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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