Ghost Blogs Haunt the Web

Every day thousands of new blogs are added to the web, and several thousand are abandoned. Some are abandoned due to boredom, but, more tragically, some are abandoned due to the deaths the blog's creator. It is impossible to know the precise number of blogs that chronicle the lives of deceased bloggers, but certainly, the number will continue to grow with the passage of time.

Unlimited Free Storage For Life - and Beyond

Blogging services such as Blogspot, Yahoo 360 and a host of other services offer free blog storage. Today, as you scroll aimlessly through the myriad of profile pages you will find blogs that have entries that ceased months or even years ago. A segment of a life captured and archived. The impermanence of life guarantees that entries on all personal blogs will cease at different times and different circumstances in the future.

Of course, the nature of the Internet and blogs will change with time. Abandoned blogs will find their way to some data warehouse. The Internet will continue to evolve and new ways to create a presence on the Web will evolve.

However, for the millions of lives that have been recorded on a blog, that life is captured, safe for eternity. Imagine finding all the diaries of the lost citizens of Pompeii, portraying all the joy and pain of life in an ancient world. Millions of blogs are capturing our time in countless places around our world. No matter what their intent, all bloggers have gained a pale imitation of immortality. There lives will not end; they will live on in pixels.