Blogger has quietly slipped out of beta, with the most significant update to the popular blogging tool since Google acquired it in early 2003.
By Brian Heater - PC Magazine
Dec. 21
Blogger quietly slipped out of beta on Wednesday, with little fanfare save for the words "We're out of beta" atop Blogger's home page, and an "official" post with the heading 'Blogger's New Bag of Tricks' on parent company Google's own Google Blog. The upgrade stands as the most significant update to the popular blogging tool since the Menlo Park-based search company purchased it from creators Pyra Labs in February 2003.
The upgrade includes integration with Google accounts, allowing users with existing accounts to log into the service. Also onboard is a new Layout feature, which utilizes Web 2.0 functionality for code-free updates to blog layouts. The new Labels tool allows users to tag and sort posts by keywords, and Blogger has also added more template options to help people get started with their blog design. Dynamic Publishing allows users to see changes to their blog almost immediately after they're made, without the lengthy publishing process that marked previous versions.
Private blog restrictions have also been added, allowing users to specify who can see their posts by entering the e-mail addresses of potential readers. New feed options are on board as well, and the service now supports RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0 standards.
While we had no problem creating a new Blogger account using an existing Google login, posts to Blogger's help page have reported some bugs among the site's existing users, including some difficulty integrating their old blogs to the new version of the software.
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