Something that doesn't seem to gather much discussion along with the success of some of the blog networks is how many writers are going through the turnstyles? What's the overall retention rate of blog network writers? If there is an article or post from any of these blog network owners detailing these figures then please ping or point me to it in the comments.

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Nandini Maheshwari is the founder and CEO of Instablogs, the first high-profile Indian blog network. She is a rarity among blog network owners (Nandini is female, beautiful, and not (overly) arrogant). She graciously agreed to grant me an interview, good stuff after the jump...

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I've been thinking a bit about blog networks, and the way they're structured of late. A friend and I have been discussing this for months on an "on/off" basis and one thing strikes me every time I look at a network: There is room for much improvement in structure.

Let me start by saying that I do not run a blog network, so my thoughts on this need to be taken as just that, my thoughts.

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Blogging isn't for everyone. Take me: my personal strengths include marketing and management, but do not include writing (at least, writing quickly or consistently).

Are you good at this stuff, but just don't have the will to write every day for the next year? Then maybe you need to skip the blogging itself -- perhaps you're cut out to be a blog overlord.

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One of my favorite tech bloggers, Om Malik, has announced that he's joining the 9rules network. Om blogs on VoIP and network technology (mostly) and will join the 9rules network today.

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B5Media have merged with About Weblogs. The merge will bring the total number of blogs under the B5 banner to 50.

Power, and safety in numbers? Yes, i think so. This puts B5 squarely in the center of the emerging blog network industry, which is quite an achievment considering the network is only a few months old.