Fernando Tricas Garcia and Juan JM Guervos talk about their Python-scripted tool, the Blogometro. They use it to analyze Spanish-speaking blogs.

There are about 1,500 postings a day. 1,160 blogs posted at least once during the last month. There are about 2,000 blogs. Much smaller than Poland but still a significant amount of activity. Among the popular links: Prestige. A popular blogger: MiniD. They say that, despite Clay Shirky, Spanish blogs don’t follow the power law yet.

Conclusions: They’re not yet clear about the size and extension of the Spanish blogosphere, but there are some clear centers.

Question: Why are there fifty times more weblogs in Poland than in Spain since they have the same population?

Milonas: Weblogs got a lot of publicity. It’s a part of the youth culture. Also, it’s cold in the winter.

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