Tracking Virginia political bloggers has just gotten easier. I’m a little slow getting to this, but those who are only occasional blog readers may find this to be news: Now there are two excellent aggregators of Virginia political blogs: Virginia Political Blogs and BlogNetNews.com.
Virginia Political Blogs is the handiwork of Virginia blog pioneer Waldo Jaquith. It was the first Virginia blog aggregator and, as such, is a sentimental favorite among other long-time Virginia bloggers. At this point in time, Waldo aggregates roughly 125 blogs.
The newbie on the scene is the Virginia page of BlogNetNews.com. The aggregator, according to Dave Mastio, has just added its 126th blog – ditzydemocrats. It also has some potentially cool features, such as listings of most linked-to stories in the MSM, most commented-upon blog posts, most active blogs, and most linked-to blogs.
The Virginia political blogosphere is getting so big that it’s getting a bit unwieldy — 125 blogs is more than I want to follow. The next step in the evolution of the blogosphere would be a capability that allows subscribers to select the blogs that go into their own customized aggregator. I suspect that a goodly number of people would be willing to pay a modest subscription — say $4 to $5 per month — for such a service. With luck, it’s already under development!
