Yahoo! acquires blo.gs

By Dougal | Published: June 15, 2005

A while back, I noted that blo.gs was up for sale. More recently, there was a notice that a buyer had been found, but the identity of the buyer remained secret for a while. Now we know who it was.

I’d say that the service is in good hands.

Yahoo! acquires blo.gs

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5 Comments

the english guy rd.thex.com

Posted June 15, 2005 at 3:54 pm | Permalink

Should we take this with a pinch of salt?

Dougal dougal.gunters.org

Posted June 15, 2005 at 4:47 pm | Permalink

No salt needed. I meant that sincerely. Over the last couple of years, Yahoo! has been demonstrating that it ‘gets’ blogs. I’m guessing that their absorption of blo.gs is a strategic move to guarantee a good source of real-time update information. Plus they’ll have some interesting statistics about bookmark popularity.

gsyi webmaster-verzeichnis.de

Posted June 16, 2005 at 2:39 pm | Permalink

Does any one know something about the prize?

mary http

Posted September 24, 2005 at 6:30 am | Permalink

To reiterate: Yahoo is moving. Today also announces the Yahoo purchase of blo.gs. The “Y” graphic already appears in my address bar. They move fast. Kudos to Jim Winstead on his sale! What is blo.gs? A ping infrastructure.

harry http

Posted September 24, 2005 at 6:33 am | Permalink

Yahoo’s getting it’s mojo back in the last several months
Nice, congrats!

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By Benny Chandra dot com on June 15, 2005 at 7:53 pm

blo.gs has been acquired by Yahoo!: Wow, layanan pengumpul info blog yang barusan update itu terjual ke Yahoo! Nampaknya Yahoo! lagi suka belanja ya.. (info via Dougal ) (Â»)