Bloggers (especially those who understand how to create sites, use an FTP client and make use of podcasting) continue to take over the reigns…

Have We Seen the End of Blogging as We Know It? | Edelman Australia Blog: “The creative blogger of tomorrow – the influential content creator – is well placed to fill the void. They are nimble, tech and social media savvy, and often specialists who operate in specific niche areas of expertise thus have deep knowledge of, and passion for, their subject matter”

No, blogging is not dead. It is far from dead. What might be dying are the “I have a blog on Blogger or Tumblr, so I’m a blogger!” type. They are transient beings who have no real foothold beyond a glancing blow at creating content online. However, to really put your flag in the sand, you’ve got to get your hands dirty with the code and show that you care.

Those who can upload a podcast and embed it in a post or know how to edit their CSS or a php file on the fly will continue to succeed.

…especially affiliate bloggers…

At least I hope so.