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Is Google Neglecting Blogger?

Posted by kdawson on from the it's-just-traffic dept.

Ian Lamont writes "For years, I've been frustrated by Blogger's relatively limited functionality and other problems. For instance, we've heard about Blogger's security flaws since the beginning of this decade. Blogger's latest problem, which lets bots bypass CAPTCHAs in order to set up spam blogs, is not just a sign of Google's disregard for security — it's symptomatic of Google's neglect of its Blogger service. For instance, Blogger is just now rolling out a feature that lets writers publish in the future, years after similar functionality was released in Wordpress and Moveable Type. Is Blogger destined to be a sideshow as long as Google keeps acquiring and building more high-profile services, such as Google Maps and YouTube?"

6 of 149 comments (clear)

  1. Don't click it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Everyone knows the drill by now, don't click the 40 year old virgin's link.

  2. Google is neglecting more than just blogger by bjd145 · · Score: 5, Informative

    IMO they are also neglecting Picasa, especially the Picasaweb. Adobe and Flickr are doing a much better job of updating their online photo sharing sites. What about Google Finance, Google Talk, and even Google Docs. All things that seen to be lagging in development.

  3. Re:Google does seem to have NIHS by Btarlinian · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not Invented Here Syndrome. YouTube is still a fairly new purchase, so it's hard to tell what'll happen there, but we've heard similar complaints about other things they've purchased like GrandCentral, Dodgeball, Jaiku, JotSpot, Urchin, etc. You do know that Google Maps and Google Earth, two of their most popular non-search products were the result of acquisitions, right?
  4. Re:Google does seem to have NIHS by maxume · · Score: 3, Informative

    Maps was in house:

    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/02/mapping-your-way.html

    Or at least, it was acquired before it was launched.

    Via:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Maps#Development_history

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  5. Re:If Google is neglecting Blogger.... by Rachel+Lucid · · Score: 4, Informative

    Blogger is not without utility. However, a bit of a "feature War" has sprung up between it and Wordpress, and Wordpress's abilities have expanded far beyond that of Blogger's.

    Google hasn't been neglecting Blogger so much as Blogger has been getting PWNED by faster-developing companies who can roll out more / better features faster.

  6. Re:usenet spam from gmail accounts by Niten · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's had its ups and downs since then with respect to the volume of spam. (Thanks to Google, the present timeframe is definitely one of the "downs".) But yeah, Usenet is still around, and it's not going away any time soon.

    Many programming and other technology-related groups are still very active. Usenet is one of the best places to go for advice on the C programming language (comp.lang.c), information about PICs (sci.electronics.design), Linux advice (comp.os.linux.misc), or even cooking tips (rec.food.cooking).

    Usenet has its weaknesses, but it also has some unique strengths versus Web-based discussion forums: everything is organized (more or less) hierarchically; the user interface is whatever you want it to be; and it's easy to download and archive interesting posts. These features appeal to enough people, apparently, to keep it going...