{"id":21226,"date":"2019-06-03T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T09:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=21226"},"modified":"2026-08-13T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:41:30","slug":"history-of-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/history-of-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Blogging: From 1997 Until Now (With Pictures)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blogging has been around for more than three decades now, and the nature of blogs has undergone incredible transformations during those years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article explores the history of blogging, from the first recognized blog to the crowded, AI-assisted blogosphere of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n    \r\n    <style>\r\n        :root {\r\n        --jtoc-progress-bar-color: #4267cf;\n        }\r\n                    .wpj-jtoc.--jtoc-theme-none.--jtoc-has-custom-styles {\r\n        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3v18\"\/><\/svg> -->\r\n                        <span class=\"wpj-jtoc--title-label\">Table of contents<\/span>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                                        <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                                <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--body\">\r\n                        <nav class=\"wpj-jtoc--nav\">\r\n                <ol class=\"wpj-jtoc--items\"><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#the-early-history\" title=\"The early history of blogging\" data-numeration=\"1\" >The early history of blogging<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <ol class=\"wpj-jtoc--items\"><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#how-different-blogging-platforms-began-and-died\" title=\"How different blogging platforms began and died\" data-numeration=\"1.1\" >How different blogging platforms began and died<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#livejournal\" title=\"LiveJournal\" data-numeration=\"1.2\" >LiveJournal<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#blogger\" title=\"Blogger\" data-numeration=\"1.3\" >Blogger<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#the-early-2000\" title=\"The early 2000s\" data-numeration=\"2\" >The early 2000s<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#the-rise-vlogging\" title=\"The rise of vlogging\" data-numeration=\"3\" >The rise of vlogging<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#a-brief-history\" title=\"A brief history of blog design\" data-numeration=\"4\" >A brief history of blog design<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <ol class=\"wpj-jtoc--items\"><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#the-rise-of-responsive-design\" title=\"The rise of responsive design\" data-numeration=\"4.1\" >The rise of responsive design<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#a-quick-history\" title=\"A quick history of blog SEO\" data-numeration=\"5\" >A quick history of blog SEO<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#blogging-in-recent-years\" title=\"Blogging in recent years (2012-2026)\" data-numeration=\"6\" >Blogging in recent years (2012-2026)<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <ol class=\"wpj-jtoc--items\"><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#medium\" title=\"Medium\" data-numeration=\"6.1\" >Medium<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#substack\" title=\"Substack\" data-numeration=\"6.2\" >Substack<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#pulse\" title=\"Pulse\" data-numeration=\"6.3\" >Pulse<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#ending-the-decade\" title=\"Ending the decade\" data-numeration=\"6.4\" >Ending the decade<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#wordpress-grows-up-the-block-editor-era\" title=\"WordPress grows up: the block editor era\" data-numeration=\"6.5\" >WordPress grows up: the block editor era<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#saying-goodbye-the-platforms-that-logged-off\" title=\"Saying goodbye: the platforms that logged off \ud83d\udc4b\" data-numeration=\"6.6\" >Saying goodbye: the platforms that logged off \ud83d\udc4b<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h3\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"3\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#rise-of-ai-and-chatgpt\" title=\"Rise of AI and ChatGPT \ud83e\udd16\" data-numeration=\"6.7\" >Rise of AI and ChatGPT \ud83e\udd16<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><\/ol><\/li><li class=\"wpj-jtoc--item --jtoc-h2\">\r\n        <div class=\"wpj-jtoc--item-content\" data-depth=\"2\">\r\n                        <a href=\"#blogging-today\" title=\"Blogging today in 2026 and in the future\" data-numeration=\"7\" >Blogging today in 2026 and in the future<\/a>\r\n                    <\/div> <\/li><\/ol>            <\/nav>\r\n                                                        <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet-clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet_wrapper\">\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_text\">\n\t\t    \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Follow+along+for+a+visual+tour+of+the+history+of+%23blogging+from+1997+until+today+%F0%9F%93%9C&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/history-of-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Follow along for a visual tour of the history of #blogging from 1997 until today &#128220;<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_sharebtn\">\n\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Follow+along+for+a+visual+tour+of+the+history+of+%23blogging+from+1997+until+today+%F0%9F%93%9C&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/history-of-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"the-early-history\">The early history of blogging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most experts agree that the first blog was Links.net, created in 1994 by then-student Justin Hall as a place to publish his writing. The site consisted entirely of brief posts, each one sharing a link and some of his thoughts on the content within. This compilation of links included links to websites he liked, as well as his own work.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=12847166  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1506\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg\" alt=\"The history of blogging starts with Links.net\" class=\"wp-image-22467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:251\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:643\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:857\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:42\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:287\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 287w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:475\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 475w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:717\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 717w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:233\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:161\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 161w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Others quickly followed in Hall&rsquo;s footsteps, creating their own sites to share their personal lives and thoughts. With the term &ldquo;blog&rdquo; not invented yet, these sites were referred to as &ldquo;Online Diaries&rdquo; or even &ldquo;Personal Pages&rdquo;. In 1997, the term &ldquo;weblog&rdquo; was coined by Jorn Barger of the influential <em>Robot Wisdom <\/em>blog to describe these sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many of those early blogs were created by programmers and focused on highly technical subjects, but in 1998 Jonathan Dube became the first journalist to blog an event. His blog chronicled Hurricane Bonnie for The Charlotte Observer, as pictured below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=163796580  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1738\" height=\"1508\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg\" alt=\"The first live blogging event in history\" class=\"wp-image-22478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1244\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 1738w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:260\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:666\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:888\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:43\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:277\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 277w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:458\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 458w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:692\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 692w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:171\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 171w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:225\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:156\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 156w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1244\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dispatches.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1998 also saw the creation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_Diary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Diary<\/a>, a blogging platform that allowed members of the community to comment on each other&rsquo;s writing. This was the first of many tools that made blogging accessible to regular people, regardless of their programming experience. Open Diary itself had a long run: it went offline in 2014, relaunched as a subscription service in 2018, and finally closed for good in February 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"how-different-blogging-platforms-began-and-died\">How different blogging platforms began and died<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as the cumbersome, code-heavy blogs of the <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/90s-website-design\/\">late &rsquo;90s<\/a> began to give way to more accessible solutions, in 1999 the word &ldquo;weblog&rdquo; was dropped in favor of a simpler term: &ldquo;blog&rdquo; by Peter Merholz. This year also saw the advent of three new blogging platforms: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Xanga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xanga<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LiveJournal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LiveJournal<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blogger_(service)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blogger<\/a>. Xanga, a site that focused more on the social side of blogging (similar to MySpace), counted millions of members at its mid-2000s peak, but it ran out of money in 2013, and a crowdfunding relaunch never got it back on its feet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=368299113  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1594\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg\" alt=\"LiveJournal was one of the first blogging platforms in history\" class=\"wp-image-22468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1016\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:282\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 282w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:816\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:964\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 964w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:47\/h:50\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 47w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:226\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 226w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:374\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 374w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:565\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 565w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:139\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 139w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:184\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 184w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:127\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 127w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1016\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/LiveJournal.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"livejournal\">LiveJournal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LiveJournal started as a website where Brad Fitzpatrick could keep in touch with his high school friends, and quickly grew into a place where all kinds of people could record their thoughts and develop communities. LiveJournal sustained popularity as a blogging platform into the mid-2000s, but gradually transformed from a blogging site where all were welcome into one of <a href=\"https:\/\/thehistoryoftheweb.com\/postscript\/whatever-happened-livejournal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russia&rsquo;s primary social media platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"blogger\">Blogger<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blogger, on the other hand, began its life as a commercial blogging service created by Pyra Labs. Google would go on to purchase it in 2003 and make it freely available to the world. This move pushed not just Blogger, but also the entire concept of blogging, into the mainstream. Remarkably, Blogger is still around today, still free, and still owned by Google.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1314127979  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1255\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg\" alt=\"blogger was a blogging platform acquired by Google\" class=\"wp-image-22469\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 1500w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:717\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 717w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:233\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:161\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 161w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=1314127979  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1255\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg\" alt=\"blogger was a blogging platform acquired by Google\" class=\"wp-image-22469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:251\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:233\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:161\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 161w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogger.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"the-early-2000\">The early 2000s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As blogging became more popular, tools appeared to help people curate their blog reading list or market their own blogs. 2002 was a particularly big year for the blogosphere. People also started to monetize their blogs &#128176; with sites like BlogAds, a precursor to Google AdSense.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=771473744  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1255\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg\" alt=\"blogads was one of the first ad services for blogging\" class=\"wp-image-22470\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 1500w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:717\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 717w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:233\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:161\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 161w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=771473744  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1255\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg\" alt=\"blogads was one of the first ad services for blogging\" class=\"wp-image-22470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:251\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 300w, 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287w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:475\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 475w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:717\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 717w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:233\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:161\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 161w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/blogads.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first-ever blog search engine, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Technorati\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technorati<\/a>, launched that November.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1916592161  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1431\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg\" alt=\"Technorati\" class=\"wp-image-22471\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:239\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:611\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:814\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:40\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:302\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 302w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:499\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 499w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:755\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 755w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:186\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 186w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:245\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:170\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=1916592161  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1431\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg\" alt=\"Technorati\" class=\"wp-image-22471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:239\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:611\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:814\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:40\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:302\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 302w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:499\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 499w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:755\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 755w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:186\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 186w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:245\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:170\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Technorati.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many popular blogs also launched in this year, including Gizmodo and Gawker, some of the earliest companies to use blogging itself as their primary business model. Gizmodo is still publishing today, while Gawker&rsquo;s later fate gets its own mention further down this timeline. Check out the original version of Gizmodo below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1203814904  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1431\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg\" alt=\"The original Gizmodo blog\" class=\"wp-image-22472\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:239\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:611\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:814\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:40\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:302\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 302w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:499\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 499w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:755\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 755w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:186\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 186w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:245\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:170\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=1203814904  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1431\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg\" alt=\"The original Gizmodo blog\" class=\"wp-image-22472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:239\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:611\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:814\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:40\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:302\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 302w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:499\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 499w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:755\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 755w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:186\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 186w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:245\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 245w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:170\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 170w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1358\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/gizmodo.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heather Armstrong became the first person to get fired for talking about her job on her blog in <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/news\/media\/15971\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 2002<\/a>. This put her blog, Dooce, in the spotlight of many conversations about internet privacy. &ldquo;Dooced&rdquo; even became a verb, meaning &ldquo;fired for blogging&rdquo;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2002 was a big year for blogging, but 2003 turned out to be even bigger. Google purchased Blogger and introduced AdSense, making it possible for anyone to monetize their blog without needing to join a special network like BlogAds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2003 also saw the birth of two new brand-new blogging services that would further alter the blogosphere: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TypePad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TypePad<\/a>, a commercial blogging platform that went on to host blogs for major multimedia companies like the BBC, and <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/what-is-wordpress\/\">WordPress<\/a>, the open-source platform that powers Themeisle and its sister sites. These platforms made it easy for companies to <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-blog\/\">create their own fully customized blogs<\/a> and sell advertising directly to companies for <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-make-money-with-a-blog\/\">improved profits<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/blogger-vs-wordpress\/\">Blogger vs WordPress<\/a> pros and cons to help you choose the right platform for you.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=425159623  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1808\" height=\"1312\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress\" class=\"wp-image-22473\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1488\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 1808w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:218\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:557\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:743\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 1024w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:827\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 827w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:204\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 204w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:269\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 269w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:186\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 186w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1488\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/WordPress.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2005, Garrett Graff became the first blogger in the history of blogging to be granted a press pass for the White House. This, along with the birth of Huffington Post in the same year (renamed HuffPost in 2017; see the original site below), brought blogging into the political realm and gave the medium a new level of legitimacy as a media source.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1504749216  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1718\" height=\"1556\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg\" alt=\"huff\" class=\"wp-image-22474\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1192\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 1718w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:272\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:696\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:927\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:45\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:265\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 265w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:438\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 438w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:662\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 662w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:163\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 163w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:215\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 215w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:149\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 149w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1192\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/huff.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"the-rise-vlogging\">The rise of vlogging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the rise of blogging came a whole new style of blog: video blogs, or vlogs. The first vlog entry was created in 2000 by Adam Kontras. It&rsquo;s a short video that doesn&rsquo;t seem like much, but it was the beginning of a new form of content, and even more, a new industry &#127909;:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-fancy su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>See the first vlog: <\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<iframe title=\"Entry #1 - Talk about moving in the 21st Century (World&amp;apos;s first video blog)\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Op65qkWxqBY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like the pre-2000s blogs, vlogs grew slowly but steadily until 2005 when an innovative platform, YouTube, made the medium accessible to the masses. 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281w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:465\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/YouTube.jpg 465w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:703\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/YouTube.jpg 703w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:173\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/YouTube.jpg 173w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:228\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/YouTube.jpg 228w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:158\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/YouTube.jpg 158w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1264\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/YouTube.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today YouTube is home to much more than vlogs, but vlogging is still at its core, with the top creators making millions of dollars per year. Forbes still ranks the highest-earning creators annually: its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/top-creators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 Top Creators list<\/a> put the top earner, YouTuber MrBeast, at $85 million for the year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"a-brief-history\">A brief history of blog design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rise of vlogging was only one sign of a major shift in internet usage: as internet connections grew faster and more stable, images and video became more prominent. Images and design also became gradually more important to blogging success. Early blogs consisted almost entirely of text that stretched across the entire page, with only the occasional small image. You can see this early design aesthetic if you take another look at that screenshot of Links.net:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=12847166  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1506\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg\" alt=\"links\" class=\"wp-image-22467\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:251\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:643\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:857\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:42\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:287\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 287w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:475\/h:397\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 475w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:717\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 717w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:233\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:161\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 161w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 2x\"><noscript><img data-opt-id=12847166  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1506\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg\" alt=\"links\" class=\"wp-image-22467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:251\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:643\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:717\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 717w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:177\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 177w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:233\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 233w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:161\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 161w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1290\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/links.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The design aspect of blogs has evolved and grown more important with each new iteration of the concept. Early platforms like LiveJournal and Blogger offered limited but simple customization. This allowed people with no coding experience to create unique sites. Popular LiveJournal layouts also introduced some elements of design that are still common in WordPress themes, like the centered text pictured below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=861255692  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/potterpuffs.jpg\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1621\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/potterpuffs.jpg\" alt=\"potterpuffs\" class=\"wp-image-22476\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:999\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/potterpuffs.jpg 1500w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:390\/h:61\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Paper-Style-Blog.png 390w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:270\/h:42\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Paper-Style-Blog.png 270w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1436\/h:225\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Paper-Style-Blog.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When WordPress launched its open source code in 2003, design possibilities exploded. Developers could use the WordPress technology to build themes, and people with no previous web design experience could customize those templates and build their sites with ease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/free-or-premium-wordpress-themes\/\">premium WordPress themes<\/a> have become an industry to themselves. <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/about-us\/\">ThemeIsle<\/a> joined this wave of companies in 2012, with a strong desire to make WordPress themes more fun for both site owners and new visitors. Its first theme, CreativeMag, was released that same year:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1457082386  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"1310\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png\" alt=\"History of Blogging: First Themeisle Design\" class=\"wp-image-21263\" old-srcset=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1310\/h:744\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 1310w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:300\/h:170\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 300w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:768\/h:436\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 768w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1024\/h:582\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 1024w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:50\/h:28\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 50w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:423\/h:240\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 423w, 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1056\/h:600\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 1056w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:261\/h:148\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 261w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:343\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 343w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:238\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 238w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1310\/h:744\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/First-ThemeIsle-Theme.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CreativeMag theme showcases several popular design elements from this era in the history of blogging, including possibly the most enduring element of modern blog design, the sidebar. Like many older themes, it uses beige coloring to evoke the feeling of reading a journal. <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/custom-wordpress-sidebar\/\">The sidebar<\/a> features an image of lined paper to strengthen this association.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"the-rise-of-responsive-design\">The rise of responsive design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No article about the history of blogging would be complete without a mention of the mobile revolution &#128241;. Mobile traffic was responsible for more than 50% of all internet traffic in 2018. But websites created in the early-to-mid 2000s don&rsquo;t <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/mobile-friendly-wordpress-website\/\">look great when you view them with a mobile phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some companies created separate mobile sites designed for phones, but this was costly and impractical. The better answer, it seemed, was responsive design. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Responsive_web_design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Responsive design<\/a>, or design that alters itself to fit the user&rsquo;s screen, has existed in some form since 2001 but rose to popularity in 2015, when Google announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mobilegeddon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sites would be penalized if they weren&rsquo;t mobile-friendly<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, responsive design is built into most WordPress themes, including <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/wordpress-themes\/\">all the themes you&rsquo;ll find here at Themeisle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"a-quick-history\">A quick history of blog SEO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another important aspect of the history of blogging is the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-seo-tips\/\">search engine optimization<\/a>, commonly referred to as SEO. The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creation of Google in 1998<\/a> changed the internet forever. The site quickly gained popularity, and enterprising individuals soon realized that they could use excessive keywords to make an impact on the search engines. Blogs, as sites that are frequently updated and have a heavy focus on text content, were a natural way for businesses to add large numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/keyword-research-for-wordpress\/\">these keywords<\/a> to their sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the early days of SEO, all you needed was to shove the correct keywords into your sentences as many times as possible, and the search engines would reward you. High-quality websites often shared the front page of Google with keyword-stuffers and other SEO spammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortunately, Google noticed those spammers early on and began a long series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/google-algorithm-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">algorithm updates<\/a> designed to punish sleazy SEO tactics and reward authentic, high-quality content. Today&rsquo;s SEO is rooted in a combination of human psychology and an understanding of how Google and other search engines categorize content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All in all, the changes to SEO reward high-quality blogs, making blogs an even more instrumental part of marketing. <a href=\"https:\/\/seotribunal.com\/blog\/blogging-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Companies who blog<\/a> receive 55% more visitors to their website. Those visitors are also higher quality; SEO leads get a 14.6% close rate, whereas outbound leads have a much lower closing rate of 1.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newest chapter in blog SEO is the AI answer era. Google&rsquo;s AI Overviews now summarize results directly on the search page, and a July 2025 Pew Research study found that users who saw an AI summary clicked a traditional search result in only 8% of visits, compared with 15% on pages without one <sup>[1]<\/sup>. Ranking still matters, but getting cited inside the answer &#128270; has become the new frontier for blogs that rely on search traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"blogging-in-recent-years\">Blogging in recent years (2012-2026)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blogging continued to grow at a steady pace, but there wasn&rsquo;t true innovation in the blogosphere until the creation of Medium in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"medium\">Medium<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout its lifetime, <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-vs-ghost-vs-medium\/\">Medium<\/a> has made waves by introducing new ways to pay creators. They introduced a subscription model, and in 2017 replaced it with a <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/partner-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partner program<\/a>. 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id=\"substack\">Substack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Around the same time that Medium introduced the partner program, another platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Substack<\/a>, also came on the blogging scene. Substack let independent writers and content creators publish their work directly to readers and set up paid subscriptions. This subscription-based revenue model is one of the key features of Substack, and allowed writers to build a loyal and dedicated audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform also provided simple tools for writers to create and design their content, as well as track analytics and growth. Over the years, it has gained popularity among journalists, authors, and thought leaders, who use it as an alternative to traditional publishing and media outlets. 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1728\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/web-substack-home-loggedout.jpg 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"pulse\">Pulse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LinkedIn introduced its own blogging platform, Pulse, for select users in 2013. Over time Pulse was rolled out to a growing number of users, becoming available to all in 2015. However, in early 2017, LinkedIn altered their website and app by integrating LinkedIn Pulse into every user&rsquo;s home page newsfeed. This change made it possible to view blogging updates from followed people, businesses, and channels instantly without having to navigate away from the home page. The Pulse name itself has since faded from use, but long-form publishing remains built into every LinkedIn feed <sup>[3]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"ending-the-decade\">Ending the decade<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the 2010s began winding down, creators continued to use Medium, Substack, and <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/best-free-blogging-sites\/\">the outcropping of similar sites<\/a> as their primary blog. However, many of them also used these blogging platforms as secondary and tertiary posting grounds, as a means of funneling traffic to their self-hosted, main blogs. Leveraging these platforms brought content from low-traffic domains to larger new audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social media was utilized by blogs in a similar, symbiotic fashion, which has continued to the present day. Most bloggers have some kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/social-media-strategy-for-wordpress\/\">social media marketing strategy<\/a>. They share bits and pieces of every blog post on a plethora of social media platforms, in an effort to get that traffic back to their blog. Vloggers use similar marketing tactics, and many also run blogs in tandem with their vlogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"wordpress-grows-up-the-block-editor-era\">WordPress grows up: the block editor era<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress spent those same years reinventing itself. In December 2018, WordPress 5.0 replaced the classic editor with the block editor, turning every post into a stack of movable content blocks <sup>[4]<\/sup>. Full site editing followed in early 2022 with WordPress 5.9, extending the same block system from posts to entire page layouts <sup>[5]<\/sup>. The bet paid off: WordPress now powers roughly 41% of all websites <sup>[6]<\/sup>, and its block-based approach pushed the whole industry toward visual, modular publishing &#129521;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=1428331890  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/editor-block-editor-scaled.png\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1646\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/editor-block-editor-scaled.png\" alt=\"The current WordPress block editor editing a sample post with the block toolbar visible\" class=\"wp-image-118367\" 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https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:303\/h:195\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/editor-block-editor-scaled.png 303w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:210\/h:135\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/editor-block-editor-scaled.png 210w, https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:1679\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/dpr:2\/https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/editor-block-editor-scaled.png 2x\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"></noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"saying-goodbye-the-platforms-that-logged-off\">Saying goodbye: the platforms that logged off &#128075;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2020s have also been an era of farewells. TypePad, one of the original class of 2003, stopped accepting new signups at the end of 2020 and shut down for good on September 30, 2025 <sup>[7]<\/sup>. Gawker, a 2002 pioneer of the blog-as-business model, first closed in 2016 after losing a high-profile privacy lawsuit, was revived under new ownership in 2021, and closed again in early 2023 <sup>[8]<\/sup>. And as noted earlier, Open Diary signed off in February 2026, while Xanga never recovered from its 2013 collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not everyone left, though. Movable Type, the publishing platform TypePad was built on, is still actively maintained, with version 9 releases shipping as recently as 2026 <sup>[9]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"rise-of-ai-and-chatgpt\">Rise of AI and ChatGPT &#129302;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Without a doubt, the biggest news story in the blogging world for quite some time happened on November 30th, 2022, when OpenAI launched <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a> to the public. In case you are one of the few people who use the internet that hasn&rsquo;t heard of ChatGPT yet, it&rsquo;s an AI-powered chatbot that has shown itself to be capable of accomplishing some very impressive feats. This includes generating entire essays off of a mere prompt, and even writing the code for a basic WordPress plugin, also at the behest of a user&rsquo;s prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its meteoric rise immediately rattled the blogosphere and institutions of higher learning alike <sup>[10]<\/sup>. Many writers panicked that AI-powered writing would eclipse traditional human-powered writing, and there were early glimpses of that fear playing out, as some bigger players in the blogging space rushed to adopt it, with mediocre results and plenty of public backlash <sup>[11]<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>But wait a minute, didn&rsquo;t you just say that it&rsquo;s capable of writing essays and code?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, and the catch is still the same one it was on day one: it&rsquo;s a language model, and because it&rsquo;s quite good with words, it can generate text that sounds very believable even when it&rsquo;s not at all accurate. If you don&rsquo;t have a background in what you&rsquo;re asking it about, it can easily convince you that what it wrote is 100% true, which it might be, but it also might not be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So what actually happened? AI didn&rsquo;t replace bloggers; it became part of the furniture. OpenAI reported 900 million weekly active ChatGPT users in February 2026 <sup>[12]<\/sup>, and AI assistants are now a routine part of many blogging workflows, from brainstorming and outlining to drafting and editing. The blogs that kept their credibility through the shakeout are the ones treating AI as an assistant, not an author.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><a href=\"#\" style=\"color:#999999\">Go to top<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading joli-heading jtoc-heading\" id=\"blogging-today\">Blogging today in 2026 and in the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The history of blogging is far from over. Depending on the estimate, there are anywhere from 50 to 300 million active bloggers worldwide <sup>[13]<\/sup>. Plus, blogs are especially important to marketing: as covered in the SEO section above, companies that blog attract 55% more website visitors, and SEO leads close at 14.6%, compared with just 1.7% for outbound leads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet-clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ti-tweet_wrapper\">\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_text\">\n\t\t    \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Follow+along+for+a+visual+tour+of+the+history+of+%23blogging+from+1997+until+today+%F0%9F%93%9C&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/history-of-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Follow along for a visual tour of the history of #blogging from 1997 until today &#128220;<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class=\"ti-tweet_sharebtn\">\n\t\t    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Follow+along+for+a+visual+tour+of+the+history+of+%23blogging+from+1997+until+today+%F0%9F%93%9C&amp;via=themeisle&amp;related=themeisle&amp;url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/history-of-blogging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is the next stage in the history of blogging?<\/strong> Nobody can guess what the next innovative blogging platform will be, but as of the time of this update, AI is certainly having its moment in the sun. While it&rsquo;s not a blogging platform in and of itself, the content it generates has already found its way onto thousands, perhaps even millions, of blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, because it&rsquo;s so easy to use and can produce massive amounts of content at scale, it has also been abused by bad actors who don&rsquo;t particularly care about the quality of the content they publish. Both bloggers <sup>[14]<\/sup> and Google have taken notice, with the latter responding in a March 2024 announcement <sup>[15]<\/sup> that steps have been taken to tackle the rising problem of low-quality, mass produced text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Given its fast adoption and subsequent backlash due to widespread misuse, at this point it&rsquo;s difficult to predict the long term impact of AI technology on blogging. However, there&rsquo;s no question that twenty years from now, it will have a place on the history of blogging timeline. What the final assessment will be, only time will reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in February 2023, ChatGPT was asked where it sees its own place in the history of blogging. Its answer has become a small piece of that timeline itself:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image blog-img-std\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-opt-id=691729454  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ChatGPT-responding-to-where-it-sees-its-place-in-the-history-of-blogging.webp\"  decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:eco\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ChatGPT-responding-to-where-it-sees-its-place-in-the-history-of-blogging.webp\" alt=\"ChatGPT responding in February 2023 to a prompt asking it where it sees its place in the history of blogging.\" class=\"wp-image-63519\" 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