Weblogs.com
Weblogs.com is a website created by UserLand Software and later maintained by Dave Winer. It launched in late 1999 as a free, registration-based web crawler monitoring weblogs, was converted into a ping-server in October 2001,[1] and came to be used by most blog applications. Web-services like Feedster and Technorati monitor Weblogs.com for its list of the latest blog posts, generated in response to pings via XML-RPC. The site also provided free hosting to many early bloggers.
History[edit]
In mid-June 2004, there was a short outage as services transitioned between providers. Criticism from many bloggers was intense as many users initially feared their data was lost.[2] Dave Winer, who had originally promised to get the blogs back up and running within a two-week period, was able to restore them much faster thanks to help from Rogers Cadenhead.
According to Wired Magazine,[3] "What was decried as the death of a blog universe when Dave Winer shut down free blog host Weblogs.com turned out to be little more than a four-day server outage surrounded by a heck of a flame war."
In October, 2005, VeriSign bought the Weblogs.com ping-server from Winer,[4] promising that services currently free there would still be free. The podcasting-related web site audio.weblogs.com was also included in the $2.3 million deal.[5]
In May 2009 Weblogs.com was sold to a private investor group as part of the deal that saw Moreover Technologies divested from VeriSign.[6]
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References[edit]
- ^ Winer, Dave (2001-10-21). "Getting ready to flip the switch". Weblogs.com. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ Delio, Michelle (2004-06-15). "Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent". Wired News. Lycos, Inc. Archived from the original on 2004-06-24.
- ^ Kramer, Staci (2004-06-23). "Weblogs.com Rises From the Flames". Wired. Archived from the original on 2004-06-25.
- ^ Miller, Rich (2005-10-07). "VeriSign Acquires Weblogs.com, Declares War on 'Splogs'". Netcraft. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ^ VeriSign Acquires Dave Winers Weblogs.com
- ^ Moreover 3.0: We divest out of VeriSign