This is page 77 of the blogging news archives.

Bloggers Debate the Importance of A-lists (August 3, 2005): Discussion of the importance or over-importance of the A-lists was reignited by the BlogHer conference discussion about the lack of women listed on the blogosphere A-lists (like the Technorati 100).

Blogosphere Expanding at Rate of One Blog Per Second (August 2, 2005): The blogosphere is expanding at the rate of 1 bps or one blog per second.

Blogs Popular Because of What They Don't Have (August 2, 2005): Blogs are popular because of frequent updates and great content but they may also be popular because of what they do not contain.

Al Gore Launches Current TV (August 2, 2005): Reuters reports that former U.

BlogHer Debate: Women and Blog A-lists (July 30, 2005): At the BlogHer conference they are debating the importance of the various blogging A-lists and how there are not very many women bloggers on them.

How Beijing Censors the Blogosphere (July 30, 2005): Try to blog "Falun Gong" in China's censored blogosphere and it is converted instantly to gibberish.

Yahoo Promotes User-Submitted Video with Yammy Awards (July 29, 2005): Yahoo is promoting user-submitted videos with a new contest called The Yammys (Yahoo's Video Search Awards).

Kids + Blogs = OK (July 28, 2005): There are lots of articles appearing in newspapers about how blogs and the Internet are putting kids at risk.

Google, AOL and Start.com Let Users Add RSS Feeds (July 28, 2005): Google is allowing users to add RSS feeds to its personalized homepage service that so far has no name (like My Yahoo).

Technorati Improves Performance and Adds Languages (July 28, 2005): David Sifry, the founder and CEO of Technorati, writes on his blog that Technorati has launched a new language service on Technorati that lets users search by language as an additioal option.

Mainstream Media Tries to Blog (July 27, 2005): Variety's Brian Lowry reports on some of mainstream media's attempts at blogging and he isn't impressed: Lowry also explains how difficult it would be to blog "events like press tour or the network upfronts.

87% of Teens Used Internet in 2004 (July 27, 2005): 87% of all teenagers used the Internet in 2004 according to a new Teens and Technology report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Forbes Anoints the Best of the Blogosphere (July 27, 2005): Forbes.

Gravatar Provides Avatars for Blogs (July 26, 2005): A gravatar is an 80x80 pixel icon that you can use to identify yourself when you post comments on a blog that accepts gravatars.

Toxic Weblog Fears Expand to Include All Free Hosting Sites (July 26, 2005): Websense Security Labs, an Internet security firm, has warned that free blogging and photo hosting websites are being used to spread malicious code onto personal computers.

Survey: Most Bloggers Blog For Fun, Not Money (July 25, 2005): This survey asked readers about the primary reason they have a blog. Money was not the top response.

CNET Launches Blogma Blog (July 25, 2005): CNET has launched Blogma, a new blog that will go with the tech media company's 28 other blogs.

Tech Companies Doing Brunt of Corporate Blogging (July 25, 2005): An Inside Bay Area article about corporate blogging mentions the blogs by Boeing, GM and Stony Brook Farms -- which are probably three of the most frequently mentioned corporate blogs.

Blog Costs Magazine Editor Her Jobs (July 23, 2005): The New York Post reports that Nadine Haobsh lost her job as associate beauty editor at Ladies' Home Journal and was turned down by another job at Seventeen because of her blog.

U.S. Cities and States Promote Tourism With Blogs (July 22, 2005): A USA Today article discusses travel blogs that are being used by the tourism offices in Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Pennsylvania.