b5media absorbs Blog Herald, Problogger and About Weblogs network

The extraordinary rise of b5media continues as both Problogger and the Blog Herald become part of the new network. Add in the merger with About Weblogs, a women’s network run by Shai Coggins, giving b5 around 50 active blogs, and you have something close to lift-off.

In general, blog networks need two ingredients to succeed : authority and numbers. In my book, authority is the prime quality. With the addition of Problogger, Blog Herald and About Weblogs, it’s hard to see the network failing in its goal of being the WeblogsInc of 2006.