Do you know, mole, if there are blogs which don't deal with Google who deal with someone else, GoogleLite, shall we say? And are there blogs which are what? Self starters? I'm thinking of ConsortiumNews, OpEdNews, and even politicalcortex. Hey, I saw your post again.
And while we're at it, one area which fascinates me are the blogs connected to online MSM pages. Like WP has Slate. I don't know what NYT calls theirs. I guess one thing which is important is the ability to link one's blog to everyone else's blog.
It didn't take blogging to start the round robin effect. I realized when I started with yahoogroups what a member in one group was doing was promoting another group where they were in charge.
By the way. How did I get a hold of you in the first place, mole?