In a very interesting post today by The Blog Herald they posit the case for another reason why Yahoo!, Microsoft and others will come to dominate the blogosphere. The snapshot to your right (from The Blog Herald via The Software Journal) is of the new Yahoo! Messenger 7 Beta tool which integrates into Yahoo services including Yahoo's new blogging service Yahoo! 360.

It stands to reason, according to the Blog Herald, that given the millions of users of Instant Messaging (IM) tools like MSN Messenger, AOL Messenger and of course Yahoo! Messenger that these services have a tremendous opportunity to gain significant traction in the blogosphere. How so? By allowing these already free messenging tools to hook into free blogging tools they are seamlessly tapping into a huge installed user base literally on the fly. This represents a significant ...   more »