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Google buys Pyra Labs
Argyle writes "SiliconValley.com reports that Google has bought Pyra Labs. Pyra Labs is the creator of the Blogger software and runs the blogger.com and blogspot.com services. In weblog fashion, founder Evan Williams reported the news on his weblog in the middle of the Live from the Blogosphere event."
To be fair, froogle is still in beta. Um... and google groups IS dejanews. They bought deja. So that might be why it's similar.
be happy it doesnt take comments like this one in the search.
It doesn't?
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
I think at this point in time, if anyone could start an IPO gold rush in the internet world, it's google.
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Elwyn Jenkins, who is behind Google Village or Googlology Info Site wrote a comment about this story minutes after we both discovered Dan Gillmor's article. His comments are available at Google Buys Pyra: Fuel for The Blogging World!. Here are my comments about his story. "I agree with you, it's all about content. But there's a business aspect too. Larry and Sergey might run the technical show. But Eric Schmidt is here to take care of the business. And how Google will make money? By hosting bloggers for a fee? There were not so many paying customers for BlogSpot. And even imagine one million subscribers for $40 a year. That would not bring a great stream of revenue to Google. They must have an hidden idea."
I find Google Groups to be a lot more useful than DejaNews was. I actually use it all the time now. It's so easy to do searches and to find information. Google Groups is a great service!
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