79367 Resource 76096 21 21 1104768597482 1104775501857 Controlled Blog Site Readership Up 58% in 2004

The Blogosphere and RSS aggregators have become a key part of online culture according to a new report from the Pew/Internet & American Life Project.

<p>Weblogs are becoming a significant feature of the Internet landscape. The recently published <i> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_blogging_data.pdf">State of Blogging</a></i> report states that 27% of Internet users read weblogs and that 6 million Americans get news and information fed to them through RSS aggregators. According to the report, &quot;This is a first-time measurement from our surveys and is an indication that this application is gaining an impressive foothold.&quot;</p> <h3 align="center">The Growth of the Blogosphere</h3> <p align="center"> <img width="548" height="304" align="middle" src="http://blogsite.com/styles/blogsite/Blogsite/content/blogosphere-growth-2004.jpg" alt="The Growth of the Blogosphere" /></p><p>The blogosphere, to date, is composed primarily of individual, personal weblogs. However, forward thinking companies are embracing blogsites&mdash;collections of related weblogs and other syndicated content&mdash;to establish high visibility within the rapidly growing blogosphere.</p> 9 application/xml false blogosphere growth blogsite adoption Internet & American Life Pew RSS adoption weblog adoption Pew / Internet & American Life Project http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/144/report_display.asp Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2 68.42.141.35 68.42.141.35 aseidl false true false false true 174050 false false true false false false true 76096 blog blogsite/Blogsite/web