Amazingly, according to a post from Valleywag, the number of blogs in existence seems to be stalling out.
It's the web media equivalent of the central cosmological constant: does the universe of personal sites expand ad infinitum, or else collapse under its own weight? And we may finally have an answer. The number of active blogs tracked by Technorati has stalled at about 15 million. Now that's still a remarkable number, even before one adds in quasi-blogs, such as pages on social network sites such as Myspace. But, compared with the conventional wisdom -- that every human, and household pet, will eventually have a blog -- the reality is sobering.
It's sobering only if your idea of the Internet consisted of a ever growing bunch of people who wanted to blog about their overbearing boss, stalk their ex-girlfriends, or talk in leetspeak.
For people that have been writing on the Internet for a while, it's probably not a terrible thing. Keeping a blog active is kind of a serious thing that is most definitely time consuming. Being topical on the Internet takes a certain level of dedication. This I know. I have a few myself, and you would be surprised at how much time I spend blogging, and I still managed to have a daughter and a wonderful girlfriend, somehow. And freelance. And work a couple of jobs.
Of course, occasionally I'm a high energy person.
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You are what you blog, that's for sure. I agree with CV's comment on the link - there's a finite amount of talent out there.
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