In an article by The Observer, the world's 50 most powerful blogs are listed and discussed in detail. On the one hand, the reader is offered the top-ranked Huffington Post, which revolutionized the political blogosphere into a mainstream news entity. On the other hand, you have the frivolous cultural novelties - like "lego reconstructions of pop videos and cakes baked in the shape of iPods" - presented by the blog Boing Boing. Perezhilton retains a prominent spot on the list by raking celebrities over the coals via gossip and hearsay, while Chocolate and Zucchini offers food recipes and cooking styles to thousands of its followers.
The blogosphere appears very diverse in its subject matter. What's interesting is how incredibly wide-ranging the world's top-tier blogs actually are. I expected the majority of them to be of a strictly world news or political nature. And while surfing websites pertaining to the outrageous lives of Hollywood stars and the nonsensical creations of harebrained pop artists may result in no more than hours of wasted time and a pair of bloodshot eyes, it's refreshing to know that nonsense still has a place in peoples' everyday lives.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/09/blogs
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