24 Hours in the Blogosphere

The majority of weblog posting events are recorded and distributed by ping services. Weblogging is an international phenomenon, a fact reflected in the geographic information presented in many online profiles. By examining 24 hours of ping data from Weblogs.com, a popular ping server, and combining temporal analysis with URL decomposition and the profile information associated with webloggers, we can begin to understand a number of aspects of weblog posting behaviour.