BBC Launches Blog Network

Posted on April 9, 2006

The BBC has launched its blog network. The network contains eleven blogs at launch, including World Have Your Say, The Comedy Blog, Newsnight and Ouch.

Welcome to the new home for all of the BBC's weblogs. Although we have had blogs for a number of years, most notably our Scottish community site; Island Blogging and the excellent Ouch, this is the first attempt at bringing you a complete list, some news of new launches by journalists, DJs, and radio shows, as well as links and tips to help you find your way around.
That said we appreciate we still have a lot to do which is why we're grateful for your feedback. We're already collating comments on all of our existing blogs, scouring bloglines, technorati, google blog search and the like. So we'll spot if you are talking about Nick Robinson, Paul Mason or Peter van Dyk on your own blogs. But you can also email us about what we're getting wrong (or hopefully right).

The network has its own URL which is really good. Many newspaper blog networks do not have a designated URL. For example, if you try blogs.washingtonpost.com you just get taken to one of the Post's blogs and not a blog menu. The same thing happens with the Wall Street's Journal's blogs: blogs.wsj.com.

Update: The BBC Blogs list has been updated. There are now scores of blogs, including a Doctor Who blog.