AskMen.com - Weblogs
Feature article explaning how weblogs came about being an Internet phenomenon.
WriteTheWeb: The State of the Blog
Email interview with WriteTheWeb. Evan Williams, his company Pyra, and its product Blogger, have come a long way in the last two years.
BBC News - Global voices speak through blogs
A blogging project, "Global Voices," aims to bring together global blogs and their stories in ways that mainstream media do not. (April 6, 2005)
Knowledge@Wharton - Blogs, Everyone? Weblogs Are Here to Stay, but Where Are They Headed?
Discusses trends in the world of blogs. [Requires free registration] (March, 2005)
Online Journal Review - Influence peddling in the blogosphere
Article asks what ethical standards should bloggers follow when offered payments or freebies for buzz? (February 17, 2005)
InformationWeek - The Weblog Question
Article by John Foley. Employees who write about where they work need to consider the questions of, "Who owns the content?" and "Will my employer object?" (January 31, 2005)
MercuryNews.com - Election results humble bloggers
Bloggers posted early exit numbers suggesting Kerry would become president of the US. (November 4, 2004)
Wired News: Porn Blogs Manipulate Google
Article describes a scheme whereby a company set up a few dozen cross-linked, porn-themed Blogspot blogs (powered by Blogger), all of which link to three of its for-profit porn sites. (August 3, 2004)
I'm Blogging This: A Closer Look at Why People Blog
Academic research paper (with many references) based on interviews with bloggers, text analysis of blog posts, and quantitative analysis of posts and blogs. Also addresses the history of blogging and makes suggestions how to improve blogging systems and software. [PDF] (January, 2004)
The Function of Language to Facilitate and Maintain Social Networks in Research Weblogs
Stephanie Nilsson authors a study which attempts to identify the structure of the weblogging community and to determine if a separate variety of language exists in the weblogging community. [320 KB pdf file] [PDF] (December, 2003)
Clickz.com - Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 2
Can bloggers successfully charge subscription fees? Professional bloggers weigh in. Part two of a two-part series. (November 12, 2003)
PR Studies: Social History of Blogs
Article from Leeds Business School & Centre for Public Relations. Asserts that weblogs are a return to the way the web was once envisioned: a way for the masses to create, edit and view content with little training required. (October 18, 2003)
Clickz.com - Paid Subscription Blogging, Part 1
"Will people pay to read a blog? Can bloggers successfully charge subscription fees? Can their publishing switch from free to fee?" Part one of a two-part series. (October 8, 2003)
The Register - 'Blogosphere' to reach 10 million, almost all dead
Article reports on a survey which suggests that blogging is a fad. (October 4, 2003)
The Register - Most bloggers 'are teenage girls'
Reports on a survey which found that 62 per cent of Polish blogs are written by women and three quarters are written by teenagers or younger. (May 30, 2003)
The Register - Google to fix blog noise problem
Google, after its acquisition of Blogger, is likely to set up a separate search tab for blogs, thereby removing blogs from the general search results. (May 9, 2003)
Columbia Journalism Review - A Brief History of Weblogs
Mallory Jensen discusses how blogs went from being a very minor presence to a major fad/movement. (May, 2003)
Bridging the Gap: A Genre Analysis of Weblogs
Indiana University LIS students' research paper presents the results of a content analysis of 203 randomly-selected weblogs. [620 KB pdf document] [PDF] (April, 2003)
Shirky: Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality
Clay Shirky's writings. Discusses the phenomenon of a few weblogs having a majority of the visitors. (February 8, 2003)
Perseus - The Blogging Iceberg
Results and analyses of a survey of blogs on eight leading blog-hosting services. (2003)
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