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Online networking verses blogging

As an active proponent of online networking - in fact networking of all descriptions - I have always assumed that networks are becoming more popular. One way to test this hypothesis is to use a tool which I've mentioned before in my blog, the Meme Miner.

By using "blog" I got this result:

Blogs are still gaining in popularity.

By using "online network" I got this:

Online networking peaked in July 2004 and has been falling ever since.

Does this mean the end of LinkedIn, openBC, Ecademy and the rest? I think to predict their demise too quickly would be a mistake, but the writing is definitely on the wall.

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