What was hot in the blogosphere in 2005? Politics took a back seat to entertainment, technology, natural disaster and media discussions, according to BlogPulse's review of blogging in 2005. BlogPulse scoured a year's worth of blog posts, links and trends to summarize and illustrate the year in blogging—what, why and how and in what order. Click on the sections and links below for details and deeper lists.

Top Blogs

  1. Boing Boing
  2. Engadget
  3. Michelle Malkin
  4. Albino Blacksheep
  5. Instapundit.com
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Top Blog Posts

  1. LJ | 10 last readers v.1.0 (suspended)
  2. Flood Aid Update
  3. A Man Called Jeff (Gannon/Guckert)
  4. "Women Will Get Sterile Just Looking At You" -Charles deMar
  5. The Committee to Protect Bloggers Announces Its First Campaign: Free Arash and Mojtaba
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Top Media Sources

  1. Yahoo! News
  2. BBC NEWS
  3. The New York Times
  4. CNN.com
  5. Washington Post
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Top Media Stories

  1. Unitarian Jihad (column by Jon Carroll)
  2. Boffins Create Zombie Dogs
  3. Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries
  4. Dr. Who Will Return in the Christmas Invasion
  5. Young Singers Spread Racist Hate
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Top People

  1. Harry Potter
  2. President Bush
  3. Pope John Paul II
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Michael Jackson
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Top Movies

  1. Sin City
  2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
  3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  4. Serenity
  5. Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
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Top Video

  1. VW Golf/GTI Commercial (Gene Kelly spinoff)
  2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Wizard in Winter" Synchronized House Lights
  3. Carve Your Own Pumpkin
  4. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire trailer
  5. The Shining (Happy Version)
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Top Audio

  1. WWL-AM Interview with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
  2. Kayne West's "George Bush Don't Like Black People"
  3. "MTR Song"
  4. Voice Mail Accident Report
  5. "Straight Outa Compton"
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Top Images

  1. Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince book cover
  2. Star Wars Last Supper
  3. Virgin Digital Poster
  4. Central Park from space
  5. Aerial View of New Orleans
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Top Female Entertainers

  1. Britney Spears
  2. Kelly Clarkson
  3. Angelina Jolie
  4. Jessica Simpson
  5. Mariah Carey
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Top Male Entertainers

  1. Michael Jackson
  2. Johnny Depp
  3. Tom Cruise
  4. Brad Pitt
  5. Tim Burton
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Top Wikipedia References

  1. Podcast/Podcasting
  2. Hurricane Katrina
  3. Flying Spaghetti Monster
  4. AJAX
  5. Wiki/Wikipedia
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