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WebWord Weblog Posting Posting Date: April 24, 2003 Bloggers tool up (Guardian) -- "In short, with Typepad, SixApart has embraced almost every advance in weblogging over the past year, and wrapped it into a product my dad could use. It raises the bar for the personal publishing world in a way that the Blogger/ Google buyout promised but has yet to deliver."
Reader Comments...
Blogger has been behind in too many areas for too long. My prediction: TypePad will kick arse and walk all over Blogger's features. Maybe they should get some Webworders in for some user testing and comments. :) Posted by: MadMan on April 24, 2003 06:41 AM
TypePad sounds great. It should spark a new round of first-time bloggers and conversions from other products. The real loser here is Radio Userland. Six Apart is in a position dominate the paid-hosted and blog software markets with its reputation, superior products, and free entry product. Blogger is in a position to dominate the impulse blog market with its excellent product and Google's brand and promotional muscle. Userland is looking creakier and creakier. Their software is too expensive to compete with free services, and too buggy, idiosyncratic, and feature-poor to compete with MT. Posted by: Barry parr on April 24, 2003 01:39 PM
I used Blogger for the first time a while back and was horrified at how limited and unreliable it is, I couldn't believe so many people had put up with it. Posted by: Matt Round on April 24, 2003 03:20 PM
If TypePad is better than Blogger, it will hurt Google's image. Google has set itself up as being the best at everything it does. Not only will one of its horses be coming in second, it will spur additional questions as to why Google is straying into non-search services. Posted by: Alva on April 24, 2003 04:58 PM
When I was using Blogger before switching to Nucleus, if there was a | the submission page would be empty except for an error. Now I don't have to worry about it and I have something with lots of features like gzipping on the fly, multiple blogs, plugins, XML and RSS feeds, etc. Posted by: Morris Cox on April 24, 2003 07:02 PM
If TypePad is better than Blogger, it will hurt Google's image. Until the Blogger homepage says, "Blogger by Google," I don't think it's anything to worry about. Most Blogger users probably don't even know Google bought Pyra. Posted by: Joshua Kaufman on April 25, 2003 10:31 AM
I hear 37signals is working on their own hosted blogging service. Sounds very similar to TypePad. I think it's been in the works for about 6 months now. They've been quiet about it, but I bet it will be very impressive. I can't tell you where I got this info, but it's reliable. Posted by: on April 26, 2003 01:37 PM
Coming from an anonymous poster, I find that information to be highly reliable and trustworthy.
Jason Fried has mentioned a new 37Signals service on Signal vs. Noise, but from his description, it sounds more like a personal information and document manager. Posted by: Joshua Kaufman on April 28, 2003 08:44 AM
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