Analyzing the Persian Blogosphere: New Results
By Kamangir • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Blogging, Didish, Features, Iran, Lead StoryAlthough, recently I have been quiet about my blogging projects, including Didish and Feed Counter, I have been steadily working on the twins.
The aggregation module in Didish is now a local tool, as opposed to the previously-used web-based Gregarius which was strangling Kamangir’s host as the number of links grew bigger. The project’s interface is now extensively more elaborate, at last using a php-based dynamically-rendered presentation.
The latest weekly report shows that Radio Zamaneh is still on top, followed by BBC Persian, which is being closed on by the Persian blog 1Pzeshk.com. Then comes the Persian companion of this blog and in the fifth place by Nikahang Kowsar, the Iranian cartoonist. The complete list can be found here. For more graphs visit here.
For those looking for more information, collected over the pace of longer periods of time, the latest trend report can be found here.
As a companion to Didish, Feed Counter collects information about the readership of feeds in the Persian blogosphere. Recently, input from Persian bloggers has helped extend the database of this project. The latest report can be found here.
This was the short version. For the longer version follow the links and if you didn’t find what you were looking for, please drop me a line.
p.s. I’ll be joining Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008 Conference next week, through video chat, on the panel for Breaking the Silence: Iranians Find a Voice on the Internet.
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