Wednesday, 6 February 2008

Timeline of Blogging

1990: Tim Berners-Lee outlines proposals for the World Wide Web.

1992: Berners-Lee lists new websites as they appear online.

1994: Justin Hall launches his first 'online diary' - Justin's Home Page.

1997: John Barger invents the phrase 'weblog' to describe these online diaries.

1998: Open Diary launches. Bloggers could now comment on other people's blogs.

1999: Brad Fitzpatrick starts LiveJournal.

1999: Peter Merholz splits Barger's invention into 'wee-blog', creating the verb 'to blog'.

1999: Blogger.com (the site you're on right now), is launched by Pyra Labs.

2003: Google buys Blogger.com under undisclosed terms from Pyra Labs.

2007: Blogging popularity has exploded, with 70 million blogs worldwide.

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