With more and more people jumping on the internet and blogging, we should know about the content and the information on various blogs.If you’re a writer,reader or a blogger you’ll find daily doses of information, invention and discovery at these excellent blogs:
This blog is an American liberal news website and aggregated weblog founded by Arianna Huffington and Kenneth Lerer, featuring various news sources and the green movement including sections devoted to politics, entertainment, media, living, business.
URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Founder : Arianna Huffington,Kenneth Lerer
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Type of site : News & blogging
Traffic statistics: 8.9 million visitors in march,2009
Awards:
– named among the 25 Best Blogs of 2009 by Time Magazine.
– won the 2006 and 2007 Webby Awards for Best Politics Blog.
– ranked the most powerful blog in the world by The Observer.
2. TechCrunch
TechCrunch is a blog about Web 2.0 products and companies. Moreoverthis blog is now affiliated with several other websites.
URL: http://www.techcrunch.com
Founder: Michael Arrington.
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Type of site :Web 2.0 Blog
Traffic statistics: 1,870,680 visitors in march,2009
Awards:
– Technorati rank : 3rd most favourite blog
– As of January 10, 2009,1,808,000 web feed subscribers.
3. Engadget
Engadget is a multilingual technology weblog and podcast about consumer electronics.It deals with articles on gadgets and consumer electronics. It also posts rumors about the technological world, frequently offers opinion within its stories, and produces the weekly Engadget Podcast that covers tech and gadget news stories that happened during the week.
URL: http://www.engadget.com
Founder: Peter Rojas
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Type of site : Weblog
Traffic statistics: 2,498,451 unique visitors
Awards:
– 2004 Bloggie for Best Technology Weblog
– 2005 Bloggies for Best Computers or Technology Weblog
– Best Group Weblog
– won Best Tech Blog in the 2004 and 2005 Weblog Awards.
4. Boing Boing
Boing Boing is a weblog of cultural curiosities and interesting technologies. It’s the most popular blog in the world, as ranked by Technorati.com, and won the Lifetime Achievement and Best Group Blog awards at the 2006 Bloggies ceremony. This blog comes with:
– Boing Boing Gadgets
– Boing Boing TV
-Violet Blue controversy
URL: http://www.boingboing.net
Founder: Mark Frauenfelder
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Type of site: Group blog
Traffic statistics: 1,889,469 unique visitors
Awards:
5. Mashable
Mashable is a leading tech blog focused on Web 2.0 and Social Networking news. Mashable is an Internet news blog with more than 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the most prolific blog reviewing new Web sites and services, publishing breaking news on what’s new on the web.Mashable regularly writes about MySpace, YouTube, Facebook, Google, Twitter and startups.
URL: http://www.mashable.com
Founder:Pete Cashmore
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Type of site: social networking news
Traffic statistics: 1,692,238 unique visitors
Awards:
– winners of the first Open Web Awards.
– winners in the People’s Choice component.
6. http://www.lifehacker.com
Lifehacker is an advertising-supported weblog about life hacks and software which launched on January 31, 2005.It covers Microsoft Windows, Mac, and Linux programs as well as time-saving tips and tricks.
URL: http://www.lifehacker.com
Founder: Gina Trapani
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Type of site: Technical news and information
Traffic statistics: 1,717,863 unique visitors
Awards:
7. Ars Technica
Its a technology-related website that caters to computer enthusiasts, covering technology, science, and gaming news along with editorial comment and analysis.Ars Technica specializes in original news and reviews, analysis of technology trends, and expert advice on topics ranging from the most fundamental aspects of technology.
URL: http://arstechnica.com
Founder: Ken Caesar Fisher
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Type of site: Technical news and information
Traffic statistics: 1,169,340 unique visitors
Awards:
– ten million posts and 100,000 registered forum users are associated with this blog.
– famous for its blog style and presentation.
8. Gizmodo
Gizmodo is a technology weblog about consumer electronics. It deals with all the information regarding all the gadgets and gizmos across Europe with different contents in french,German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
URL: http://gizmodo.com
Founder: Peter Rojas
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Type of site: Technical information
Traffic statistics: 2,098,604 unique visitors
Awards:
– captured the first photos from the floor of CES 2007
– Gizmodo was thefavorite gadget blog of Steve Jobs.
Smashing magazine is a website and blog that offers resources and advice to web developers and web designers.Basically,it evaluates software, applications, and web-based tools that are targeted at web designers and developers.It also offers free fonts, icons, and templates for downloading.
URL: http://www.smashingmagazine.com
Founder: Sven Lennartz and Vitaly Friedman.
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Type of site: :Resources for web developers.
Traffic statistics:929,189 visitors
Awards:
– Alexa ranking of 10,338
10. BloggingStocks
Blogging stocks deals with all the information and the contents related to stock exchange and all the marketing upgrades and downgrades. apart from these things this blog has all the analyst opinions and reviews regarding all the marketing strategies.
URL: http://www.bloggingstocks.com
Founder:
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Type of site: Information
Note:Will wait for fue more blogs, to featured in next post.Feel free to drop in your blog urls.
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