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Saturday, October 9, 2010

97 Blogger

Blogger was started by a tiny company in San Francisco called Pyra Labs in August of 1999. This was in the midst of the dot-com boom. But we weren't exactly a VC-funded, party-throwing, foosball-in-the-lobby-playing, free-beer-drinking outfit. (Unless it was other people's free beer.)

Blogger

We were three friends, funded by doing annoying contract web projects for big companies, trying to make our own grand entrance onto the Internet landscape. What we were originally trying to do doesn't matter so much now. But while doing it, we created Blogger, more or less on a whim, and thought — Hmmm... that's kinda interesting.

Blogger took off, in a small way, and eventually a bigger way, over a couple years. We raised a little money (but stayed small). And then the bust happened, and we ran out of money, and our fun little journey got less fun. We narrowly survived, not all in one piece, but kept the service going the whole time (most days) and started building it back up.

Things were going well again in 2002. We had hundreds of thousands of users, though still just a few people. And then something no one expected happened: Google wanted to buy us. Yes, that Google.

We liked Google a lot. And they liked blogs. So we were amenable to the idea. And it worked out nicely.

Now we're a small (but slightly bigger than before) team in Google focusing on helping people have their own voice on the web and organizing the world's information from the personal perspective. Which has pretty much always been our whole deal.

For more on Google, check google.com. (Also good for searching.)
Posted by Paul Crowe at 6:56 PM
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97 comments:

  1. Paul CroweOctober 18, 2010 at 8:10 AM

    Testing Comment Smilys :)) =)) x( :)]

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  2. Paul CroweOctober 18, 2010 at 8:50 AM

    Testing Comment Smileys 2 - 8-} :-t :-*

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  3. AnonymousOctober 18, 2010 at 6:31 PM

    Testing Comment Smileys 3 :D

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  4. Sena MizoOctober 18, 2010 at 10:15 PM

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  5. Sena MizoOctober 18, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    Just one more time !! :))=))

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  6. ChaliceOctober 20, 2010 at 5:53 AM

    Δοκιμή Test :)

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  7. ChaliceOctober 20, 2010 at 5:54 AM

    Obviously it's not working! ~x(

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  8. ReeBzOctober 20, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    :)=))

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  9. AnonymousOctober 22, 2010 at 1:15 PM

    :)) ;)) ;;) :D ;) :p :(( :) :( :X =(( :-o :-/ :-* :| 8-} :)] ~x( :-t b-( :-L x( =))

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  10. சசிகுமார்October 25, 2010 at 8:37 PM

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  11. UnknownOctober 27, 2010 at 9:19 PM

    @Sena Mizo;-)

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  12. Huynh Nhat HaNovember 2, 2010 at 12:42 AM

    he test smileys :)) now

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  13. AnonymousNovember 3, 2010 at 3:40 AM

    Testing too :p

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  14. ErnestosDecember 1, 2010 at 4:25 PM

    @ReeBz

    yo

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  15. AditzzDecember 4, 2010 at 4:52 PM

    @Ernestostest

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  16. DevilishDecember 5, 2010 at 5:50 AM

    :D test

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  17. egyhacksDecember 9, 2010 at 8:54 PM

    Thanks :D

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  18. PavanJanuary 1, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    hi:))

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  19. Michael David LockhartJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM

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  20. Francis PrabaharJanuary 20, 2011 at 7:53 AM

    Thanks for ur tips...

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  21. JanbloggerFebruary 1, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    @Paul Crowe
    test to see if this shows up directly below the comment.

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  22. AnastasiosFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:57 PM

    @Paul Crowe test

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  23. The MastahFebruary 11, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    =))

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  24. The MastahFebruary 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM

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  25. சுபத்ராFebruary 19, 2011 at 2:14 PM

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  26. OptionTraderFebruary 27, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    @junksblogger.com

    Replying to third comment

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  27. The MastahMarch 3, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    @Paul Crowe

    test lol

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  28. Eternal Wanderer...March 5, 2011 at 12:20 AM

    :)) >:P :(( :D

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  29. AnonymousMarch 12, 2011 at 10:00 PM

    :))

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  30. Dee ⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️⚜️March 16, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Testing can be fun!

    Dee

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  31. Mina JoshiMarch 27, 2011 at 7:06 AM

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  32. Pink PrincessMarch 28, 2011 at 12:29 AM

    test :))

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  33. AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    testing, thanks!

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  34. Szinay BalázsApril 5, 2011 at 6:47 PM

    :))

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  35. stepheyApril 8, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    @ReeBz

    testing :)

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  36. Cărți AleseApril 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    @Paul Crowe:D:D

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  37. UnknownApril 12, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    @Claudiujust checking

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  38. ClaudiaApril 15, 2011 at 5:00 AM

    @Paul Crowe just testing!

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  39. Ana FrancoApril 15, 2011 at 6:36 AM

    @சுபத்ரா teste

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  40. WanderlustApril 18, 2011 at 7:01 AM

    @Pavan 524how does this work?

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  41. PhoebeApril 22, 2011 at 11:48 AM

    @Paul CroweWhy don't the reply buttons inset to the specific comment? It just continues the same thread that the regular comment button does?

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  42. CronApril 27, 2011 at 8:22 AM

    @Paul Crowe Let's see how this works...

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  43. Pink Sun DropsMay 9, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    @Paul CroweIt would be awesome if Blogger did add replies where the reply inset to the comment as Phoebe mentioned above.

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  44. Dietitian PriMay 22, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    :X

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  45. Amateur PersonMay 26, 2011 at 8:09 PM

    @Wanderlust

    Yeah Working or Not..

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  46. *anishj*May 28, 2011 at 1:53 AM

    :))

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  47. aen ashiqinMay 30, 2011 at 11:32 PM

    nice.. ;;);;);;)

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  48. wasderJune 11, 2011 at 7:16 PM

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  49. AliceJune 13, 2011 at 6:47 AM

    @aen ashiqin

    testing this;)

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  50. UnknownJune 14, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    :D :D :D

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  51. TacazaJune 22, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    @ReeBz should this work?

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  52. Funn LimJune 23, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    @mdnkumartest

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  53. YanaJune 30, 2011 at 7:20 PM

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  54. YanaJune 30, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    :)) haha...great!

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  55. Prayag VermaJuly 4, 2011 at 2:38 AM

    @Paul Crowe

    Testing reply

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  56. UnknownJuly 5, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    @Paul Crowe Testing.

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  57. life by jeeenniJuly 6, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    :)

    haha, jag är från sverige ! :D

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  58. AnonymousJuly 7, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    :D Excellent!

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  59. Sniffly KittyJuly 11, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    @Xanthe

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  60. asdfgJuly 20, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    @Chalice

    Lets try to proov it

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  61. CharlotteJuly 23, 2011 at 9:45 PM

    @AMIN

    Testing reply feature

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  62. NailderellaJuly 25, 2011 at 1:53 AM

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  63. MonstrJuly 25, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    test :)) ;)

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  64. The Perfect PaletteJuly 27, 2011 at 3:20 PM

    @Nailderella

    this is cool

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  65. GeostAugust 9, 2011 at 11:11 AM

    @Jenna

    Just testing... jeep its cool

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  66. নিঝুমAugust 20, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    @Paul Crowe dfsd

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  67. UnknownAugust 20, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    @Paul Crowe testing the reply thing

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  68. KevAugust 23, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    @Paul Crowe


    Testing....:)

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  69. IdrisAugust 25, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    :-t

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  70. DaudaraAugust 30, 2011 at 8:12 PM

    :)) testing...will it work?

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  71. mzSeptember 2, 2011 at 7:35 AM

    @Noname

    ok testing also..
    http://muazfaris.com

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  72. UnknownSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:01 PM

    =))

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  73. CloudwalkerNZSeptember 15, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    :))

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  74. AdminSeptember 17, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    @Pavan 524TESTING

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  75. SommeliersimsSeptember 28, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  76. Heather Johnson-Family VolleyOctober 2, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    is this working. @Janblogger

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  77. UnknownOctober 2, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    :))

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  78. ushiiOctober 17, 2011 at 4:08 AM

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  79. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 8:38 AM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  80. AnonymousOctober 17, 2011 at 8:39 AM

    :))

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  81. CrazyNutsMomNovember 14, 2011 at 4:56 AM

    @Paul Crowe

    I'm not seeing how this works.

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  82. Svitlana ShayevichNovember 16, 2011 at 8:42 AM

    @Izolda
    reply

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  83. UnknownNovember 16, 2011 at 11:55 AM

    :))

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  84. AnshNovember 18, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    @Pink Sun Drops
    testing

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  85. Blog TemplateNovember 23, 2011 at 10:22 PM

    @Chalicetest....

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  86. Althaf Hussain.KDecember 4, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    @Blog Template

    Hello How r u...:)

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    @adsamar03

    sdgdfgdfgdfg

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  88. SeawolfJanuary 11, 2012 at 6:59 AM

    :))

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    nice





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    :-*

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