a year ago today: Google buys Blogger

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Google Buys Blogger

Google Buys Blogger 02/16/2003 02:47 AM
Dan Gillmor: Google Buys Pyra: Blogging Goes Big-Time. (Pyra is the companyy that runs Blogger.) This seems rather atypical for Google; I wonder what they plan to do....

Google buys Blogger web service

Google buys Blogger web service 02/17/2003 10:39 PM
Pyra Labs, the company behind Blogger, was sold to Google for an undisclosed sum on Saturday after four months of negotiations. ...

Google buys pioneering Blogger.com

Google buys pioneering Blogger.com 02/19/2003 08:08 PM
For example, Google might display travel-related links from advertisers that wanted to reach Web surfers visiting a travel blog that relies on the Blogger ...

Google buys Blogger maker Pyra

Google buys Blogger maker Pyra 02/16/2003 12:45 AM
Via Dan Gillmor: Google, which runs the Web's premier search site, has purchased Pyra Labs, a San Francisco company that created some of the earliest technology for writing weblogs, the increasingly popular personal and opinion journals. And, later on: Developers...

Google Buys Web Publishing Tool Blogger

Google Buys Web Publishing Tool Blogger 02/17/2003 05:25 PM
In typical blog fashion, the news spread first on Saturday from San Jose Mercury technology columnist Dan Gillmor's eJournal diary to other blog sites. ...

Google buys Webl0g pioneer Blogger

Google buys Webl0g pioneer Blogger 02/18/2003 08:23 PM
For example, Google might display travel-related links from advertisers that wanted to reach Web surfers visiting a travel blog that relies on the Blogger ...

Google Buys Pyra Makers of Blogger

Google Buys Pyra Makers of Blogger 02/16/2003 04:51 AM
In a rather perplexing move away from its roots, Google is reported to have purchased Pyra - makers of the Blogger software.

Google Buys Pyra Labs and Blogger.com

Google Buys Pyra Labs and Blogger.com 02/21/2003 12:36 PM
Financial terms were not disclosed and Google will not discuss for a few more weeks its plans for incorporating blogging on the search site, but speculation ...

Google buys Blogger Web publishing tool

Google buys Blogger Web publishing tool 02/19/2003 05:43 AM
In typical blog fashion, the news spread first on Saturday from San Jose Mercury technology columnist Dan Gillmor's eJournal diary to other blog sites. ...

Google buys popular Web publishing tool
Blogger

Google buys popular Web publishing tool
Blogger 02/17/2003 01:19 PM
In typical blog fashion, the news spread first on Saturday from San Jose Mercury technology columnist Dan Gillmor's eJournal diary to other blog sites. ...

Google Buys Blogger Maker Pyra Labs

Google Buys Blogger Maker Pyra Labs 02/17/2003 01:19 PM
February 17, 2003 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports released over the weekend, major search engine operator Google has purchased San ...

Google Buys Personal Web Publishing Tool
Blogger

Google Buys Personal Web Publishing Tool
Blogger 02/17/2003 02:21 PM
In typical blog fashion, the news spread first Saturday from San Jose Mercury technology columnist Dan Gillmor's eJournal diary to other blog sites. ...

UPDATE 1-Google buys popular Web
publishing tool Blogger

UPDATE 1-Google buys popular Web
publishing tool Blogger 02/17/2003 06:27 PM
In typical blog fashion, the news spread first Saturday from San Jose Mercury technology columnist Dan Gillmor's eJournal diary to other blog sites. ...

Blogger Help : Why do links on
bl0gger.com (and in comments) redirect
through google.com and bl0gger.com?

Blogger Help : Why do links on
bl0gger.com (and in comments) redirect
through google.com and bl0gger.com? 05/11/2004 04:57 AM
Why do links on blogger.com (and in comments) redirect through google.com and blogger.com? .. protect their hosted blogs against comment spam .. s'explique sur les redirections .. a little help doc

help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=808
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Rumor Today: Ask Jeeves Buys Bloglines

Rumor Today: Ask Jeeves Buys Bloglines 02/05/2005 09:39 PM

Mary Hodder: Ask Jeeves is integrating Bloglines into their search system.

Bloglines is my primary RSS reader, so I hope nothing evil comes out from this deal. :-)

Good luck to all invovled.

One year ago today...

One year ago today... 10/29/2003 09:23 PM
Microsoft inhaled a blogger.  Now it looks like he is attempting to resurface.. .

Google + Blogger = ?

Google + Blogger = ? 02/18/2003 12:13 PM
A historical look, from Scripting News: One year ago today, Evan (Pyra's Founder) said: "It's hard to believe there are people at Google who don't get the Web." Two years ago, people complained about Google's (then-recent) acquisition of Deja.com. And now your news roundup: NYTimes: What if you could search blogs in real time? Evan Williams: No, I'm not telling you how much. Jason Kottke: Here's an early peek at what Blogger could look like. Joey deVilla: Powered by Booger Pro Evhead: evhead is out to lunch...

Why Did Google Want Blogger?

Why Did Google Want Blogger? 02/22/2003 07:04 AM
Google's recent purchase of Pyra Labs, maker of a weblogging tool called Blogger, has generated much speculation about why the popular search engine did the deal. One man who worked closely with Pyra thinks he knows the answer. By Leander Kahney.

Blogger dot Google

Blogger dot Google 02/18/2003 02:45 AM
It's unsure at this stage how the two services will be combined and whether or not this will affect exposure to other competing online 'blog services like ...

Google Builds a Better Blogger.com

Google Builds a Better Blogger.com 05/10/2004 07:09 PM
Google has relaunched its Blogger service with features aimed at making blogging easier for users. The search-engine giant is focused on developing a large community of bloggers with its free service.

Google has killed RSS via Blogger

Google has killed RSS via Blogger 02/12/2004 04:23 AM
Well as of today I have killed 4-5 other blogs I had that where being run on Blogger as Google...

Google Overhauls Blogger

Google Overhauls Blogger 05/09/2004 11:00 PM
Search Engine Watch May 10 2004 2:08AM GMT

Blogger Heads to Google

Blogger Heads to Google 01/14/2003 01:01 PM
Ovidiu Predescu, a weblogger and Apache developer, is heading to Google. I'll be watching his weblog!...

Google acquires pioneer bl0gger

Google acquires pioneer bl0gger 02/18/2003 09:28 PM
For example, Google might display travel-related links from advertisers that wanted to reach Web surfers visiting a travel blog that relies on the Blogger ...

Google unveils new version of Blogger

Google unveils new version of Blogger 05/10/2004 07:15 PM
Google on Monday rolled out an updated version of its Blogger online self-publishing service. The new version features an enhanced dashboard, the ability to post blogs via e-mail, a shared comments function, and author profiles.

Google / Blogger Party Pictures

Google / Blogger Party Pictures 03/13/2003 03:47 AM
They're up - and they're pretty much guaranteed to offend. Pictures from tonight's Google / Blogger party. If you just met me tonight, please understand that my sense of humor is warped. Just ask any lurker around here. But don't expect much of a response (after all, lurkers never post...

Google Unveils Redesigned Blogger.com

Google Unveils Redesigned Blogger.com 05/11/2004 03:49 AM
Boston Globe May 11 2004 8:08AM GMT

Rich Interfaces come to Google - via
Blogger

Rich Interfaces come to Google - via
Blogger 07/19/2004 09:28 AM

It's nice to see Evan getting in WYSIWYG editing in Blogger (it seems it's someone named Massless who did the work.) Let's hope that ALL Google products features such a thing.

Since I've recently switched to Moveable Type - I've gone backwards in my "ease-of-authoring" experience. Does ecto work on a PC? Are there other alternatives that can get me WYSIWYG editing?

And that includes the ability to simply copy text w/links and paste. This is really hassling me and slowing up mky blogging process.

HELP!

[Evhead ]

Simple Reasoning on Google/Blogger

Simple Reasoning on Google/Blogger 02/16/2003 10:37 PM
Kevin Lynch has managed to say in one paragraph what I've struggled to explain to people: The two main ways I find information on the internet today is by searching and reading blogs--blogs are another view into the world's information...

Google Blogger Comment Rant

Google Blogger Comment Rant 05/15/2004 09:38 PM

Just now I found out that users commenters to get a Google Blogger account before they can post comments to blogs hosted by Google Blogger.

This makes no sense.I wouldn't mind if they just required the commenter to register themselves and made creation of a blog optional.  Yes, one could just create one and ignore it but it's irritating to be forced into creating and abandoning something like a blog just so I can post comments.

The right way to grow membership is by increasing the quality of service for members (i.e. convenience), not by telling blog readers to either join or go away.  Maybe Evan or Jason can explain why.

Update:

It turns out that this was caused by a preference setting.  Now it makes sense although I sure hope this was not the default setting.  Evan and Jason, nevermind.

Google polishes up Blogger site

Google polishes up Blogger site 05/10/2004 12:08 AM
Google plans to introduce on Monday a redesigned Web site for its personal publishing tool, Blogger.

Google Unveils Refreshed Blogger

Google Unveils Refreshed Blogger 05/12/2004 02:25 PM

Google's Blogger Boss Talks

Google's Blogger Boss Talks 05/20/2004 07:11 PM
eWeek-4 hours ago ... First, Google announced a brand new, "easy-to-use" version of its Blogger Web-based blogging tool last week—the first new version since Google acquired the ...

21-year-old essay on copyright just as
fresh today

21-year-old essay on copyright just as
fresh today 05/04/2004 05:14 AM
Luís sez: "Barrington Bayley has a *very* interesting article written in the early 1980s about the ethics and the convention of copyright. It's also worth pointing out that Bayley is one of the great unheralded geniuses in the field of literary science fiction."

On the premise that graphic reproduction will eventually go the way of sound reproduction, i.e. it will become easy and cheap and available to all, the same is due to happen to literary copyright. It's a-coming, boys! You'd better get used to it!

...Yes, there is always going to be a living for writers. The consequence of the above is that a book, whether incarnated in ink and paper, laser disk, silicon, gallium arsenide, memory bubbles, or War and Peace encoded in DNA, will cost more than the blank on which it is inscribed, but not so much more that it would be worth your while to borrow a copy and duplicate it. Whatever deal authors and publishers make with one another will have to take cognisance of that. I expect authors will still be able to demand royalties. Whether an author will be able to become stinking rich, as a few now can, I don't know. What does it matter? It isn't necessary to the continuance of civilisation.

Luís adds, "This over twenty years ago." Link (Thanks, Luís!)

Google Updates Blogger website, Features

Google Updates Blogger website, Features 05/10/2004 10:15 AM

Google Snaps Up Webl0g Pioneer Blogger

Google Snaps Up Webl0g Pioneer Blogger 02/18/2003 07:21 PM
For example, Google might display travel-related links from advertisers that wanted to reach Web surfers visiting a travel blog that relies on the Blogger ...

Google snaps up Webl0g pioneer
Blogger.com

Google snaps up Webl0g pioneer
Blogger.com 02/18/2003 06:20 PM
The deal also is likely to focus more attention on the potential value of other blogging pioneers. Pyra Labs' rivals include Movable Type and Userland Radio. ...

Google Rips PageRank Passing From
Blogger

Google Rips PageRank Passing From
Blogger 05/11/2004 04:30 PM
PR Ripping is the process of redirecting all outbound links through methods that won't pass PageRank.

Google Offers Gmail to Blogger Users

Google Offers Gmail to Blogger Users 04/23/2004 12:08 PM
Search Engine Lowdown Apr 23 2004 3:41PM GMT
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Bank walks away from SCO investment

Bank walks away from SCO investment 05/10/2004 06:04 AM
Computer Weekly May 10 2004 10:08AM GMT

Royal Bank walks away from SCO
investment

Royal Bank walks away from SCO
investment 05/07/2004 07:19 PM
The Royal Bank of Canada is walking away from a $30 million investment it made in The SCO Group Inc., in a move that may presage further legal and financial difficulties for the troubled Unix vendor, according to one financial analyst.

Brief: Investment bank taps ROI research
for investors

Brief: Investment bank taps ROI research
for investors 05/10/2004 04:22 PM
Investment bank Lazard Freres has partnered with Nucleus Research to provide investors with IT research on ROI to help them make more informed investment decisions on IT vendors and customer companies that invest in IT.

Investment bank downgrades notebook
makers

Investment bank downgrades notebook
makers 08/17/2004 05:34 AM
Cites falling margins, weakening demand

Royal Bank of Canada Bails on SCO
Investment

Royal Bank of Canada Bails on SCO
Investment 05/07/2004 05:37 PM
The Royal Bank of Canada is bailing out of its SCO investment, and BayStar is picking up the majority of the bank's SCO holdings.

Google Picassa

Google Picassa 07/14/2004 03:27 AM

OK - so first Yahoo buys ODDpost, which takes a desktop app and puts it on-line, then Google buys a desktop app - Picassa - and (I'm sure) will put it on-line.

Dan Gillmor writes......

Reuters: Google Acquires Digital Photo Management Company. Web search company Google Inc. said on Tuesday it acquired Picasa Inc., a digital photo management company it hopes will help it to offer services that will differentiate it as it seeks to go public.

Intriguing. Google is moving quickly to assemble the pieces of something much more comprehensive than search and advertising. I'm not sure I can see the full outline, though.

[Dan Gillmor]

I can see the full outline. It's called digital lifestyle aggregation. Anyone else wishign this sort of a solution, please give me a ring.

Google Buys Picassa

Google Buys Picassa 07/13/2004 01:56 PM
Google just bet on photo sharing by acquiring Picassa. Blogger integrated their Hello service at the time they did their re-design, so they have been working together for a couple of months now. The acquisition makes sense to me: Photos...

Investment Newsflashes: Causeway Goes
Live on Eagle's Investment Management
Solutions via Eagle ACCESS, and mo

Investment Newsflashes: Causeway Goes
Live on Eagle's Investment Management
Solutions via Eagle ACCESS, and mo 04/02/2005 06:33 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 2 2005 9:46PM GMT

Boston-area bank suggestion? (Bank of
America is not dog-friendly)

Boston-area bank suggestion? (Bank of
America is not dog-friendly) 06/22/2005 02:23 AM

My bank has been purchased, for about the fifth time.  Currently it is called "Bank of America."  None of the previous changes of ownership or name bothered me but this time the new color scheme came with "no dogs allowed" signs in the front of every branch office.  I'm not sure that I can stomach 0.2% interest if I can't have a dog at my side to provide some comfort as inflation and corporate looters erode my turbine-powered helicopter fund.  Anyone have a suggestion for a dog-friendly bank in the Boston area?

REG-Reporter is the Solution for
Start-Up Miami Bank - Great Florida Bank
Selects IDOM to Automate their
Regulatory Reporting

REG-Reporter is the Solution for
Start-Up Miami Bank - Great Florida Bank
Selects IDOM to Automate their
Regulatory Reporting 08/23/2004 02:27 AM
IDOM, Inc. announced today that one of South Florida’s newest domestic banks, Great Florida Bank, has chosen REG-Reporter to automate their regulatory report processing. [PRWEB Aug 23, 2004]

The Bank for International Settlements
(BIS) Central Bank Research Hub

The Bank for International Settlements
(BIS) Central Bank Research Hub 09/08/2004 06:39 AM
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Central Bank Research Hub
http://www.bis.org/cbhub/ind ex.htm

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has established this facility to promote the search and dissemination of economic research published by central banks.
The facility is built on the principle of crawlers that search research content from selected central banks websites on a daily basis. The Research Hub e-mail alert will keep its users informed about new research published on any of the websites of the participating central banks. Subscribers to the free e-mail alert can select specific topics and reception frequencies to keep their e-mail volumes under control.
The BIS hopes that this facility will make research work on central banking topics more widely accessible to the central banks and the academic community at large. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.This will be added to Academic Resources 2004-05 Internet MiniGuide.

Your Home as an Investment

Your Home as an Investment 02/19/2004 06:07 PM
Should you buy a bigger house in hopes of greater returns?

Lousy investment

Lousy investment 09/16/2004 09:20 AM
In a 1968 contract, just made public, Bush agreed to serve as a pilot for five years. But he failed to fulfill that commitment -- wasting the money the Guard spent to train him.

9 Hot Investment Tips

9 Hot Investment Tips 04/16/2004 12:52 PM
You really can't go wrong with these.

Return on Investment

Return on Investment 01/19/2003 11:18 PM

.Mac Isn't Worth The Investment

.Mac Isn't Worth The Investment 07/21/2004 01:07 AM
Apple won't like what I'm going to tell you. The .Mac service is an expense you almost certainly can do without. By Al Fasoldt, Syracuse Post-Standard (via MyAppleMenu)

Broadband needs more investment

Broadband needs more investment 01/22/2004 12:55 PM
Personal Computer World Jan 22 2004 5:43PM GMT

Too Much Investment, Yet Opportunity

Too Much Investment, Yet Opportunity 12/10/2003 03:07 PM
Investors are worried about how much money is being funneled into Wi-Fi, but say there's still plenty of opportunity: About $2.5 billion has been invested in emerging wireless technologies but the sector has only produced $2 billion in revenue. Still, investors see opportunity in a long list of technologies including WiMAX, Zigbee, software defined radios and Wi-Fi/cellular roaming....

TPSM 6: Return On Investment

TPSM 6: Return On Investment 01/08/2004 08:47 PM
If you’ve been involved with a major enterprise capital procurement recently, you’re probably sick of hearing about ROI. A sales pro who wants to convince a customer to sign on the dotted line for a big chunk of money had better have worked up a convincing financial model showing how the customer is going to reduce expenses or increase revenues by an amount that’s several times what they’re being asked to pay. The same kind of dynamic applies between a line manager launching a project and the corner office; and between senior management and Boards of Directors. These days, people don’t want to hear about synergies and intangibles and brand leverage, they want capital-R, capital-O, capital-I, and they want it fast. So, is ROI potential useful in predicting the success of new technologies?...

Baystar wants out of SCO investment deal

Baystar wants out of SCO investment deal 04/18/2004 04:18 PM
Baystar, a major investor in SCO, announced they want their money back. Details are scarce on the complaint, but the news may make it difficult to retain current funds, and raise capital in the future.

CGE&Y Solution For Investment Firms

CGE&Y Solution For Investment Firms 12/14/2003 08:40 PM
Technology For Finance Dec 14 2003 8:02PM ET

Alternative Investment Tools

Alternative Investment Tools 04/16/2005 03:01 PM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 16 2005 6:32PM GMT

BayStar Interviewed Regarding SCO
Investment

BayStar Interviewed Regarding SCO
Investment 04/22/2004 10:43 AM

Investment Club Tips

Investment Club Tips 04/19/2005 09:04 AM
A dozen heads can be much better than one when investing.

BayStar Says Its Investment Hinges on
Changes at SCO

BayStar Says Its Investment Hinges on
Changes at SCO 04/22/2004 06:44 PM
BayStar wants SCO to change its leadership and dump everything except its Unix intellectual properity litigation—but SCO's not budging.

DoCoMo considering options for 3 UK
investment

DoCoMo considering options for 3 UK
investment 05/07/2004 03:31 AM
Forbes May 7 2004 7:09AM GMT

TM: 3G investment cost to be much lower

TM: 3G investment cost to be much lower 04/18/2005 12:25 AM
The Edge Daily Apr 18 2005 4:13AM GMT

Windows Update Gets Big Investment

Windows Update Gets Big Investment 05/06/2004 10:03 AM

Litigation is a great investment

Litigation is a great investment 04/24/2004 09:03 AM

The da Vinci Investment Code

The da Vinci Investment Code 04/15/2005 03:18 PM
Leonardo was a genius in many respects, but Wall Street probably wouldn't have loved him.

a year ago today: Google buys Blogger

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