PureBlogging

There’s been a lot of talk lately about whether or not blogs are dying or becoming obsolete. ExpertWordPress has issued a press release declaring that blogging is not dead.

It’s settled then.

Seriously though, while the release is touting it’s own services, there are some interesting tidbits to scrape from it:

Findings from the Pew Internet and American Life Project report, released in December, 2007 seem to concur with Mr. Sysoef. According to the study, when people are looking for help with a variety of common problems, they are more likely to turn to the internet than consult experts or family members to provide needed information and resources. Of the people surveyed, 58% of those who had recently experienced one of 10 possible problems given as examples, said they used the internet (at home, work, a public library or some other place) to get help. Blogs are a big part of their solution.

Technorati (the foremost blog search engine in the world), is now tracking over 70 million weblogs, and report about 120,000 new weblogs being created worldwide each day. That’s about 1.4 blogs created every second of every day. There are approximately 1.5 million postings per day (or about 17 posts per second.)

ExpertWordPress co-creator Alex Sysoef had says, “Blogging is an activity that has matured. It’s not dead and it’s not dying. Blogging is still one of the most valuable ways for businesses to participate in the discussions their customers are already having about their products or services, to strengthen their brands and to ultimately increase sales as their customers come to see them as the expert, the trusted advisor, who can help them solve a problem or fill a need.”

The release does talk about blog abandonment though, and this actually is making the medium look bad, so those of you who are guilty, start posting more frequently! They cite a study that found that 66% of surveyed blogs had not been updated in two months, “representing 2.72 million blogs that have been either permanently or temporarily abandoned”.

If you are relying on these specific blogs for your information on a regular basis, you might find some inconvenience, but with more blogs starting all the time, you’re generally going to be able to find similar info elsewhere, and possibly discover blogs you like better than the ones you were reading in the first place.

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