] Weblogs are going Googling.
] Google, which runs the Web's premier search site, has
] purchased Pyra Labs, a San Francisco company that created
] some of the earliest technology for writing weblogs, the
] increasingly popular personal and opinion journals.
] The buyout is a huge boost to an enormously diverse genre
] of online publishing that has begun to change the
] equations of online news and information. Weblogs are
] frequently updated, with items appearing in reverse
] chronological order (the most recent postings appear
] first). Typically they include links to other pages on
] the Internet, and the topics range from technology to
] politics to just about anything you can name. Many
] weblogs invite feedback through discussion postings, and
] weblogs often point to other weblogs in an ecosystem of
] news, opinions and ideas.
] "I couldn't be more excited about this," said Evan
] Williams, founder of Pyra, a company that has had its
] share of struggles. He wouldn't discuss terms of the
] deal, which he said was signed on Thursday, when we spoke
] Saturday. But he did say it gives Pyra the "resources to
] build on the vision I've been working on for years."

Silicon Valley - Dan Gillmor's eJournal - Google Buys Pyra: Blogging Goes Big-Time