Micro Persuasion: Chinese Blogger Tops Technorati 100

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Chinese Blogger Tops Technorati 100

Blogger Sam Flemming saw something wrong with the Technorati 100. Chinese celebrity Xu Jing Lei was missing. So, he wrote a blog post on the issue and now we have a new #1 blogger. Boing Boing has been dethroned. Xu Jing Lei is now number one. Kudos to T'Rati for listening and reacting.

Given the rapid growth in blogging in other languages we're going to see a big shake-up in the so-called "A-list." Lots of bloggers in other countries, particularly Asia, are going to push the rest of us down the food chain. Good for them. The blogosphere is truly flat.

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How flat is it really? Doesn't the nature of feed-type news consumption aid "stagnancy" at the top of the blogosphere? Is it that much different than a magazine or newspaper subscription?

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Posted by:sharetipsinfo | Thursday, May 04, 2006 at 02:02 PM

When I noticed the new Technorati King (or Queen in this case), I was really surprised too. But on second thought, having a Chinese celebrity blog at number one is really not that surprising. About one fifth of the world's population is Chinese. A huge chunk of those people live outside the Great Firewall. So they are free to blog and read blogs without Chinese censorship.

China's economy and technology infrastructure is booming. So for those inside the Wall, it will only be a matter of time before the pressure is so great that the Wall will burst, putting more Chinese blogs at the top of the Technorati list. In other words, the Chinese government will just not have enough resources to maintain the Wall.

Posted by:Techie | Thursday, May 04, 2006 at 04:19 PM

If Xu, Jing Lei's blog can come on top, others will follow, e.g., Keso

Posted by:seesunshine | Thursday, May 04, 2006 at 06:10 PM

Asia is not a country.

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