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Power curves in action

We've started having a look at the data we're generating in conjunction with our readers and the results are pretty fascinating.  For instance we've been playing around with geographic data based upon IP addresses in preparation for Jeff Clavier's cool SDForum Search SIG event next Tuesday.  Scott Rafer is going to attend and show off a fun mashup we're working on and the data going into it is too cool.

We are now reporting on blog usage by readers in 137 countries across the over 14,000 blogs we monitor.  We've known for ages that we're big in Japan (tonight) but it's exciting and a bit humbling to find that we're now reaching folks in Iran, Slovakia, Maldavia and Namibia.

As expected, there's a power curve involved here -- the top 10% of the countries result in nearly 84% of the traffic.  But this represents an outstanding opportunity moving forward.  If you've got a blog that caters to international readers, sign up for a MyBlogLog account already.  We're going to be doing some exciting reporting in the near future and there's an opportunity to make your and your readers' voices heard.

(Tags: MyBlogLog | Global | Search SIG | Jeff Clavier | Scott Rafer)