cfx211 - 6:24 am on Feb 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

I can't access any of their featured blogs so it looks like this service still has some bugs to work out.

I don't think blogging is designed as an upsell for tripod, rather it is a retention tool. People who blog tend to do it fairly regularly, much more often than people update personal websites. This is because it is fairly simple to add another entry to a blog, it is an increment to an existing page not an entirely new one.

Anyway I bet the folks over at tripod were wondering how to keep their churn rates down, saw some usage stats like this,

[livejournal.com...]

are hoping that their blogs will get used as often, and people will end up renewing. Notice it is only available to their paying members.

Does anyone know how many people are paying for tripod or geocities right now?