In 1998 there were just a handful of sites of the type that are now identified as Blogs (so named by Jorn Barger in December 1997). "Blogs" is short for Web Logs and they are the online version of personal diaries, articles and journal enteries. And they're spreading fast. Rebecca's Pocket by Rebecca Blood, 2000
		In 1999 there were 23 known blogs. By 2000 they numbered in the thousands. Today they are expected to be in the multiple of hundreds of thousands. "weblogs: a history and perspective", Rebecca's Pocket by Rebecca Blood, 2000