Today’s news about CNET’s mounting troubles include a bit about the drastic reduction of traffic at the once all-powerful tech news site. The Infonaut believes that this drop is almost certainly due to the widespread proliferation of technology-focus blogs - there are just so many of them, that the average consumer is bound to hit up Engaget, Gizmodo or techmeme before CNET these days for a basic product scoop. Reviews are great, but the blogs’ aggregate velocity seems to appeal with particular appeal to the gadget-obssessed early adopter crowd.

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