Cross posted from the KenyaUnlimited KBW Admin blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

Today the Kenyan Blogs Webring is two years old! <\/p>\n

Happy Birthday KBW<\/acronym>. <\/strong><\/p>\n

We, the admin team, are grateful for your continued support, for your dedication, for your inspiration, for your ideas and for your community spirit. The Kenyan Blogs Webring is a positive force for our nation, our continent and our people, long may it prosper! If you are not yet a member, join us<\/a>. If you have any questions, contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are a few quick interesting facts on KBW<\/acronym>:<\/p>\n

Membership numbers<\/strong><\/p>\n

We currently have 240<\/strong> active members*
\nIn our first year we signed up 69<\/strong> active members*
\nIn our second year we signed up 171<\/strong> active members*<\/p>\n

* “Active members” refers to bloggers who joined KBW<\/acronym> and are still members today. It does not include those who have left the webring. <\/p>\n

Gender balance<\/strong><\/p>\n

100<\/strong> female bloggers
\n123<\/strong> male bloggers
\n12<\/strong> group blogs<\/p>\n

(Please note some bloggers author more than one blog).<\/p>\n

Rate of growth<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rate of growth continues to rise rapidly. Our two busiest months for signing new members have been April 2006 and May 2006.<\/p>\n

In April 2006 we signed up 34<\/strong> new members
\nIn May 2006 we signed up 33<\/strong> new members<\/p>\n

More than one blogger per day<\/p>\n

KenyaUnlimited<\/strong><\/p>\n

The permanent home for the Kenyan Blogs Webring is KenyaUnlimited<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The KBW<\/acronym> aggregator<\/a> displays the latest posts from our members’ blogs. The aggregator gets just under 3000 unique visitors<\/strong> per day. This means that each KBW member has at least 3000 people reading their posts each day they blog. <\/p>\n

The community<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although we are called the Kenyan Blogs Webring we currently have members from Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Germany, United Kingdom, and the United States (this excludes our Kenyan members living abroad). <\/p>\n

Our members blog in at least 8 different languages<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

Join us<\/strong><\/p>\n

Membership is open to Kenyans, residents of Kenya and friends of Kenya aged 14 years and older who maintain a weblog, photolog, online journal or online diary. We are inclusive rather than exclusive. If you would like to join KBW you most probably can<\/strong>! Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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