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Highlights from David Sifry’s State of the Live Web Apr ‘07 report -
- Over 70 million weblogs, up from 57 million in Oct ‘06.
- 1.5 million postings per day, up from 1.3 million in Oct ‘06.
- 22 blogs in the list of 100 most popular sites, up from 12 in Oct ‘06.
- 230 million posts, or 35% of all posts, from 2.5 million blogs, use tags.
I have two quick thoughts on the report -
- The first three trends reflect the maturation of blogging, and the question we need to ask ourselves is - what new innovations will be needed to take the number of blogs from 70 million to 150 million?
- It’s interesting that, in spite of all the talk about tagging, less than 5% of all blogs use tags. There’s an opportunity in there for tools that allow bloggers to use tags easily, irrespective of their blogging platform. There’s also an opportunity in there for someone - Google, or Yahoo, or Technorati itself - to take on the role of a tagging evangelist.
What do you think?
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