a) Blogs as Current Phenomenon & Benefits of Blogging to the Community

Blogging in this new found era has brought our entire planet into a siege of informational black hole. While father time flashes through our life, the numbers of bloggers worldwide increase vigorously to an extend that internet 'police' struggle to track us down. According to BlogPulse as of 20 March 2011, the number of the current blogosphere is stated to be a whopping 168,493,921.

While the amount of blogs is staggering, they still can all be categorized into different trends. Statistics from Google Trend states that the all time top three blog trending regions are from Asian countries such as Singapore, India and Philippines (refer to picture on the right).

Certain countries have different types of blogs that prevails longer than the others. For instance, Malaysian readers are more inclined towards food and personal blogs which are also result in their extended blogging lifespan. BestBlogsAsia has proved itself by providing readers with new in sights on Malaysia's most influential bloggers, which consist of Kenny Sia, Liew CF and Hotscreensaver. The mentioned bloggers are known for their blogs that are personal, tech savvy, and food related respectively.

As for American blogs, the TIME Online have coughed up a list full of the bests in their country. Raging from health & fitness blogs to community art project blogs, the variety of these jaw dropping phenomenons are just too addictive for the eyes. Zenhabbits, PostSecrets and ClimateProgress are the best three blogs that TIME Online has chosen and all of them have their very own upsides.

Judging by the different types of blogs in the different countries, we can see that the mixture of these blogs covers a whole lot of ground. It's good new for the community as we all can relate and learn from these internet masters. With the help of personal, tech savvy, food, health & fitness, art and political blogs, we'll be able to pick up detailed experiences with only a click on of a button. Thus, making everything less complicated and cheap. This would also help the community to be much more knowledgeable and understanding in every aspect imaginable.

Reference
BlogPulse 2011, 'Blog Pulse Stats', viewed 20 August 2011, <http://www.blogpulse.com/>.

Google Trends 2011, Google Trend, viewed 20 August 2011,<http://www.google.com/trends?q=blog+trends&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0>.

BestBlogsAsia 2009, 'Most Influential Bloggers in Malaysia', BestBlogsAsia, viewed 21 March 2011<http://www.bestblogs.asia/influential-bloggers-malaysia.php>.

TIME 2010, Time Online, viewed 21 August 2011, <http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1999770,00.html>.