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Mapping the Blogosphere

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the down-the-road-from-myspace dept.

dominique_cimafranca writes "Discover Magazine has an interesting article on mapping the blogosphere, reporting on the work of Matthew Hurst. Hurst put together a 3D map of the blogosphere, with bright spots represent sites with the highest number of links and isolated islands represent closed communities like LiveJournal. The study also identifies other islands like sociopolitical commentary, gadget hounds, sports fans, and, um, porn blogs."

4 of 76 comments (clear)

  1. Slashdot? by charlieo88 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And where is Slashdot on the map, hmmmm?

  2. Re:Slashdot? Or Discover? by kale77in · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This looks like the fastest-obsoleted map in history. I give them twelve hours until every blog on earth green-links a certain article at Discover.

  3. Livejournal is a dim island? by Risha · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I wonder where these numbers are coming from? I spend a lot of time on Livejournal, including some journals getting several hundred + hits a day as a matter of course. It's no 500,000 hits per day, but it's not as insignificant as that map shows. They're also linking out to unrelated blogs all the time, just like non-LJ blogs.

  4. Re:Can we all agree? by walmartshopper67 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm just tired of having every website I have or am involved in called a "blog". It's not a goddamned blog, it's a website. That word makes me want to live in a little shack in the woods and spend the rest of my life having nothing to do with technology.