Blogger, Google-owned since 2003, hosted millions of free blogspot.com blogs in 2010, from personal diaries to recipe blogs to the MP3 blogs of the music-download era. A template designer launched in 2010 let anyone build a custom layout without touching code.
- Domain in 2010
- blogger.com
- Launched
- 23 August 1999
- Founders
- Evan Williams, Meg Hourihan
- Owner in 2010
- Status today
- Still active
What people used it for
- Free personal and hobby blogs
- MP3 blogs and fan blogs
- Photo-heavy family blogs
Interface characteristics
- Orange B logo and a Blogger navbar at the top of every blog
- Minima and Rounders templates everywhere
- Comment forms with word verification
Notable features
- Template Designer (2010)
- Pages and stats added in 2010
What happened later
Blogger still runs, largely unchanged, as a free Google service.
Archived on the Wayback Machine
Archived pages open on web.archive.org (Internet Archive). They are historical captures, not part of this exhibit.
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