{"id":11950,"date":"2007-12-24T15:16:52","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T22:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/12\/24\/is-anybody-there.html"},"modified":"2007-12-24T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T22:16:52","slug":"is_anybody_there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/24\/is_anybody_there.html","title":{"rendered":"Is anybody there?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/features\/lifestyle\/chi-1113blogsnov13,0,6075539.story\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with Derek Gordon<\/a>, Marketing VP for Technorati:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Q Any idea how many of the 109.2 million blogs you track get no hits in the course of a year?<\/p>\n<p> A Just over 99 percent. 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