Welcome to the MOJO blog ring!
In 2004, the blogosphere grew tremendously, both in terms of the number of blogs and the percentage of internet users who read blogs.
From the Pew Internet & American Life Project:
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What is a blog ring?
- A blog ring is a set of HTML code, and often a website, which links together affiliated blogs. The code is provided to each person who signs up to be a MoJoBloggers member by ringsurf.com, the service that powers this blog ring. To be an active member you must insert this code into your blog's template. This is a simple cut-and-paste process, and you can contact MoJoBloggers for help. This code will allow your readers to browse other members' blogs via a simple menu that will be displayed on your blog.
Why should you join?
- Being a member of MoJoBloggers is free, it takes only about five minutes to join and instantly it will increase traffic to your blog. Joining will also help you to participate in intellectual and professional discussions with other MoJoBloggers.
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By the end of 2004 blogs had established themselves as a key part of online culture. Two surveys by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in November established new contours for the blogosphere: 8 million American adults say they have created blogs; blog readership jumped 58% in 2004 and now stands at 27% of internet users; 5% of internet users say they use RSS aggregators or XML readers to get the news and other information delivered from blogs and content-rich Web sites as it is posted online; and 12% of internet users have posted comments or other material on blogs.
The report goes on to note, however, that "still, 62% of internet users do not know what a blog is. " The Perseus Blog Survey also reminds us that 60% of the blogs now out there will quickly be abandoned. Despite the boom in blogging this year, maintaining good weblog remains very hard work and it can seem futile when your readership is very small and building it is such hard work.
MoJoBloggers hopes to add to existing Missouri School of Journalism networks by linking-up affiliated bloggers. This blog ring is open to students, staff, faculty and alumni of the Missouri School of Journalism. Creating a network of these blogs will hopefully build readership of individual sites, will lead to collaboration among like-minded bloggers and enrich ongoing professional and intellectual discussions.
If you have questions about how to join or have suggestions on how to further meet these aims, please pass along your suggestions. |
