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Here is a follow up to my previous post about Swedish blogs vs MSM in terms of inbound sources and inbound links. I have added one or two A-list blogs that were not included last time. Apart from that, the main difference is that some media have seen a significant increase in inbound sources and links since last time. I don’t know if it is due to the fact that some big media have introduced their own blogs since then, or if it is just temporary mood swings at Technorati. Red is for media, green is for blogs. And as always, stats are fun, but use with an appropriate amount of skepticism.

Footnote: mymarkup.net includes several blogs under the same domain. Source: Technorati.com

Journalist Fredrik Virtanen has been nominated for the Swedish IT prize Guldmusen (the Golden Mouse) for his “innovative” use of blogs. His quit-smoking-blog at Aftonbladet.se has had thousands of visitors since its inception. No wonder Sweden is in dire straits as an IT nation if that’s the best we’ve got. Are there no Swedish Dan Gillmors, Arianna Huffingtons or David Sifrys out there? This is not aimed at you Fredrik, but what a load of boloney.

Fans of Star Wars can start their own blog at StarWars.com. It’s a great way to get devoted fans to spread the word about Episode III. And to get them to pay for a membership since only members can start a blog.

Link via Micropersuasion.

PR blogger John Cass has initiated a corporate blogging survey. If you are a corporate blogger you can click here to take the survey.

A new day, a new media blog. Dagens Nyheter today launched it’s first blog. Andreas Ekström writes about the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. But I am surprised to see the lack of permalinks, RSS feeds, comments etc. You know the drill by know. How come it is so hard for mainstream media to get these things right? Aren’t they experts in publishing? Andreas has his own blog, so I had high hopes this would be a proper blog. Now it is just a diary.

Also, see Journalisten about the definition of blogs (in Swedish).

Yet another Swedish journalist starts blogging. Lotta Gröning, editor of Aftonbladet’s opinion pages launched her blog today. It is complete with RSS, permalinks, comments and she links to external sources. You’re doing it the right way, Lotta.

Update: And Helle Klein too (at the same paper). Link via Johan Norberg.