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Brief History of

Blogs
Introduction to New
Media
When was the first
blog started?
There are multiple competing claims
about who the world’s first blogger is,
so it’s a matter of dispute and likely
impossible to conclusively verify.

However
• The first or very early online
journal (aka blog) was only
made up of plain text.
• There were no graphics!!
• It had the ability to spread
ideas.
1994: THE Founding Father of Personal
Bloggers Starts Sharing

Justin Hall began sharing details of his personal


life on his website,
Justin’s Links From the Underground.
The website mostly consisted of a list of links.

Overshare/
Homepage
These sites were referred
to as “Online Diaries” or
even “Personal Pages”.
What’s the origin of
the word blog?
1997: The Term “Weblog” is Coined

The term is short for weblog.


A weblog is a log—or written documentation—
that’s published on the World Wide Web.
Jorn Barger, is credited as the person who came
up with the word.
Prior to that, people called blogs things like
“online journals” or “online diaries”.
1998: The First Blogging Platform (Open
Diary) Launches

A vital component of the history of blogging,


Open Diary, debuted in 1998 as a blogging
platform that not only provided space for users
to blog, but also a space for members to
comment on one another’s posts.
It was also right around this time that the word
“weblog” became too cumbersome and the
shortened and more modern slang term, “blog,”
began to proliferate.
1999: Competition Emerges with Blogger and LiveJournal
Launching

The Term Blog was coined by Peter Merholz.


In 1999, LiveJournal and Blogger both
scrambled onto the scene, followed by Xanga
(formerly a social networking site similar to the
better-known MySpace, which wouldn’t emerge
for several more years) in the year 2000
2003: WordPress and TypePad Enter the
Scene

WordPress got its start in 2003, when college


student Matt Mullenweg and his friend,
Mike Little, had an idea that blossomed into
what would eventually become the most
popular content management system (CMS) in
the world.
2003: Google Buys Blogger and Launches
AdSense

At the same time as they were buying up


popular blogging platforms, Google was also
working on and launching two of their flagship
products, AdSense and AdWords.
2004: “Blog” Becomes the Word of the Year

Every year since 2003, Merriam-Webster has


published a list of words that seem particularly
relevant to the year in question.
In 2004, however, the most looked-up word of
the year on the Merriam-Webster online
dictionary was “blog.”
2005: Vlogging Happened (YouTube
Launches)

In 2005, YouTube officially launched, and while


it didn’t happen right away, the platform set
the stage for what would become the modern
vlog.
Like the pre-2000s blogs, vlogs grew slowly but
steadily until 2005 when an innovative
platform, YouTube, made the medium
accessible to the masses. Like Blogger, YouTube
was bought by Google in.
2005-06: Huff Po and BuzzFeed Blur the Lines Between Blogs and News

These platforms had the look and feel of a


mainstream news site, but glancing through
some of the “articles,” many were written as
editorial content, fun listicles and explorations
into other creative blog post ideas writers
wanted to try out with their growing blog
audiences.
2006: Microblogging Becomes a Thing

In late 2006, ProBlogger’s Darren Rowse


suggested to his readers that they keep their
blog post length short enough to allow the
average reader to get through it in about a
minute and a half.

How much could you really say in 140 to 280 in


2017 to 4000 characters?
2012: Medium is Founded

This online publishing platform (that now has some paywalled


content), was wide open to all for the first few years of its life. There
are both professional and amateur writers publishing their blog posts
on Medium
Blogging continued to grow at a steady pace, but there wasn’t true
innovation in the blogosphere until the creation of Medium in 2012.
Throughout its lifetime, Medium has made waves by introducing new
ways to pay creators. They introduced a subscription model, and in
2017 replaced it with a partnership program. Today, Medium is home
to thousands of blogs with varying levels of success, and they even
employ some writers directly.
2016: WordPress Launches the .blog Domain

This meant that in addition to the original six


(at the time) domain extensions in popular use,
which included .com, .net, and .org, people and
organizations could now choose a domain name
with the .blog extension.
Blogging has changed considerably since its inception in the 1990s, but what
hasn’t changed is its relevance for businesses. While some older blogging
platforms are not available anymore, new ones continue to emerge every day.
Blogs have evolved from personal diaries and online pages to platforms that
support freedom of speech and opinions on a variety of topics such as nature,
science, health, politics, and culture.
Personal blogging has transitioned into professional blogging which businesses
use to achieve their marketing goals and to monetize through advertisements of
relevant products and services on their blogs.
The popularity of vlogs and podcasts suggests that blogging is here to stay for
the long haul. The channels or methods might change, but people will always
write on topics they are passionate about and continue to share them with
audiences.

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