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After the first part of the blog study by Smashing Magazine went online last week, the second part is now also available. After layout and typography, this time it is about structural and technical elements. Here are some (but not all!) results:

Studying web design is nothing new in academic research. While much of this research focuses on usability, the Smashing Magazine now draws attention to another aspect: the design. The authors draw on the 50 largest blogs listed in the Technorati Top Blogs. Social networks and blogs that have become popular through techniques such as backlinks in Wordpress themes were excluded.