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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?

In response to Robert Scoble’s call to test Technorati Search vs Google Blog Search, I decided to search for Sanjaya and Shyamali Malakar (something I have been doing frequently anyway) -

- Sanjaya Malakar (without quotes) has 9988 results on Technorati (including 588 results from blogs with a lot of authority) versus 16437 results at Google Blog Search

- Shyamali Malakar (without quotes) has 517 results on Technorati (including 51 results from blogs with a lot of authority) versus 420 results at Google Blog Search

While the results from both Google Blog Search and Technorati don’t look like spam, I personally prefer to use Technorati because it allows me to filter results based on the authority of the blogs.

The verdict then? Based on number of search results - inconclusive. Based on usability - definitely Technorati.

By the way, it’s that time of the week again when I write a Sanjaya Malakar post. This week, I have two or three up my sleeve, and I’m not even counting this one.