BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: Blogosphere

  • the World Wide Web environment in which bloggers communicate with each other

Wiktionary Definition for: Blogosphere

  • # Internet The totality of blogs, especially the unique jargons, cultures and shared interests created by their interconnection.

Additional Resources

Technorati State Of The Blogosphere 2009 - Day One
Technorati have started to publish the 2009 results of their annual ' State Of The Blogosphere' survey – today is day one and findings will be released in 5 parts across this week. The Technorati 'State Of The Blogosphere' research was an internet survey that ran from...
Tags: blogging, Blog, Technorati, Blogosphere
News items 2009-10-20
Technorati Documents the Exploding Blogosphere
Technorati is releasing its fifth annual "State of the Blogosphere" report this week, and some of the initial numbers are eye-popping.  According to comScore MediaMetrix, blogs are reaching 77.7 million unique users in the U.S. as of August. Over three-quarters of active Internet users around the world (346 million) read...
Tags: Technorati, Blog, Blogosphere, Blogging, Internet, David Weir
Blog posts 2008-09-23
Looking into the State of the Blogosphere
Technorati's 2009 State of the Blogosphere report is due to come out Monday, but attendees at the BlogWorld Expo including WebProNews got a preview from Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra.First and foremost, Jalichandra says the "State of the Blogosphere is strong." Some have suggested that it might be dying due to...
Tags: Blogger, Blog, Twitter Inc.
News items 2009-10-16
Sun and NetApp's IP War: Clogging the Blogosphere
Its war between Sun Microsystems and Network Appliance, and the blogosphere is the battleground -- for now. Here's the breakdown of events: *Sun accused NetApp of infringing on its patent copyrights and demanded $36 million. *NetApp denied doing so, and then filed a law suit against...
Tags: Storage, NetApps, NetApp, Blogosphere, IP, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Hardware, Lori Deschene
Blog posts 2007-10-25
Enter the Blogosphere
Enter the BlogosphereHow do I??I am very new to the concept of blogging and have read blogs, but how does not go about getting a blog of there own? Also how would a blog help my business??Thanks so much for anyones feedback.WordPressYou might want to start here: http://wordpress.com/ for information...
Tags: blog, blogosphere
Discussion threads 2007-04-19
'Blogosphere' expands 100-fold in three years: study
PARIS AFP — Fifty million blogs -- online multi-media journals -- were tracked on the Internet last month, a 100-fold increase over three years, according to a new study published online. Technorati, a website devoted to tracking the growth of the worldwide "blogosphere", claims their number has doubled every...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, blog, Blogging, blogosphere, INTERNET, Technorati
Research articles 2006-08-11
Blogosphere fills with 9/11 memories and more
PARIS AFP — Five years to the day from the September 11 attacks, the international blogosphere filled with a litany of poignant memories, personal tributes, political harangues and pleas for peace. In the US, hundreds of bloggers signed up to the "2996 project" in which Internet diarists are matched with...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, America, blogger, Blogging, blogosphere, INTERNET, memory, Paris
Research articles 2006-09-11
Gift laptops from Microsoft ignite 'blogosphere' controversy
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — Laptops that Microsoft sent free to authors of popular weblogs had the 'blogosphere' abuzz with controversy regarding the propriety of the gifts. In recent weeks Microsoft and chip-maker Advanced Micro Devices have sent Acer Ferrari laptop computers to a total of 90 bloggers so they could...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, blog, blogger, Blogging, blogosphere, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2006-12-29
Apocalypse now on the US blogosphere
There is a world, increasingly driven by unreason, in which voices in the wilderness denounce each other as 'traitors', cry out that 'all I want is no more Islam near me', or allege that Prince Charles is 'waiting in the wings to declare the UK a Muslim country the minute...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Blogging, blogosphere, INTERNET, Iraq
Research articles 2006-12-02
Centocor joins its parent company in blogosphere
CENTOCOR LAUNCHED itself into the blogosphere with the debut of its corporate blog at cnto411.com. Melissa Katz, a Centoco spokeswoman, told MM&M the corporate blog aims to serve as a forum for discussion on issues relevant to the industry and not a platform for sounding off on Centocor products. "I...
Tags: Centocor Inc.
Research articles 2008-04-01
Liberal Blogosphere Proves Trivially Easy to Destroy
Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one. After hackers took down SoapBlox, a one-man blog-hosting company which runs local political websites, a silenced liberal commentariat found out how true that was. SoapBlox grew out of Scoop, the software used on DailyKos, Markos Moulitsas's left-of-center superblog. Paul Preston,...
News items 2009-08-07
Coming Soon: an Updated Site Design
If you're not interested in Web site design, stop reading right here. If you are... take a peek at my redesign, featuring an "illustration" of yours truly. I've gotten positive and negative feedback on the illustration. Mostly negative. So we've decided to put a headshot there instead. The illustration...
Tags: Facebook, Blog, LinkedIn, illustration, Twitter Inc., Technorati
News items 2009-10-21
Regator for iPhone: The Web's Trending Topics in Your Pocket
Regator aggregates the most popular blog posts on the web, and you can use the online service to explore and share great blog content. Starting today, however, you can also use your iPhone to do the same. Regator for the iPhone [iTunes link] is a newly released app that puts...
Tags: Apple iPhone, app, Blog
News items 2009-08-18
Blogging is Not for Every Company
There are a number of impassioned blog advocates out there trying to slap some sense into the organizations aren't blogging (or better participating in "conversational" marketing approaches). Brian Solis (author of PR 2.0) -- for example -- mixes no words when pointing out the missed opportunities of not participating....
Tags: corporate blog, Travis Van, Marketing, Internet, Blog, Marketing Research, Blogging
Blog posts 2007-09-27
Reporters' Notebook; Behind the news with Crain's writers.(The Insider)(Forest City Enterprises Inc. reports loss)(TRG Studios does amrketing by offering coffee)
Guess this George failed the Bush loyalty test U.S. Sen. George Voinovich ignited outrage last week among conservative activists when he held up the nomination of John Bolton as United Nations ambassador. The blogosphere of the right blasted the Guess this...
Tags: notebook
Research articles 2005-04-25
Blogger Promotes The CU Difference In Online Forum Aimed At Consumers
If credit unions want some free positive press, they need look no further than the blogosphere.Max Anderson posted a lengthy homage to CUs on the consumersavvytips.org page titled "The Credit Union vs the Bank: Is A Credit Union Better Than A Traditional If credit unions want some free positive...
Tags: bank, Blogger
Research articles 2006-11-13
TALES FROM THE RED CARPET GET HP EMPLOYEES BLOGGING
Use a light-hearted approach to encourage employees into the blogosphereUse a light-hearted approach to encourage employees into the blogosphere
Tags: blogging, Hewlett-Packard Co.
Research articles 2007-08-01
FEI Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 blog: any comments?(web services)(Brief article)
FEI joined the "blogosphere" two years ago with a dedicated blog on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404. The blog provides a wealth of real-time information relating to Section 404, including: Securities and Exchange Commission SEC and Public Comp FEI joined the "blogosphere" two years ago with a ...
Tags: blog, SEC, Section 404, Web, Web service
Research articles 2006-07-01
ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE
Consumers * Are you a blogger of the blogosphere? According to Merriam-Webster Online, a "blog" is a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and, often, hyperlinks provided by the writer. "The blogosphere" is the collective term encompassing all weblogs or blogs, according to Wikipedia, the...
Tags: blog, Blogging, environment, Government, International Energy Agency, INTERNET, Leadership, petroleum
Research articles 2005-10-01
How to Market Yourself on the Web
Now that every person with a browser and an idea has staked a corner of the Web, it seems impossible for a business owner to stand out from the crowd. With that in mind, Internet-marketing company HubSpot has prepared four videos and an e-book designed to help you "get found"...
Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Social Media, Video, E-book, Corporate Communications, Search, Marketing, Rick Broida
Blog posts 2009-03-10