BlogSecurity introduces an article by Sarah Turner:
Sarah Turner is a BA Hons in Business Studies and currently works as a Marketing Manager; she has speciliased in the IT security sector for almost 2 years.

About 120,000 new blogs are created worldwide each day, equating to roughly 1.4 for every second of every day. It’s no secret that blogging is en vogue at present and the volume of new blogs being created certainly reinforces that.

But what do so many people have to talk about? Why do so many new blogs appear every day?

I believe that depending on the type of person blogging, the reasons for their blogging can vary. For instance, for many teenagers there is certainly a peer element to blogging – their friends are so why shouldn’t they. Some people have a MySpace account just because their friends do rather than because it serves a particular purpose such as promoting their band. Some corporates create blogs to share interesting news or update customers with information; again, some do it because an increasing number of others do it.

Other blogs have clear purposes – for instance, BlogSecurity aims to discover and publicise security vulnerabilities found in blogging software in order to improve the quality and security of the software used.

Many professionals blog about their daily lives and there are very popular blogs by magistrates, teachers, police officers and firemen, which provide a fascinating insight into a variety of professions.

Blogs need to be sustainable; there are some who create a blog and enjoy updating it for a short time, but then lose interest – probably because they don’t really have much to talk about. So if you don’t have a blog and are thinking of creating one, think hard about whether you will be able to maintain your interest in it.

Security and privacy are massively important as part of the blog world, yet very few bloggers realise it. I have touched on these areas before in my previous articles, "Blogging and Privacy" and "Blog Censorship". Be sure to understand the importance of the security and privacy implications before thinking about joining the rat race.

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