This just in:
Google, which runs the Web’s premier search site, has purchased Pyra Labs, a San Francisco company that created some of the earliest technology for writing weblogs, the increasingly popular personal and opinion journals.
Silicon Valley – Dan Gillmor’s eJournal
Wow.
My immediate reaction is to say a quick RIP for Nick Denton’s nascent blog indexing company, as his services will no longer be required.
UPDATE: Denton’s partner, the ubiquitous “megnut”, says on Metafilter that they’ll not be affected by Booger:
As the co-founder of “Nick Denton’s blog indexing company” (and the co-founder of Pyra Labs) I can tell you this isn’t RIP for what we’re doing and building. You can read more about the Lafayette Project here but we’re not building weblog search, and never had any intention of going up against Google, even before this deal was announced.
Clicking through to her blog, she describes a “best-of-the-blogs show”. Daily Bloggie Awards? Well, different strokes and all that.
My only question:
Will Blogger now be re-christened “Bloogle” or “Bloggle?” 🙂
Maybe just “Booger”.