Maybe its coz I'm a Yorkshireman [Londoner]

According to recent surveys and polls, blogging remains a growth industry. The Pew Internet and American Life Project claims some 39 per cent of people in the US now read blogs: some 57 million in real numbers. And US bloggers themselves number roughly 12 million.

MSN's survey shows that in the UK, the phenomenon is even more widespread, with 27 per cent of people writing a blog. In Yorkshire, the figure rises to 35 per cent.

By far the greatest motivation behind blogging is simply to keep a personal diary and to share thoughts and experiences. This was the prime motivation behind 59 per cent of the 750 people polled on the subject in the UK. In the US that figure is 76 per cent.