February 19, 2007
Abandoned Blogs - Drawback of Web 2.0?
Gartner, a technology analysis firm, estimates that 200 million blogs are abandoned worldwide. It also predicts a peak of 100 million active blogs in 2007. (Source: American Library, February 2007, p.18)
This is one drawback that libraries, information professionals, and Internet users will have to accept or overcome. With this new push for user-created information, also comes user apathy over the long term.
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