The first BlogWorld Expo is scheduled for Nov. 8 in Las Vegas.

I suppose that’s more evidence that the blogosphere is real - it has its own trade show.

Here at Blogsmonroe.com, our own little piece of the pie, we’re certainly enjoying the ride. Our traffic increased another 20 percent last month, up to more than 137,000 page views. The leading blog, LunaPierCook, received more than 20,000 page views itself.

 Here are some national stats from the Blog World Expo Web site:

Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.

More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.

Over 57 million Americns read blogs.

1.7 million American adults list making money as one of the reasons they blog.

89% of companies surveyed say they think blogs will be more important in the next five years.

9% of internet users say they have created blogs .

6% of the entire US adult population has created a blog .

Technorati is currently tracking over 70 million blogs .

There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day .

22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs .

120,000 new blogs are created every day .

37% of blog readers began reading blogs in 2005 or 2006 .

51% of blog readers shop online .

Blog readers average 23 hours online each week

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