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Blogs have come along way. We know this because women say so.

According to the 2009 Women in Social Media Study by BlogHer, iVillage and Compass Partners, women are nearly twice as likely to use blogs than social networking sites as a source of information (64%), advice and recommendations (43%) and opinion-sharing (55%). It's not that they don't use social networking sites, it's just that they use for conventional means, like keeping in touch with friends and family.

If you were unable to attend BlogHer’s conference in San Francisco last week, never fear. BlogHer, the community for women who blog, have announced that they are taking the show on the road in a spectacle called the Reach Out Tour 2008.

They will be condensing their annual event into six one-day extravaganzas in Boston, DC, Nashville, Greensboro, Atlanta and New Orleans. BlogHer will focus on topics that seem to resonate strongest in each city and look for your local bloggers to lead the discussions. The one-day conference will also feature a broad range of topics and speakers, cocktail parties for networking and socializing, and a little bit of local flavor.

The BlogHer mission is to create opportunities for women who blog to pursue exposure, education, community and economic empowerment and women are lining up at the virtual door, eager to participate in Web 2.0 applications.

Recently, the results of the BlogHer/Compass Partners 2008 Social Media Benchmark Study were revealed and they show great new insights into the power of the blogosphere and the significant role it plays in the lives of U.S. women.