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Meet the bloggers.

Blogger (1) A person who writes Weblogs. See blog.

(2) (Blogger) A Web site launched in 1999 from Pyra Labs, San Francisco, CA (www.blogger.com) that provides the tools for creating blogs (Weblogs).
: Ernie Hsiung, 29, Fremont, Calif.

Blog: www.littleyellowdifferent.com

Year launched: 2000

Visitors per month: 50,000-60,000

Why you started: "Honestly? Because everyone else was doing it."

Biggest competitors: "Since I blog more about personal stuff than how much weight Lindsay Lohan Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisement and television commercials.  has lost, or Ricky Martin's navel ring ... not applicable."

How you pay your bills: "I'm an engineer at a major Internet company. It has an exclamation point exclamation point: see punctuation.

exclamation point - exclamation mark
 at the end."

Blogging Writing Weblogs. See blog.  rewards: "Your writing skills improve. You meet some cool people. Being C-list Internet-famous."

Do blogs and boyfriends mix? "When I was with my ex-boyfriend of two years, he was fine about the blogging. But now I'm single, and while blogging has introduced me to a lot of new friends, it has never really gotten me as many dates as I would have hoped."
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Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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Date:May 23, 2006
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