Results: Survey of Members of Blog Sisters
As indicated by Tables 1 and 2, the respondents of the survey were mostly college-educated women in their late thirties living in the United States. They have been active bloggers for an average of two years and seven months.
Table 1: Demographic Data on members of Blog Sisters
| Age | Location | Education Level | |||
| Mode | 41 | United States | 19 | Some High School | 1 |
| Median | 42.5 | Canada | 1 | Some College | 4 |
| Mean | 39 | France | 1 | Some Graduate School | 3 |
| Range | 22-63 | The Netherlands | 1 | Master’s Degree | 9 |
| Ph.D. (one ABD) | 2 | ||||
Table 2: Length of time Blog Sisters have read weblogs and kept weblogs
| Read Weblogs | Kept Weblogs | ||
| Mode | 1 yr. | Mode | 1 yr. |
| Median | 2 yrs., 7 mo. | Median | 2 yrs., 7 mo. |
| Mean | 1 yr., 10 mo. | Mean | 1 yr. 4 mo. |
| Range | 2 mo. to 5 yrs. | Range | 3 mo. to 5 yrs. |
Table 3: Answers to the question "What does the term "blogging community" mean to you?
| Definitions of Blogging Community | Celebrity(reference to fame, high volume of traffic, many readers) | Small Clusters (“My friends and I,” or people in a geographical region) | Tool-centered (those who use Blogger, Xanga, who are listed on Daypop) | Like-minded (Writers who share mutual interests, political views) | Term is not meaningful |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Table 4: Answers to question "Do you consider yourself an active member of the blogging community? Why or why not?
| Yes (Posts to blog frequently) | Yes (Publicizes blog by linking to others in posts and on blogrolls; leaves comments on other blogs) | No (Keeps a blog for herself) | No (Doesn’t publicize blog by blogrolling, commenting, and linking to others’ blogs) |
| 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
Table 5: Answers to question “If you answered no to the previous question, would you like to be more well-known in the blogging community? If so, what do you think it would take for you to get the same level of attention as the ‘A-list bloggers’?”
| Desire to be well-known blogger? | Yes(Needs to be more active in commenting/linking to others) | No(Doesn’t write about just one topic, as many A-Listers do) | No (Satisfied with her level of fame/number of readers) | No(No desire to be; doesn’t want the attention) | No (Just does it for herself) |
| 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
