These visuals represent the interactions among the blogging community.
The dense core at the center of the left figure represents those few thousand blogs that get the maximum link love. The visualization on the right is even more interesting.
You can divide that core into two regions - political blogs (in pink) and technology / gadget blogs. The pink lines represent reciprocal links or blogs linking to each each.
The researcher notes an apparent difference in culture between the tech and political blogs - the pink lines are much denser among the political blogs than they are among blogs focused on technology.
Credits: Technology Review, Matthew Hurst - Thanks Mrinal.
Related: Internet World Maps, Popular Social Networks
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/political-blogs-spread-more-link-love-than-tech-gadget-blogs/2807/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
That’s a weird coincidence…I was searching earlier today for a graphic I’d created and used on one of my blogs that I could no longer find and these very graphics appeared in the search results! Incidentally, I found the graphic and used it for an item on link
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Written by David Bradley on 04.02.08
This could be because political blogs often cite opinions quoting the source of the views expressed.
Written by 8ate on 04.02.08