Blogs

So I couldn't help but notice, via facebook status/website updates, it appears as though everyone out there is starting a blog. Blogspot. Wordpress. Random urls probably purchased via 'go daddy'. Anyone/everyone and his/her mother has a blog. Is my mother soon going to have a blog?

Some blogs have themes. I'm following a couple cooking blogs. One of my friend's blogs is about his personal wedding photography business. Other friends' blogs are simply (like this blog) their random thoughts.

That, and I feel there's a whole community that goes hand-in-hand with this blogging thing. I feel like I've 'met' new people/made new friends through comment sections on friends' blogs/other friends' 'blogs I'm following' sections.

I suppose there is a use for all these blogs - so many people spend so much time at a computer daily, they are all looking for something new to read/distract them from what they are supposed to be doing. However, I can't help but feel a little frustrated. I don't need all these new blogs taking away from time on mine.

Anyhow. I remember reading a statistic a couple years ago that 50% of blogs out there would not be in existence six months from now. I wonder if this still applies. I know, firsthand, that a blog is a responsibility, and not always an easy one. My blog is coming up on its second birthday (sidenote: what should I get it?!?!). How long does the average blog last? Is this just a crazy trend that will be gone shortly, or are the blogs out there continuously multiplying? Those of you with blogs - how long have you had them? How often to you update them? How long do you plan on keep them for? Indefinitely? How many blogs do you readers follow? How many is too many? Will people soon burnout on blogs, or will this bring more people to them? Your thoughts?