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Most people know Google Analytics; Google’s free web site statistics tool they made available after buying up another company - but Yahoo Analytics? Looks like its on the way.

TechCrunch is reporting that Yahoo has is busy buying out IndexTools; a company that does just that. Yahoo has made an official statement according to TechCrunch –

Yahoo said in a statement that upon completion of the acquisition, IndexTools’ assets well be used to expand Yahoo’s set of online marketing services, with additional capabilities enabling third-party developers to monitor and optimize the traffic performance of their applications to follow later in the year.

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Slashdot is chatting about how writers are finding the pressures of (pro) blogging to be too great. The New York times talks about how bloggers are under constant pressure to release a stream of content, all the time.

Michael Arrington, the famous TechCrunch blogger, is quoted saying

” ‘I haven’t died yet,’ said Michael Arrington, the founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, a popular technology blog. The site has brought in millions in advertising revenue, but there has been a hefty cost. Mr. Arrington says he has gained 30 pounds in the last three years, developed a severe sleeping disorder and turned his home into an office for him and four employees. ‘At some point, I’ll have a nervous breakdown and be admitted to the hospital, or something else will happen. This is not sustainable,’ he said.”