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Blogs died when blog specific search engines disappeared, particularly 'Google Blog search' which was quietly killed off in 2014. Technorati the other popular o
by ss64 6y ago
Blogs died when blog specific search engines disappeared, particularly 'Google Blog search' which was quietly killed off in 2014.
Technorati the other popular option for searching blogs, also went dark in 2014.
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- pmlnr 6y agoThis is so weird to read. As a rare language native (Hungarian) I was never part of The Glorious Blogsphere That One Day Disappeared. I ran my blog because I wanted to make it, to tinker with it, to write, to create. Those that went dark only because search engines now don't find them feel like they never done it for these values.
- interestica 6y agoRemember when google bought blogger? I don't know if they ever really grew it. Having a blogger account did give me early access to Gmail though.