Blo.gs, the most widely used sampling tool in blog studies, has been on sale for some time. Now, Jim Winstead has made it--the website will be handed over to a new owner on or after June 13, 2005.

Jim doesn't disclose who will be acquiring blo.gs. I just have a hunch that it might be BROG, short for The (We)blog Research on Genre Project. This is a project maintained by a group of faculty members and students at School of Library and Information Science of Indiana University. Dr. Susan Herring ever suggested that BROG should buy the website because "it could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity". But she also showed concerns that who would maintain the website and what would be involved. I'm wondering if BROG will make the investment and what changes will take place if that happens.