This is page 52 of the blogging news archives.

Data Mining the Commentsphere (May 18, 2006): Micropersuasion.

Five Things That Make a Blog a Blog (May 17, 2006): Robert Scoble has made a list of five things blogs need to be a blog.

New Law Would Force Bloggers to Constantly Monitor Outbound Links (May 17, 2006): A new law proposed by Wisconsin Rep.

InfoWorld Warns People About Free Blogging Sites (May 16, 2006): InfoWorld has an article telling people to be wary of the free blogging tools.

Many Bloggers Attended E3 Expo (May 15, 2006): The Washington Post reports on the masses of bloggers attending this year's E3 Expo, gaming's biggest annual convention.

Popularity of Colbert Video Shows the Power of Blogs (May 15, 2006): Not many people usually watch the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.

Technorati Jumps on Speculation Over Karl Rove Indictment (May 14, 2006): The political bloggers are busy discussing the possibility of a Karl Rove indictment.

Personal Blogs vs. Traditional Media (May 13, 2006): A comparison of personal blogs to traditional media following a post by Mark Cuban. Cuban says the difference is about the money.

Journalist Compares Blogging to Baking Bread (May 13, 2006): Dan Brown compares blogging to baking bread in the London Free Press.

LAPD Starts Blogging to Address Media Coverage (May 12, 2006): ABC7.

Web 2.0 and Burn Rate (May 12, 2006): Josh Kopelman at RedEye VC has an interesting post about Web 2.

Conservators Launch Antarctic Blog (May 11, 2006): Scientists and researchers are making great use of blogs to bring their research and explorations closer to readers.

DOPA Would Ban MySpace, IMs, Blogs at Schools and Libraries (May 11, 2006): CNET reports that some Republican lawmakers including Mike Fitzpatrick and House Speaker Dennis Hastert, are proposing a new law that would ban minors' access to commercial websites that "let users create public 'Web pages or profiles'.

Did Bloggers Hurt Mission: Impossible III's Box Office Numbers? (May 10, 2006): Melissa P.

Google Trend Search Shows Rising Blog Searches (May 10, 2006): Plugging the keyword blog into Google's new trend search tool shows an increasing number of searches over the past couple years.

Squidoo or Not Squidoo (May 9, 2006): TechCrunch has a post about the slow progress (or lack of progress) being made at Squidoo.

Interesting Feed Data at Share Your OPML (May 9, 2006): Share Your OPML is a new website that lets people upload their OPML file and compare it to the OPML files of others.

Shelley Powers Ends Burningbird Blog (May 8, 2006): Shelley Powers is closing her Burningbird blog.

Tech.memeorandum Renamed as Techmeme (May 8, 2006): Tech.

Waxxi Offers Interactive Podcasting (May 7, 2006): Waxxi is a new company founded by Tracy Sheridan that will soon be offering interactive podcasts.