Online blogging service Blogger launch | Techday, August 23rd
On this TECHDAY in history, on August 23rd 1999, the online blogging service, Blogger, went live. It was built by Pyra Labs, which made it available to the public for free right from the start, with some additional features for a fee. Also known as Blogspot, after the domain that hosts the blogs, Pyra Labs’ Blogger was acquired by Google in 2003. Blogger was one of the first services of its kind, at a time when blogging was still in its infancy. Nowadays, Google’s Blogger has a wide international user base and is available in over sixty languages.
Blogger was one of the first popular blogging platforms, and it played a significant role in the early days of the blogging phenomenon. It’s simplicity and ease of use helped to make blogging accessible to a wide audience, and it remains a popular choice for personal and professional bloggers today.
Overall, Blogger first release was a simple but powerful tool that allowed anyone to create a website and share their thoughts, ideas and content with the world. It’s still widely used today and continues to be a valuable tool for bloggers and website creators.
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