10.4 million bloggers were still posting 3 months after the creation of their blogs. In addition to that, about 2.7 million bloggers update their blogs at least weekly. A News Cycle Measured in Megahertz Moving beyond spam, the number of people reaching out and reaching each other continues to grow. Daily Posting Volume tracked by Technorati continues to grow, and the blogosphere also reacts to world events. Technorati tracks about 1.2 million posts each day, which means that there are about 50,000 posts each hour. At that rate, it is literally impossible to read everything that is relevant to an issue or subject, and a new challenge has presented itself - how to make sense out of this monstrous conversation, and how to find the most interesting and authoritative information out there. The Continued Rise of Tagging In January 2005, Technorati launched its tagging service, based on the rel=tag microformat, which is a simple way for bloggers to associate their posts with topics, and to make it easy for people to find interesting posts on a given subject. Today, they have tracked over 81 million posts with tags or categories - and over 400,000 new tagged posts are created every day. Tags for Blogs There was still a major problem, however - how to easily find the most interesting blogs on the subjects that you cared about. So, in September 2005, Technorati launched Blog Finder, a tags-based way for people to find the most authoritative blogs on a particular subject, allowing bloggers to tag their blogs with the subjects they felt were most relevant for themselves. In 4 months, over 850,000 blogs have been put into Blog Finder, making it the most comprehensive directory of blogs on the web. Over 2,500 categories have already attracted a critical mass of influential bloggers writing about them, from Politics and Technology to Gardening or Erotica. And more are created every day, making it easier for people to find the most interesting blogs in the topics they care about. So with all of this information about blogging how can you ignore the inevitable? Blogging is here and here to stay. The longer you wait to start the more behind the pack you will be. __________ Kenneth R Sword Jr Blog Advisor for AdlandPro Co-CEO - Bizzy Blogz & Bizzy Blogz Community http://www.bizzyblogz.com/krsword http://www.bizzyblogz.com/AutoBlogAds/ http://www.bizzyblogz.com/YourOwnArticles/ http://www.bizzyblogz.com/PrivateLabelBooks/ http://www.bizzyblogz.com/PrivatelLabelAudioBooks/ New! Bizzy Blogz Community - like MySpace http://www.bizzyblogz.biz An Advertising Traffic Machine http://www.megatraffic.us/

Hi, You know that I had to come post here. Blogging is wonderful. I have 2 completely different blogs at www.bizzyblogz.com, and I post to each one at least once a day. I have 2 more in the planning stages. If you build a blog and use it right, it can give you so much exposser on the net. Everyone at Adland should be looking into blogging. The best place I know is www.bizzyblogz.com. All the newest tools are there, and you get real help. Yes, I am a blogger, and you will be too, once you see how easy it is. Nan

Hi Nan, I have a blog myself. Have a look at http://pensandpapers.blogspot.com However the issue remains. You need traffic, otherwise the best business idea will not be seen. What do you think makes a Blog different to a "normal" website? Cheers Marcus

Hi Marcus, I just put you on my bloglinker. Your blog is very interesting. The right writing tools, be it pen and paper, or computer, are very important. My 2 blogs are bellow in my signature. What needs to be done is to write often, and ping as much as you can. One idea I have for you is this. Go sign up at http://www.bizzyblogz.com You will get 2 blogs for free. One could be about writing tools of history and the people that use them or a similar subject. Find me and I will help you if you like. The main thing is to get your sites seen, and to get people to want to come see what is new. It takes a little work, but it does pay off if you do the right steps. Let my know your thoughts. Nan

I'm trying to get the whole blog thing happening, too. Here's my blog: someone give me some feedback and some constructive criticism. http://oldluckyboy.blogspot.com Thanks! ~Mark