Blogger

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Blogger, an initiative of Pyra Labs based out of San Francisco, was launched in August 1999.It is basically a software, designed to simplify creation and maintenance of blogs.As a package it helps in authoring, editing, and publishing of blog posts and comments, with special functions for image management,web syndication, and moderation of posts and comments.

Started by three friends, the company was funded by doing web projects for big companies and some money flowing in through on-screen ads.The company faced a low phase in the initial years but the company picked up in 2002 followed by an acquisition by Google in 2003.

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Features:

• Unlimited number of blogs per user.
• Easy to create and publish: The user friendly interface makes it very easy to post videos, photos and more to the blog.
• Free of cost: The service is available without any charges.
• Customizable Templates: There is a huge pool of templates to be chosen from. In addition to that the blog’s design can be customized using the provided interface.The font and color can be changes easily.Blogger also provides an option for advanced users to edit HTML tags to control the design completely.
• Gadgets: Gadgets like slideshows, user polls, Adsense ads, Video Bar can be added on the blog page.
• Team Blogging: A number of users can form a team and post on the same blog.
• Multimedia Support:One can easily add photos which are then hosted in the Picasa Web Album account from where they can be managed for printing and other related tools.Similarly in case of videos, they are hosted on Google Video when they are uploaded through blogger.
• Blog Following: It provides a functionality to the blog readers that wish to follow that particular blog.The readers can use the “Follow This Blog” link to add the blog to their Blogger Dashboard and Google Reader account.
• Post Notifications: Readers can subscribe to the blog’s feeds, so they are notified whenever a new post is published on the blog.The blog can also be customized to send automatic emails with published posts to specific email addresses or mailing lists.
• Single Login : Since the blogger is accessed through the Google Account, it gives the user access to Gmail, iGoogle, Orkut, etc.
• Language Support: Blogger is available in 41 languages including Italian, French, Arabic, Hebrew, etc. A special feature is provided for languages like Arabic, Persian to enable the regional users have Right-to-Left display and formatting.