Google Buys Blogger

This is already old news, but Google has bought Pyra, the company behind the Blogger service. I won’t pretend to be a pundit (though I know a few), but I’d be in agreement with the consensus expressed at Live From The Blogosphere that this is the year that weblogs will really hit the mainstream.

I can’t wait to see how this will all develop.

If you want to read the pundits’ views, check out the following, in addition to Dan Gillmor’s article, linked first above:

Naked A-Listers!!!

Ever wanted to see Joe Clark “starkers and covered in baby oil”? Er, even if not, how about a “tiny and kute” Jason Kottke? This page promises them all, “NAKED AND VERY SHAMELESS!

The above page is actually part of the weblog (What a Cute!) of Natsuko from Ottawa, whose English is, as she says, “not complete”. However, she promises “The Blogging is large! Enjoy my place!” And we will… (via ernie)