16 May 2003

Blogrot Weblog Burnout Rate GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- Some people think I have flamed out of the blogosphere because the primary location of my weblog has shifted. Also, some long-time bloggers have started pondering the weblog burnout rate. Jeremy Zadowny raises the question: Does anyone know what the average "burnout rate" for webloggers is? You know, if you were trying to figure how how likely someone was to abandon their blog in the first 3, 6, or 12 months. What would that number be? Do most bloggers stick with it? Or it it more like dieting, where most people are good for the first month or so, but then if becomes more of an occasional activity? I put a little minus sign next to the blogs in my right hand gutter when they go inactive for more than a month. When I posted this comment, around 15 sites had a month's worth of rot on them and were annotated by a minus sign. And I have a list of blogrot properties on my Palm m505. Perhaps I should move the list to a blog story location. Jeremy Zadowny: Weblog burnout rate x_ref1256

Page rank for the A-List GARRINGREEN HOTSPOT -- Several deep thoughts are emerging concerning the codification of a "reputation system." Although I don't understand all the implications, I know that the research goes well beyond the deciphering of manually-created FOAF files. The end product will be something like page rank for the blogosphere. It will be an algorithm that substantiates the real A-List of blogging. Joi Ito: Getting ready for phase two of Technorati Hacks x_ref1256