The state of blogosphere in 2009 shows much on the growing of blogger’s influence from a wide variety of subject range. (Mclean. J 2009).
Graph above shows that the size of blogosphere is averagely doubling every month ever since 2003-2006.(Sifry. D 2006) As we all know, if anything, it will only continue growing. In July 2006, Technorati stated that 50 million blogs are up. Thus, in July 2010, there will be approximately 400 million blogs being produced. So, there could be a possibility that the size of the current blogosphere is around 350 million.
The current trend for bloggers in every part of the world these days are micro-blogging and blogging for the globalization of freedom of speech. Micro-blogging site such as Twitter and Facebook have grown importance in both consumer and corporate worlds. It is no longer just a networking site to stay connected with friends but also became a significant element of brand marketing.(McGiboney.M 2009)Therefore, the number Twitter user may not be as large as Facebook but it is no doubt that Twitter is the hottest social networking around used for micro-blogging purposes.(Pritchett. D.J 2009)
Political blogs are very common and widespread in Iran and US while business blogs can be seen growing in Malaysia. In Iran, blogosphere is their means a place for protest and an alternative of news source as they are more reliable. In US, blogosphere can be equivalent to citizen’s online forum as they move toward more democratic society.(Hughes. D 2009) Online shopping in Malaysia is growing at a very healthy rate as shopping to Malaysian is a national pastime(Rajkumar. B 2010), this is an advantage as we still can shop without moving an inch from our comfortable room. Therefore, blogosphere benefits different country differently.
Referencing
1. Hughes. D 2009, Blogging’s global impact and the future of Blogging, viewed on 19 April 2010,<http://technorati.com/blogging/article/day-5-twitter-global-impact-and/page-2/ >.
2. Mclean. J 2009, State of blogosphere 2009 introduction, viewed on 19 April 2010,<http://technorati.com/blogging/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2009-introduction/>.
3. McGiboney.M 2009, Twitter’s tweet smell of success, viewed on 19 April 2010, <http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/online_mobile/twitters-tweet-smell-of-success/>.
4. Pritchett. D.J 2009, Hot collaboration trends in 2009: internal facebooks, sharepoint microblogging,expert location,and homegrown wikis, viewed on 19 April 2010, <http://www.sharingatwork.com/2009/10/hot-collaboration-trends-in-2009-internal-facebooks-sharepoint-microblogging-expert-location-and-homegrown-wikis/ >.
5. Rajkumar. B 2010, State of online shopping in Malaysia and Singapore, viewed on 19 April 2010, <http://www.articlesbase.com/ecommerce-articles/state-of-online-shopping-in-malaysia-and-singapore-1857921.html >.
6. Sifry. D 2006, State of the blogosphere,august 2006, viewed on 19 April 2010, <http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000436.html >.
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