Dave Sifry, CEO of Technorati, has another of his
series on the evolution of the blogosphere up on his site.  Most interesting to mere were the results on
the dominant languages of blogging.

Here are his key takeaways (quoted directly):

- Technorati is now
tracking more than 57 Million blogs.

- Spam-, splog- and
sping-fighting efforts at Technorati are paying dividends in terms of the reduction
of garbage in our indexes, even if it does seem to impact overall growth rates.

- Today, the
blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days.

- About 100,000 new
weblogs were created each day, again down slightly quarter-over-quarter but
probably due in part to spam fighting efforts.

- About 4% of new
splogs get past Technorati’s filters, even if it is only for a few hours or
days.

- There is a strong
correlation between the aging and post frequency of blogs and their authority
and Technorati ranking.

- The globalization
of the blogosphere continues. Our data appears to show both English and Spanish
languages are a more universal blog language than the other two most dominant
language, Japanese and Chinese, which seem to be more regionally localized.

- Coincident with a
rise in blog posts about escalating Middle East
tensions throughout the summer and fall, Farsi has moved into the top 10
languages of the blogosphere, indicating that blogging continues to play a
critical role in debates about the important issues of our times.