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Just a Few Days Left for Early-Bird Pricing: Expires JULY 21You can save $600 Off of a Full Access pass! REGISTER TODAY1st Keynote Presenter Announced for BlogWorld LA: Peter Shankman    Peter Shankman:  HARO founder, investor, nice guy.Kicking off our first BlogWorld in Los Angeles, we’re proud to announce Keynote presenter Peter Shankman! Peter recorded a special video inviting you all to attend, check it out.Reserve your ticket by July 21st and save BIG! Save up to 50% Off with Early-Bird Discounts.

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some interesting stats as available on the blogworld site:

Consider these statistics:

• Over 12 million American adults currently maintain a blog.
• More than 147 million Americans use the Internet.
• Over 57 million Americans 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.
• Over 120 thousand blogs are created every day.
• There are over 1.4 million new blog posts every day.
• 22 of the 100 most popular websites in the world are blogs.
• 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.