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Mod.ber
The company UseNet (User Network) featured a moderated newsgroup which allowed all postings to be controlled by an individual or small group. Most newsgroups were similar to a forum until about 1983 when a moderator named Brian E. Redman created "Mod.ber". Redman and a few others would post summaries of interesting threads/posts from else where on the .net. Mod.ber is one of the first to be considered an online blog. Read More Here. -
Early Diarists
Justin Hall was one of the early "Diarists" (Online Diary Writer) who began 11 years of personal online diary writing in 1994. -
The Online Diary
Beginning of the Online Diary. The first web page in the format of a diary was considerd to be research scientist Claudio Pinanez's "Open Diary" that he started November 14, 1994 on the MIT Media Laboratory website. -
Early Diarists
Carolyn Burke was another early diarist with her online diary in 1995 called "Carolyn's Diary" -
Online Diaries & The Media
Online diaries caught the attention of the media with the publication of "24 Hours in Cyberspace" which captured personal profiles of the people involved in early web pages. -
First Hired Blogger
Steve Gibson was hired to blog full-time by Ritual Entertainment (A computer game software developer who's signature game was SiN) on February 8, 1997 , possibly making him the first hired blogger. -
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Open Diary
Open Diary launched in October 1998 becoming one of the first blog comunities that allowed readers to add comments to other peoples blogs. -
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The Word "Blog"
The short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999.
Reference to the proper way to say "Weblog" -
"Blog" Used as a Verb & Noun
Shortly after the term blog was coined Evan Williams of Prya Labs used it as a verb and a noun and came up with the word "Blogger" leading to the popularization of the word. -
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Google
Google purchased Blogger.
