Internet search leader Google has bought a startup that helped popularize online journals, giving a boost to the steadily spreading format known as Weblogs, or "blogs."
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Blogs are frequently updated online journals that often attract a faithful audience among the Internet cognoscenti. They offer an alternative to the outlets controlled by mainstream media giants.
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Many reporters regularly read blogs, and the views expressed in them helped focus the media's attention on the remarks that eventually led to Trent Lott's resignation as Senate majority leader.
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More than 1 million people use Blogger's Web publishing tools, Google said. About 200,000 of those users are running active Weblogs . . .
. . . including me on ThesisBlog and Fulwider's Travel Tales.
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