PC World reports that More than 8 million U.S. citizens have created a Web-based diary, and one in 10, or around 14 million U.S. Internet users, has contributed thoughts or comments to a blog.
Blog readership jumped 58 percent between February and November, and comprised 32 million U.S. citizens in 2004.
Screen Pages believes that weblogs have an important role in the commercial and online retailing world.