This week's feature is a little off topic, but still in the realm of technology. As current technology develops, there seems to be more that we can do with it that we couldn't before. Take for example online shopping; if I were to tell you 10 years ago that sometime in the future you would be able to order something from half way across the world and not leave your bed, you would think I'm crazy. In this case, blogging seems to be catching a lot of attention in the past couple of years. Before when the internet was for surfing websites and researching companies, now there are many aspects to the internet. Today there are over 170 million public blogs - thats a lot of blogs when you come to think of it. The topics of these blogs range anything from personal to company profiles to cooking advise even some about toys and games. According to this article, a study was conducted and found that women make up 41% of the bloggers, up from 36% last year. Also according to the article "Traditional media see blogs as an opportunity to communicate in a more conversational voice, she said. Those outlets maintain ethical and professional standards in their online postings, but their blogs do "get to be edgy," Higgins said. But blogging remains largely a hobby for the vast majority of practitioners, as most can't afford to quit their day job. Only 4% of all bloggers say that online writing is their primary source of income. And for those who say they do it full-time, only 37% of those pros say their blogging work is their primary income, according to the study. As for being on a payroll, only 14% of bloggers receive a salary for blogging, with the average pay being $24,000 a year, the study said. The highest reported salary was $140,000.
For those bloggers who get paid for each posting they write, the majority receive less than $50 per post, and only 6% of professional bloggers get more than $250 per post, the study said.""
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