Blogger is a blog-publishing service that allows multi-user blogs with time-stamped entries. It was developed by Pyra Labs, which was bought by Google in 2003. Generally, the blogs are hosted by Google at a subdomain of blogspot.com
2. History
On 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.
In October 2004, Pyra Labs' co-founder, Evan Williams, left
Google. In 2004, Google purchased Picasa; it integrated Picasa
and its photo sharing utility Hello into Blogger, allowing users to
post photos to their blogs.
On May 9, 2004, Blogger introduced a major redesign, adding
features such as web standards-compliant templates, individual
archive pages for posts, comments, and posting by email.
3. Redesign
In September 2009, Google introduced new features into Blogger
as part of its tenth anniversary celebration.
Adding location to posts via geotagging.
Post time-stamping at publication, not at original creation.
Vertical re-sizing of the post editor. The size is saved in a peruser, per-blog preference.
Link editing in Compose mode.
Full Safari 3 support and fidelity on both Windows and Mac OS.
New Preview dialog that shows posts in a width and font size
approximating what is seen in the published view.
Placeholder image for tags so that embeds are movable in
Compose mode.
New toolbar with Google aesthetics, faster loading time, and
"undo" and "redo" buttons. Also added was the full justification
button, a strike-through button, and an expanded color palette.
4. Available designs
Blogger allows its users to choose from various templates
available, and fully customize them. Users may also choose
to create their own templates using CSS. The new design
template, known as Dynamic View, was introduced recently.
It is built with AJAX, HTML5 and CSS3.
In April 2013 Blogger updated its HTML template editor that
has some improvements to make it easy for the users to edit
the source code of the blog. The editor was updated with
syntax highlight, number line and jump to widget button for
ease of editing the code.
5. Website
Owner
Daily Income
Value
Main Income
1
The Huffington Post
Arianna Huffington
$29,896
$21.82 Million
Pay Per Click
2
Mashable
Pete Cashmore
$15,781
$11.52 Million
Advertising Banners
3
Techcrunch
Michael Arrington
$14,816
$10.82 Million
Advertising Banners
4
Engadget
Peter Rojas
$9,861
$7.2 Million
Advertising Banners
5
Smashing Magazine
Vitaly Friedman
$6,382
$4.66 Million
Advertising Banners
6
Tuts+
Collis Taeed
$5,068
$3.7 Million
Membership Area
7
Life Hacker
Nick Denton
$4,821
$3.52 Million
Advertising Banners
8
Gizmodo
Attila Talos
$3,918
$2.86 Million
Advertising Banners
9
Perez Hilton
Mario Lavandeira
$3,645
$2.66 Million
Advertising Banners
10
Joystiq
AOL
$1,752
$1.28 Million
CPM Advertising
Source http://onlineincometeacher.com/money/top-earning-blogs/
6. 3 Aspects to Consider to Grow
Your Blog
The Content
The Community
The Technical Side
8. Limitations
Blog description = 500 characters. HTML mark up not supported.
Number of blogs = 100,000,000 blogs per account.
Number of labels = 5000 unique labels per blog (increased from the
original 2000), 20 unique labels per post
Number of pictures (hyperlinked from user's Google+ Web Album) =
15 GB of free storage (Shared between Google Drive, Google+ and
Gmail). However, if one has signed up for Google+ account, images
less than 2048 x 2048 pixels would not be counted to this storage limit.
For users not signed up for Google+, 800 x 800 pixels and below
images would not be included in this storage space.
Size of pages = Individual pages (the main page of a blog or archive
pages) are limited to 1 MB
Size of pictures = If posted via Blogger Mobile, limited 300 KB per
picture; posted pictures are scaled to 1600px
Stand-Alone Pages = Limited to 20 stand-alone pages.
Team members (those who can write to a blog) = 100 invitations per
blog.