So, what was the blogosphere talking about in 2005? The results are in, according to a year-end review from Intelliseek’s BlogPulse.com.
In summary, Intelliseek’s BlogPulse.com noted some of the following trends amongst bloggers:
- Michael Jackson and Britney Spears topped the entertainment chatter.
- Boing Boing and Engadget were the two most popular blogs.
- Sin City was the most talked about movie.
- The online encyclopedia Wikipedia was most referenced to for podcasts and Hurricane Katrina.
- The top online news source cited by bloggers was Yahoo! News.
“Blogs have emerged as a worldwide phenomenon that touches nearly every aspect of everyday life, commerce, technology, media, entertainment, politics — even the coverage of natural disastersand news events, such as Hurricane Katrina and the London bombings,” said Sundar Kadayam, chief technology officer for Intelliseek, which hosts the BlogPulse.com search engine and analysis tool.