CNN.com - Blogging goes mainstream - Mar. 10, 2003
Posted 12/03/2003 under
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Weblogging seems to becoming a more ‘legitimate’ enterprise. Well.. a newsworthy one for sure.. “This phenomenon is spreading largely because of inexpensive blogging software that is designed to make it easy for just about anyone to publish an online journal. No technical skills or knowledge about computer coding are required.”
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP)—The online diaries known as Weblogs, or “blogs,” seemed like a lot of inconsequential chatter when they surfaced a few years ago.
But as more people have embraced the concept, what once seemed like a passing fancy has morphed into a cutting-edge phenomenon that may provide the platform for the Internet’s next wave of innovation and moneymaking opportunities.
“Just like the Internet was 10 years ago, blogging is popular with an underground culture that is doing it for the love and passion,” said Tony Perkins, who edited the recently folded Red Herring technology magazine and last month launched a business blog called Always On Network.