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title: Google buys Blogger
date: "2003-02-17T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 959
description: Google has acquired Pyra Labs, the company behind the popular blogging tools Blogger and BlogSpot. This milestone acquisition signals a major shift as a search giant enters the rapidly growing field of personal publishing.
keywords: [google, blogger, pyra labs, blogspot, acquisitions, dan gillmor, scripting news]
---

[Google buys Pyra](http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000802.shtml). Pyra runs [Blogger](http://www.blogger.com) and [BlogSpot](http://www.blogspot.com). [via Scripting News](http://scriptingnews.userland.com/backissues/2003/02/16#morningBloggerNotes)