ScienceBlogs
Description
ScienceBlogs is an invitation-only blog network and virtual community. It was created by Seed Media Group in 2006 to enhance the public understanding of science. As of March 2008, ScienceBlogs hosted 70 blogs dedicated to various fields of research. Each blog has its own theme, specialty, and author(s) and is not subject to editorial control. Authors are scientists in industry, college professors, professional writers, graduate students, and post-docs.
According to Technorati, as of 2007-07-07, ScienceBlogs had an "authority" of 9,581 and its number of inbound links ranks it 37th among blogs worldwide. As of 2008-03-14, [http://www.quantcast.com Quantcast] charts it as having over 1.1 million monthly unique visitors, 65% of which are from the United States.