A. Blogs As Current Phenomenon & Benefits To The Community

According to Hopkins (2009), the size of blogosphere has come into a calculation halt in 2008. Thus, in 2009, there were no statistics provided on the value of the blogosphere ever since. The size of the blogosphere came to a halt with the value of over 70 million weblogs and growing until today although the size is immeasurable (Sifry, 2007).  In 2010, the number of bloggers was not specified. Instead, a survey was conducted among 7,205 bloggers from all around the world by Penn Schoen Berland (Technorati.com, 2010).

Source: 

http://www.leehopkins.com/secondlife/2009/12/26/technorati-and-the-size-of-the-blogosphere-it-cant-be-that-hard-to-figure-out-surely/comment-page-1/

In 2010, a tremendous growth in mobile blogging was the key trend aside from smartphones and tablet markets blogging worldwide including Asian-Pacific countries. Another main unexpected trend was also the usage of blogging by mothers (Sobel, 2010). Due to this occurrence, Technorati has focused the blogosphere mainly on females commencing in 2010.

Source:

                                          http://technorati.com/blogging/article/state-of-the-blogosphere-2010-introduction/page-3/

There are many types of blogging and each serves a different purpose which can either be from informative news to a diary or advertisements and many more. In 2010, Asia scored the highest in terms of blogging followed by Europe and then China (Internet World Stats, 2010). 70% of Malaysians refer online, mainly blogs, during elections to decide who is a better candidate for their up-bringing country (The Star Online, 2008). For China, retail blogging is the best way to sell items which contributes to their growth in economy. China now ranks second taking over Japan's spot in the sector of economy (Hurst, S 2011).

Referencing:

1.  Hurst, S 2011, If You Are Going to Sell in China, Maybe Online is the Best Way to Grow, SDL, viewed 3^rd May 2011, <http://blog.sdl.com/blog/2011/03/if-you-are-going-to-sell-in-china-maybe-online-is-the-best-way-to-grow.html
2. Hopkins, L 2009, Technorati and the size of the blogosphere: it can’t be THAT hard to figure out, surely?!,  viewed 22^nd April 2011, <http://www.leehopkins.com/secondlife/2009/12/26/technorati-and-the-size-of-the-blogosphere-it-cant-be-that-hard-to-figure-out-surely/comment-page-1/>
3. Sifry, D 2007, The State of the Live Web, April 2007, viewed 22^nd April 2011, < http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html>
4. Sobel, J 2010, WHAT: Topics and Trends - Day 2 SOTB 2010, viewed 22^nd April 2011, < http://technorati.com/blogging/article/what-topics-and-trends-day-2/>
5. The Star Online, 2008, Blogging In Malaysia ranks among highest in the world, viewed 3^rd May 2011, <http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/3/nation/20827588&sec=nation>