Tag archive: Dave Winer

Based on the rapid growth rate demonstrated by the leading services, Perseus expects the number of hosted blogs created to exceed 53.4 million by the end of 2005. Segmentation of Key Blog Hosting Services Perseus prepared a segmentation of the key blog hosts by analyzing the sites on two dimensions – momentum (new user accounts averaged over the life of the service) and longevity (length of time operational) – establishing four… Read More

After facing a virtual mob of outraged Webloggers following his abrupt shutdown of the weblogs.com service, Dave Winer says he has a transition plan for former users of the free Weblog site. In an online posting Thursday, Winer said the weblogs.com sites will be transferred to a new domain, buzzword.com, which will be run by author Rogers Cadenhead. The sites will be hosted for free until mid-September, in what Winer calls a… Read More