Today's New Zealand Herald covers a local whose blog has risen near the top of the blogging world.

Choice selection of writing talent has been one of the keys to the site's success. MacManus and his team of five regular writers - all US-based web enthusiasts - are quick off the mark with their analysis of web tech developments, ranging from start-ups to industry giants such as Yahoo and Microsoft. ... MacManus says the analytical posts on products and trends, rather than industry news, are the point of difference from the competition.

Some data on ReadWriteWeb:

• launched by Richard McManus in 2003
• Technorati rank: 11
• the only New Zealand blog in Technorati’s top 100
• 1.6 million page views per month
• over 50% of readers from the US
• 7% of readers from the UK
• 1% of readers from New Zealand
• monthly revenue: "tens-of-thousands of US dollars"