As I discussed in depth on the Qumana Investor Blog, David Sifry has released the latest in his quarterly State of the Blogosphere reports.

This kind of growth is nothing short of astounding and a serious question is "can it keep going?".  Personally I think it's a yes and no answer.  Yes for the short-medium term. No, of course, for the long-term.  Let's consider the growth of the web itself.  It grew extremely rapidly, then just reached a point where the "easy sites" had been done.  This is fine, there will be continued growth for years to come, just maybe not at a 6 month doubling rate!  How long at this rate?  I'm guessing at least through the end of this year.  Lots of individuals and small businesses haven't jumped on the bandwagon and I expect they will over the next six months to one year.

What's next?  As Mark Evans and I have discussed: blog-vertising.

Tags: Technorati, blogosphere growth, blogvertising