The State of the Manchester blogosphere
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This report analyzes the state of blogging in Manchester across five sectors: Manchester-centric, personal, art and culture, news and politics, and digital and PR. Data was collected on over 350 blogs from August 2010, including metrics like posts per month, age, links, and social media presence. On average, Manchester blogs are hosted on Blogger, created in 2007, and have 10 posts per month. Most blogs feature images and have a Twitter profile linked from the homepage. When analyzing blogs by sector, personal blogs average 14 posts per month and were created in 2007, while news and politics blogs average 56 posts and were created in 2008.
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- 1. The State of the Manchester Blogosphere www.delineo.com http://twitter.com/delineo
- 3. The Google search ‘Manchester blog’ returns 84,100,000 results
- 4. In 2006, the first annual Manchester Blog Awards were held to celebrate Manchester’s rich blogging culture
- 6. Personal
- 10. Blogs were sourced from blog rolls, personal recommendations and listing websites
- 12. Has 10 posts per month
- 14. 35% of blogs embed videos from YouTube/Vimeo
- 15. 60% of blogs have a Twitter profile on the home pageinsight
- 16. Manchester-centric blogs This category examines blogs which concentrate on events or experiences in Manchester
- 17. insight Content The average Manchester-centric blog has 14 posts per month Most posts per month
- 18. Blog Type 18% WordPress 18% Other 64% Blogger Incoming links
- 19. The average blog in the Manchester-centric category has a PageRank of 4 insight 100% of blogs surveyed used images in blog posts
- 20. 65% of blogs in this category had a Twitter presence on the home page 70% of blogs in this category did not include videos in posts insight
- 21. Age The average blog in this category was set up in May 2008 insight
- 22. Personal blogs This category examines blogs which have a personal focus
- 23. insight Content The average personal blog has 14 posts per month Most posts per month
- 24. Blog type 40% WordPress 10% Other 50% Blogger Incoming links
- 25. The average blog in the personal category has a PageRank of 3 insight 100% of blogs surveyed used images in posts
- 26. 67% of blogs in this category had a Twitter presence on the home page 50% of blogs in this category included videos in posts insight
- 27. Age The average blog in this category was set up in May 2007 insight
- 28. Art and culture blogs This category examines blogs which concentrate on art and culture
- 29. insight Content The average art and culture blog has 9 posts per month Most posts per month
- 30. Blog type 12% WordPress 82% Blogger Incoming links
- 31. The average blog in the arts and culture category has a PageRank of 3 insight 89% of blogs surveyed used images in posts
- 32. 77% of blogs in this category had a Twitter presence on the home page 82% of blogs in this category did not include videos in posts insight
- 33. Age The average blog in this category was set up in September 2007 insight
- 34. News and politics blogs This category examines blogs which concentrate on news and politics
- 35. insight Content The average news and politics blog has 56 posts per month Most posts per month
- 36. Blog type 63% WordPress 24% Other 13% Blogger Incoming links
- 37. The average blog in the news and politics category has a PageRank of 4 insight 75% of blogs surveyed used images in posts
- 38. 50% of blogs in this category had a Twitter presence on the home page 75% of blogs in this category did not include videos in posts insight
- 39. Age The average blog in this category was set up in July 2008 insight
- 40. Digital and PR blogs This category examines blogs which concentrate on digital and PR issues
- 41. insight Content The average digital and PR blog has 8posts per month Most posts per month
- 42. Blog type 71% WordPress 17% Other 12% Blogger Incoming links
- 43. The average blog in the digital and PR category has a PageRank of 3 insight 100% of blogs surveyed used images in posts
- 44. 94% of blogs in this category had a Twitter presence on the home page 65% of blogs in this category did not include videos in posts insight
- 45. Age The average blog in this category was set up in July 2008 insight
- 46. Contact us Email: web@delineo.com Web:www.delineo.com Phone: 0161 839 6289 Twitter: @delineo Copyright 2010 Delineo