Blogger is one of the many options available to bloggers who are
looking for free blog software. This website located at the
following web address: http://www.blogger.com offers registered
users the opportunity to publish their own blog free of charge. The
website also has templates the blogger can use to create his blog
and even enables bloggers to easily place Google advertisements on
their blog and coordinates an AdSense account for the users so they
can potentially earn a profit from their blog. This article will
discuss the history of Blogger as well as the terms of
service.
The History of Blogger
Blogger began in 1999 with a small group of friends in the San
Francisco area who ran a company called Pyra Labs. These friends
did not set out to create a network of bloggers but nevertheless
Blogger emerged from their efforts. The three friends who developed
bloggers were programmers who toiled away for others in an effort
to fund their own endeavors. As previously mentioned a blog network
was not their original goal but the friends were intrigued by the
idea as it emerged and found others were interested too as their
concept quickly took off and new members were joining everyday.
Like most Internet Entrepreneurs of this time period, they
experienced setbacks but continued to persevere.
In 2002 Blogger was doing well but got an unexpected surprise when
Google expressed interest in purchasing Pyra Labs. Google was
interested in the upswing in the blogging community and the members
of Pyra Lab sold their company enabling Google to take over the
operation. Since taking over Google introduced the concept of
AdSense advertising campaigns on blogs which has been generating
profits for Google and bloggers alike. Blogger not only offers
members templates to create a blog and voice their opinions on the
Internet but also simplifies the process of placing AdSense
advertisements on the blog. {...}
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