How Many Blogs Does the World Need?

NEW YORK, NY - Hat tip to Steve Rubel (of course), who "FriendFed" this article from Time.  I love Dave Winer's awesome response to Steve ...

"When anyone asks a question about blogs, try substituting phones and see if the question still makes sense. I have two phones, at times I've had more. I have one blog right now, but again, at times I've had more. It's almost like asking how many word processing documents or spreadsheets does the world need?"

Here's my hip shot:

1. 8.5 million small businesses in the USA who need one, ...
2. plus the millions of company employees in their 20's whom, according to the US Dept of Labor, are changing jobs every 18 months -- meaning that the job hunt has gone from an event to a continuous process (thanks, Penelope, for the great piece in this month's Human Resource Executive 2009 Forecast), ...
3. plus the number of mid-sized and up companies who need blogs for a.) every product line, not to mention b.) employee branding, and c.) every international market in which they compete ...
4. plus all of the over-50 job seekers who are struggling to maintain their relevance in a changing world, ...
5. for starters.

So, another 100 million?  Hey, readers: Any guesses?
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Comments

[www.freefor15.com]

The worlds blog count will continue to rise as the quality of the material will drop. Then there will be a sudden crash of sorts for blogs and internet users and then we will start all over.

Erik
http://www.freefor15.com

[Mike Lally]

Harry! I'd like to add teachers to your count. I know of a few that use blogs to communicate to both students and parents. (All grade levels...up to and including college.) What a great tool! Students can ask questions (even annonymously).

Hey...is there a direct link for the Penelope article. Love her. Wondering if I missed it on her blog but just not seeing it. Could totally be user error. :)