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If you have a blog, you are part of the blogosphere. Therefore, the State of the Blogosphere report is required reading. Get to it!

I found it interesting that when I started my blog, back on 5-31-04, there were “only” 4 million blogs. I guess that I’m in a small class compared to the nearly 60 million blogs now.

From Technorati:
*State of the Blogosphere: * Every quarter or so, our CEO and founder Dave Sifry issues a status report for the Blogosphere at large. He calls it “State of the Blogosphere.” Therein, Dave examines growth and trends on the Live Web, offering a cornucopia of dazzling charts, tables, and numbers for your statistical pleasure. Here are some highlights:
“…Growth in the numbers of blogs tracked by Technorati continues to grow briskly. While the doubling of the blogosphere has slowed a bit (every 236 days or so), interest in blogging remains considerable. About 55% of all blogs are active, which means that they have been updated at least once in the last 3 months.”
“The integration of blogs and traditional media sites on the web continues. We’ve put together the top 100 sites that make up “The short head” (as opposed to “the long tail”), which is still predominantly made up of traditional media sites, like The New York Times, Yahoo! News, CNN, and MSNBC.”
“By the time you reach the top 5000, blogs have essentially taken over, with very few well-funded mainstream media sites listed.”
For the full monty of graphics and analysis, check out the full report