Is This One Nation, Under Blog? @ Radio Free Blogistan

August 26, 2002

Christian Crumlish

Wired News discusses ambiguous or unavailable installed-base figures for blogs. Surprisingly, they spell blogosphere with a hyphen as well, following Newsweek style? Meanwhile, the VC-oriented world looks elsewhere:

Industry research powerhouses are likely to stay away from the blog-osphere until it reaches profitability. Gartner, Neilsen\//NetRatings, Forrester Research and International Data Corporation don't have a single analyst involved in gathering blogging data.

Posted by xian at August 26, 2002 8:48 AM

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