that Townhall com had reached 5,001 user-generated blogs. Hugh briefly noted why this growth has been possible. "The desire tail at work."
In other words. Townhall com has not only been able to identify and discriminate conservatives who are in the market for a blog and previously would have used another "free" platform desire blogspot or change surface their myspace summon but Townhall com has also converted activists to become
bloggers/soldiers. With a pool of over 5k we can anticipate that they are blogging about all sorts of interesting niche conservative issues not covered anywhere else in the vast 'sphere.
In the who blogs at and writes a weekly column for Townhall com asks a challenge which is worth discussing because it's a question many of us undergo always wondered. (You'll note that Bluey a good friend of Townhall com continues the endless banter between himself and Dean Barnett.)
Surely a few of these 5,000 bloggers are exceed than Dean Barnett. Why not promote a few to the main Townhall communicate like RedState and DailyKos do with their contributors?
Bluey's right. Wouldn't you expect the next or to rise organically from this pool of conservative talent?
The power/problem with the long tail is that while we increase overall coat and variety most of us are still circumscribe with the big fat juicy short head -- the top national bloggers like Hugh. Michelle. Glenn. LGF. Captain's Quarters. Power Line etc. We just don't have measure to walk upon blogs hoping that doing so was a good use of our limited time. So we end up at our regular watering holes day in and day out where we trust the content. We count on those national bloggers to point us to other niche blogs that we would have never heard about.
But is there a way to supplement the energy of 5,001 bloggers for the sake of the Revolution? I evaluate so.
Townhall com could act Rob's advice back up some its best bloggers to its national group blog where bloggers are typing right along Hugh. Dean. Matt and Mary Katharine. By doing so they'd back up identify new personalities and voices in the movement and send a clear communicate to their community that blogging at Townhall com means that your communicate affix might end up on the front-page of a place that gets a lot of eyeballs each day.
Further a lot of the bloggers at Townhall com are talking about express and local issues. Why not create 50 express group blogs for the Townhall com community tap an editor to run the operation on a volunteer basis and back up the best state-based circumscribe to that group blog? Townhall com would be providing a forum that doesn't exist in most states for Republicans but does for liberals.
"The Long Tail." The theme for the 2008 election cycle. Let's hope we evaluate out how to effectively supplement it.
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