- A web2.0 journal entry.
- Intl Conf on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM 07) paper from DyDAn.
- A map of blogosphere.
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Nature of Blogs
There are many different blog publish/ponder services out there (myspace, blogger, xanga, livejournal, facebook, friendster, etc); they seem to attract and foster different types of communities. Studies of the bloggers in these different services reveal inherent properties: people tend to have different profiles in age and geographic location, connections within one blog service are more extensive than across services, and there is a lot of information that relates to services other than blogs. Details at: