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Wednesday Aug 25 2010

By Jim Selman | Bio

Someone said to me in a meeting yesterday that there are a billion blogs. The number seemed high, so I did what we all do these days. I went to Google and in about 30 seconds of looking at “How many Blogs are there”, I was assured there are closer to 100 million, with about 175 thousand new ones being created every day. So while the billion estimate was a bit exaggerated, it is obvious that there are a LOT of blogs. This got me thinking: why so many?[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: blog conversation difference opinion point_of_view writing

Public Opinion

Wednesday Jul 18 2007

I have been reading seniorjournal.com, a news and information site on a variety of seniors’ and Boomers’ concerns—health, politics, leisure. Seems like there are more and more of these kinds of sites appearing, highlighting the demographic weight of the aging population. It’s looking like a bandwagon of marketing, services and commentary. The fact is that most of the conversation looks to me like the same kind of consumer-oriented hype that has been building for the past 20 years or so. [Read More]

Written by Jim Selman at News

Tagged with: grow lead opinion public