Comments on: 5 Million Weblogs Out there http://www.coyer.com/blog/2003/11/14/5-million-weblogs-out-there/ "Wireless Knowledge" Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:03:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dan http://www.coyer.com/blog/2003/11/14/5-million-weblogs-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Dan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coyer.com/blog/?p=123#comment-272 Well, there are already well over 7 million people using blogs in just the top 4 hosted sites (I see it hitting 20 million next year), and I just don't see anyone in the mass market using RSS readers. The big hosted solutions, where most people will get their blogging service from, tend to operate independantly, since they grow by inviting your friends onto the same service. I can see some interoperability between them, but I can't see the mass market using a standalone RSS reader. If it doesn't come via email or work in a browser, most people tend not to use it... Well, there are already well over 7 million people using blogs in just the top 4 hosted sites (I see it hitting 20 million next year), and I just don’t see anyone in the mass market using RSS readers.

The big hosted solutions, where most people will get their blogging service from, tend to operate independantly, since they grow by inviting your friends onto the same service. I can see some interoperability between them, but I can’t see the mass market using a standalone RSS reader. If it doesn’t come via email or work in a browser, most people tend not to use it…

]]> By: anon http://www.coyer.com/blog/2003/11/14/5-million-weblogs-out-there/comment-page-1/#comment-273 anon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coyer.com/blog/?p=123#comment-273 hm...if (when) microsoft provides a free RSS aggregator as an outlook plugin, I expect this to change. hm…if (when) microsoft provides a free RSS aggregator as an outlook plugin, I expect this to change.

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