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I first came across this image in Discover Magazine [click to enlarge]. The blogosphere has been attempted to be mapped several times but tying it to geographic boundaries often belies its global roots. Just because you are an Indian doesn’t necessarily mean you read only Indian blogs, right? This image is based on links between blogs which is largely how the blogosphere works. The light blue lines show one-way links whereas the dark blue lines show two-way or reciprocal links.
If you read a particular blog more often than others, you are more likely to link to it. Of course, Indian blogs may link more often to other Indian blogs but that is not merely because of the regional aspect but mostly due to the topical relevance. Many Indian tech bloggers are widely read and linked to by other notable international tech bloggers.
The interesting thing about this image is the way in which it segregates blogging communities. The Livejournal Community which is very vibrant but insular is shown on the top right. There are plenty of intra-community links but hardly any links going out or to the community from other parts of the blogosphere. If you know anything about Live Journal, you know that is absolutely true. The other isolated communities are sports blogs (on the right) and pronography-related communites (on the left) with very few inbound links but some outbound links. The huge blob of dark blue in the center is a closely-knit community of political bloggers who rave and rant on current affairs and often link to each other for support.
Check out the article to read more details on the image.
by Patrix | on Monday, May 7th, 2007 at 6:17 pm | 
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