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'AOL Journals' To Bring Blogs To Millions
Washington Post ^ | 07/13/03 | Leslie Walker

Posted on 07/12/2003 10:48:47 PM PDT by Pikamax

washingtonpost.com

'AOL Journals' To Bring Blogs To Millions

By Leslie Walker

Sunday, July 13, 2003; Page F07

The "blogosphere" may never be the same after America Online releases free blog-publishing software to its 34 million members this summer.

AOL this month began showing demos of its tools for creating Web logs, or blogs, to veteran bloggers. AOL has dubbed its service "AOL Journals" because its surveys showed that members found the word "blogs" confusing, said Rick Robinson, AOL's vice president for community products.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: aol; blog; internet; software
:( this is how the usenet got to be a wasteland, I fear for blogs
1 posted on 07/12/2003 10:48:48 PM PDT by Pikamax
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Don't worry AOLers still wont be able to figure them out.
3 posted on 07/12/2003 10:54:55 PM PDT by DeFault User
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Look, AOL wants to emulate Salon.com, that's a winner's strategy if I ever saw one.

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4 posted on 07/13/2003 12:03:13 AM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: Pikamax
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5 posted on 07/13/2003 5:28:00 AM PDT by RippleFire
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