Welcome to BlogHer, the community for women who blog.

Founded in February 2005 as a labor of love by three bloggers, BlogHer's mission is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education, community and economic empowerment. Today BlogHer provides the number-one community for and guide to blogs by women, reaching more than ten million women each month via annual conferences, a Web hub (http://www.blogher.com), and an publishing network of more than 2,700 qualified, contextually targeted blog affiliates (http://blogherads.com). BlogHer Inc. is owned by three co-founders and has backing from Venrock and the Peacock Fund.

We have three major initiatives:

• The BlogHer community hub (http://www.blogher.com) is the Web's number-one guide to blogs by women. Every blogger is invited to list her blog and share her latest words, pictures, video and opinions. As of November, 2008, more than 38,000 members have listed over 18,000 blogs by women, organized by topic. Every day, our 60+ editors write daily guides to the hottest blogging by women in 20+ popular topics, from news and technology, to food, health and family.
• BlogHer's conferences are the world's largest for bloggers, regardless of gender -- and men are indeed invited to attend! In 2009, BlogHer will present its fifth anniversary BlogHer Annual Conference in Chicago, IL. BlogHer will present its third annual BlogHer Business Conference, also in Chicago as a bonus third day of the conference. Recent keynoters include Arianna Huffington of The Huffington Post, Marissa Mayer of Google Search, and Elizabeth Edwards, wife of presidential candidate John Edwards.
• BlogHer's publishing network (http://blogherads.com) is our latest initiative. This network is BlogHer's qualified, targeted environment for contextual advertising showcasing more than 2,700 women who blog across multiple verticals, including parenting, food, business and lifestyle. For more information visit http://blogherads.com.

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