Where do I stand?

Yo! I’m back after a week. Work has been so much fun with loads of laughter becuase of the 2 souls beside me!

I can’t believe that it’s Friday today. Monday just seemed to be yesterday and now it Friday. ***Can somebody freeze the CLOCK*** It has been a very busy week and only today, I found myself time touch my lappie for my personal use!

I was as usual aimlessly browsing the net and came to read an interesting article. The Pew Research Centre has released it’s latest survey on bloggers. Whilst by no means a definitive survey of blogging-the survey was conducted within America-PRC surveys may be the best available on blogging.

I’ve listed specific findings which apply to my own experience, to give an idea where I sit in the blogging pecking order…

• 60% of bloggers are white
• 54% of bloggers are male
• 14% of bloggers fall in the 50 to 64 age group
• 51% of bloggers reside in suburban areas
• 79% of bloggers have a broadband connection at home
• 46% blog under their own name.
• 34% of bloggers consider their blog a form of journalism,
• 37% of bloggers cite “my life and experiences” as a primary topic of their blog.
• Only 13% of bloggers post new material every day
• 87% of bloggers allow comments on their blog
• 41% of bloggers say they have a blogroll or friends list on their blog
• 18% of bloggers offer an RSS feed of their blog’s content
• Relatively small groups of bloggers view blogging as a public endeavor
• 44% say they have published their writing or media creations elsewhere
• 10% of bloggers spend ten or more hours per week on their blog
• 13% of bloggers say that their blog is very important to them, and describe it as a big part of their life
• The least common reason people blog is to make money
• 35% say they focus on one topic
• 53% have just one blog
• 2% of bloggers use Typepad
• 80% of bloggers post text to their blog, but nearly as many (72%) display photos
• another 15% vlogged, or posted video files to their blog
• long-time bloggers are more likely than newcomers to say they will continue
• Just 13% of bloggers have more than 100 hits a day, though a handful in this group has much larger traffic levels
• 9% of bloggers have had their blog mentioned by the news media
• 35% believe that their readers are mostly people they have never met
• 16% of bloggers read someone else’s blog three to five days per week