Hi friends,
Google is one among the world's biggest web companies today. There are lots and lots of Google services which we cant avoid in today's world. These services cant be replaced by anyone else easily. But the real truth is that, Google is a planned buyer rather than a developer. Yeah, it is. Most of the user-fondly services of Google were launched by other web companies and when those services became successful and well-developed, Google just snatched it away from them. I am not criticizing Google on this aspect, even though I'm just bringing this into your notice. Let me prove it with examples...
1. Blogger: Blogger is one among the most used services from Google. Blogger is a free blog hosting platform which allows users to start their own blog without even a penny.
In August 23, 1999, Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs. As one of the earliest dedicated blog-publishing tools, it is credited for helping popularize the format. In February 2003, Pyra Labs was acquired by Google under undisclosed terms. The acquisition allowed premium features (for which Pyra had charged) to become free and the credit goes to Google for this step.
2. Picasa: Picasa is an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website.
Picasa was originally created by Idealab and owned by Google since 2004.
3. FeedBurner: Feedburner is a web feed management provider launched in 2004. FeedBurner provides custom RSS feeds and management tools to bloggers, podcasters, and other web-based content publishers. Maybe One among every 3 bloggers use this service.
On June 3, 2007, FeedBurner was acquired by Google Inc., for a rumored price of $100 million.One month later, two of their popular PROservices (MyBrand and TotalStats) were made free to all users.
In August 23, 1999, Blogger was launched by Pyra Labs. As one of the earliest dedicated blog-publishing tools, it is credited for helping popularize the format. In February 2003, Pyra Labs was acquired by Google under undisclosed terms. The acquisition allowed premium features (for which Pyra had charged) to become free and the credit goes to Google for this step.
Picasa was originally created by Idealab and owned by Google since 2004.
3. FeedBurner: Feedburner is a web feed management provider launched in 2004. FeedBurner provides custom RSS feeds and management tools to bloggers, podcasters, and other web-based content publishers. Maybe One among every 3 bloggers use this service.
On June 3, 2007, FeedBurner was acquired by Google Inc., for a rumored price of $100 million.One month later, two of their popular PROservices (MyBrand and TotalStats) were made free to all users.
