Is there any significance to Blogger being bought by Google (Do not post if these words make no sense)

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So Google, the worlds number one search engine, has bought Pyra Labs, who own Blogger. Does this mean anything to those of you who use Blogger, Google and why? (Since at the moment Blogger doesn't exactly rake in the bucks).

But since Google are - of the internet companies - one of the most in tune with their users (ie no pop-up ads etc etc) is there some grander scheme of synergy going on here?

― Pete (Pete), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 16:48 (twenty-three years ago)

I think google would like blogger because blogs drive the 'underweb' of self published sites. These sites create the interlinking and cross referenceing of the web much more than comercial sites though. Perhaps google want to tap into this resource somehow but seeing as they can already do this because these sites are part of the web I don't quite see how.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 16:52 (twenty-three years ago)

There is a risk, I think, that if Google do try to tap into the 'blogger resource' by indexing posts, providing blogsearch functionality, etc, sites which use non-Blogger content systems (Movable Type, Greymatter, etc) will not be indexed as well, thus making it harder to find useful information on those sites.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 16:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Possibly Google want to make searches-to-blogs proprietary, like it has done with Usenet. If you want to search the Usenet archives, you need to use Google Groups. Similarly, it might be the case that blogger-powered sites in future simply won't show up on other search engines.

Catlin's point suggests why this is a good deal from the Blogger/Pyra p.o.v.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 16:58 (twenty-three years ago)

just curious, how does google generate their income? some sort of advertising?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 16:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Google will never stop trying to index everything, although I do admit that if blogger and google are integrated then Blogger posts will surely be indexed faster on other systems.

(PS does anyone know of a script that can provide blogger type functionality on ones common or garden webserver?)

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 16:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah - advertisers 'buy' search words and the results then show up above and to the side of regular searches, in slightly shaded boxes so you know they're adverts.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:00 (twenty-three years ago)

but that's more like sponsorship, is that really all that lucrative?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Ed: my site uses Movable Type, which I think works as long as you can run Perl CGI scripts on your server. I didn't install it myself, though.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Horace - yes, or at least it seems to be. Google delivers absolutely humungous potential audiences who can be guaranteed to be looking for the exact product advertisers are offering - that's fairly saleable.

― Tom (Groke), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Is shall look it up, thanks. I'm also looking for a script that will take text and pictures from and email and turn them into blog.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I don't think Movable Type does that at the moment, but I could be wrong.

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

In theory it wouldn't be a difficult script to write but I have no desire to relearn perl just to write it.

― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 18 February 2003 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.picasa.com/picasa/

Google launches iPhoto clone for Windows, Blooger integration

― MATH BLASTER MYSTERY! (ex machina), Friday, 3 September 2004 21:29 (twenty-one years ago)

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