A recent observation on Randy’s site mentioned the downward spiral of blogs within the IHOP circle with some commentors piping in that it was universal. But is it really?
Technorati
From Technorati’s About Page:
The World Live Web is incredibly active, and according to Technorati data, there are over 175,000 new blogs (that’s just blogs) every day. Bloggers update their blogs regularly to the tune of over 1.6 million posts per day, or over 18 updates a second.
FeedBurner
FeedBurner is currently hosting close to half a million blogs (some with multiple feeds), which is a growth of 100,000 since March 5th. That’s almost 10,000 new FeedBurners every day.
So although the current IHOP blogging wordcasting trend may have “flamed late and died early”, I say that the rest of the world is still going for it. I know I am.
Your thoughts?
Ronald Huereca said:
I don’t see blogging going away anytime soon. Blogging is a long-term commitment, and some people may wake up and realize that blogging isn’t worth the time and effort. I’d hate to use Darwinism, but in this case it might fit.
Posted on June 9, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Jenn S. (a.k.a. Ducky) said:
Blogging as a whole is definitely going strong. More people these days are able to make a living by blogging or at least supplement their income from it.
A few within the IHOP sector of the blogosphere have adopted blogging as another way to share their heart, aside from the pulpit, classroom, or small group. They have caught the vision for apostolic blogging. The others have simply decided that they would rather spend their time elsewhere. Which is an absolutely legitimate choice; blogging isn’t the best choice or time investment for everyone.
Posted on June 9, 2007 at 4:16 pm
steve offutt said:
well, some good IHOP blogs have definitley lost steam….im still going tho…just a few times a week though.
Posted on June 9, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Lauren said:
I love IHOPer’s blogs because it is a way for me to be encouraged and challenged in my walk with God like I am when I’m in KC. People like me, separated from IHOP communtiy by several states, need that. Please don’t all stop!
Posted on June 10, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Idhrendur said:
This is the third wave of blogging I’ve seen come and go.
Fortunately, it seems that this time I chose the correct set of blogs to latch onto (you’re all still going strong!).
Posted on June 10, 2007 at 10:17 pm
ChriS said:
Blogger Bust? No! What IHOP saw was a sudden surge of bloggers after Sliker jumped on. It was a huge spike. Then the entire nighwatch jumped on, another huge spike. Part of what Randy has observed it because he checked out of the blogging world and lost daily readers. Many have come back, but I just spoke with someone on his leadership team that didn’t know he was blogging again and was glad to hear of it.
Part of it is because so many IHOP bloggers write long posts which have forced me to stop reading or reduce the number of visits per week. I vist about 6 blogs per week. I love Sliker’s posts and read them but they are almost always too long for me to consider commenting.
Also because there is a sudden surge not all of those that jump on the Bandwagon bring the same level of committment to the craft! So they are apt to follow the ebbs and flows of Summer and other cycles.
BTW, Shawn you’ve been used to help so many become Apostolic Bloggers!
Posted on June 11, 2007 at 10:18 am
Ducky said:
I ran across an article on this subject: Millions of Dead Blogs Won’t Stop Blogging.
Posted on June 11, 2007 at 10:47 am
Aaron James said:
Things have seemed to slow down somewhat but I think we have just found a post-hype groove. My wife and I, for example, have found a comfortable blogging routine that is slower that we initally held but it works for us. You know like a marathon pace: not as fast as possible but we can keep it up for a long time.
Posted on June 11, 2007 at 12:49 pm