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Blogger Brings More Voices to the Web; Easy-to-Use Interface and New Features Make Web Publishing Simpler for All Internet Users.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2004

Google Inc. today introduced a newly designed Blogger (1) A person who writes Weblogs. See blog.

(2) (Blogger) A Web site launched in 1999 from Pyra Labs, San Francisco, CA (www.blogger.com) that provides the tools for creating blogs (Weblogs).
(TM), the fast, easy and free self-publishing service for posting and sharing information online. Blogger now offers its users a suite of enhancements, including a clean, easy-to-use interface, shared comments, author profiles, and posting via email.

Owned by Google, Blogger is a free web-based service that helps consumers publish on the web instantly without writing code or installing software. First launched in 1999, Blogger's powerful publishing tools enable users to create, collect, and share opinions and experiences with a web-wide audience whenever they'd like.

"Blogger is committed to bringing more voices and points of view to the web," said Evan Williams Evan Williams is the name of several people. They include:
  • Evan Williams, an American brand of bourbon whiskey.
  • Evan Williams, an Australian politician.
  • Evan Williams, an Australian reporter.
  • Evan Williams, an entrepreneur and blogger.
, Blogger program manager. "These enhancements make web publishing Creating a Web site and placing it on the Web server. A Web site is a collection of HTML pages with the home page typically named INDEX.HTML. Web sites are designed using Web authoring software which provides a graphical layout capability or by hand coding in HTML or both.  as easy as possible, delivering the power of blogging into the hands of more people worldwide."

Creating a weblog See blog and Web log.

(World-Wide Web) weblog - (Commonly "blog") Any kind of diary published on the World-Wide Web, usually written by an individual (a "blogger") but also by corporate bodies.
, or a blog, using the new version of Blogger takes three simple steps and just a few minutes. Available at http://www.blogger.com, Blogger has streamlined the web publishing process for new users by building tools that make it faster and easier to create their own website, publish their thoughts, and connect with others. New features include:

-- Posting via email: Users can now publish to their blogs

instantly from any email-enabled device, including cellular

phones and PDAs.

-- Comments: Enables people to invite their readers to respond to

blog entries, so they can further share thoughts and opinions

with one another.

-- Profiles: Enables Blogger users to convey more information

about themselves so readers can learn more about the people

behind the blogs, and discover others who share similar

interests.

As more people adopt blogging as a form of communication, Blogger continues to develop innovative technologies that enhance and improve the web publishing experience for users -- for free. More information about other enhancements, including new template (1) A pre-designed document or data file formatted for common purposes such as a fax, invoice or business letter. If the document contains an automated process, such as a word processing macro or spreadsheet formula, then the programming is already written and embedded in the  designs and dashboard (1) See Mac Dashboard.

(2) A software-based control panel for one or more applications, network devices or industrial machines. Dashboards display simulated gauges and dials that look somewhat like an automobile dashboard.
, can be found at http://www.blogger.com.

About Google Inc.

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page For the music producer/manager, see .

Lawrence Edward "Larry" Page (born March 26 1973 in Lansing, Michigan) is an American entrepreneur who co-founded the Google internet search engine, now Google Inc., with Sergey Brin.
 and Sergey Brin Sergey Brin (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Брин , Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program, which is the largest and fastest growing in the industry, provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.

Google is a trademark of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
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