<s>
Blogger	B-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
online	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
which	O
enables	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
write	O
blog	O
with	O
time-stamped	O
entries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyra	O
Labs	O
developed	O
it	O
before	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
hosts	O
the	O
blogs	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
a	O
subdomain	B-Protocol
of	O
blogspot.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogs	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
accessed	O
from	O
a	O
user-owned	O
custom	O
domain	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
www.example.com	O
)	O
by	O
using	O
DNS	B-Protocol
facilities	O
to	O
direct	O
a	O
domain	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Blogger	I-Application
also	O
enabled	O
users	O
to	O
publish	O
blogs	O
and	O
websites	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
web	O
hosting	O
server	O
via	O
FTP	B-Protocol
until	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
such	O
blogs	O
and	O
websites	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
redirected	O
to	O
a	O
blogspot.com	B-Application
subdomain	B-Protocol
or	O
point	O
their	O
own	O
domain	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
servers	O
via	O
DNS	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Blogger	I-Application
has	O
a	O
wide	O
international	O
user	O
base	O
and	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
60	O
languages	O
,	O
despite	O
its	O
declining	O
popularity	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
overall	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyra	O
Labs	O
launched	O
Blogger	B-Application
on	O
August	O
23	O
,	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyra	O
Labs	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
February	O
2003	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evan	O
Williams	O
,	O
a	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Pyra	O
Labs	O
,	O
left	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Picasa	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
Picasa	B-Application
and	O
its	O
photo-sharing	O
service	O
Hello	O
were	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Blogger	B-Application
,	O
enabling	O
users	O
to	O
upload	O
images	O
to	O
their	O
blogs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
underwent	O
a	O
major	O
redesign	O
on	O
May	O
9	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
web	O
standards-compliant	O
templates	O
,	O
individual	O
archive	O
pages	O
for	O
posts	O
,	O
comments	O
,	O
and	O
email	O
posting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
's	O
new	O
version	O
,	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Invader	O
,	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
beta	B-Language
alongside	O
the	O
gold	O
update	O
on	O
August	O
14	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
moved	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
interface	O
language	O
in	O
French	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
and	O
Spanish	O
were	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2006	O
,	O
this	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Blogger	B-Application
was	O
taken	O
out	O
of	O
beta	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
had	O
completely	O
moved	O
over	O
to	O
Google-operated	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
was	O
ranked	O
16	O
on	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
50	O
domains	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
number	O
of	O
unique	O
visitors	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
24	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
as	O
of	O
late	O
March	O
it	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
allow	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
post	O
sexually	O
explicit	O
content	O
,	O
unless	O
the	O
nudity	O
offers	O
"	O
substantial	O
public	O
benefit	O
,	O
"	O
for	O
example	O
in	O
"	O
artistic	O
,	O
educational	O
,	O
documentary	O
,	O
or	O
scientific	O
contexts.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
accounting	O
for	O
severe	O
backlash	O
from	O
long-term	O
bloggers	B-Application
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
reversed	O
its	O
decision	O
on	O
banning	O
sexual	O
content	O
,	O
going	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
policy	O
that	O
allowed	O
explicit	O
images	O
and	O
videos	O
if	O
the	O
blog	O
was	O
marked	O
as	O
"	O
adult	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Blogger	B-Application
redesign	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
all	O
blogs	O
associated	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
Google	B-Application
Account	O
were	O
migrated	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
claims	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
is	O
now	O
more	O
reliable	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
migration	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
several	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
introduced	O
,	O
including	O
label	O
organization	O
,	O
a	O
drag-and-drop	O
template	O
editing	O
interface	O
,	O
reading	O
permissions	O
(	O
to	O
create	O
private	O
blogs	O
)	O
and	O
new	O
Web	B-General_Concept
feed	I-General_Concept
options	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
blogs	O
are	O
updated	O
dynamically	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
rewriting	O
HTML	B-Language
files	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
called	O
Blogger	B-Application
in	O
Draft	O
,	O
new	O
features	O
are	O
tested	O
before	O
being	O
released	O
to	O
all	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
new	O
features	O
into	O
Blogger	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
tenth-anniversary	O
celebration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
features	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
for	O
post	O
editing	O
,	O
improved	O
image	O
handling	O
,	O
Raw	O
HTML	B-Language
Conversion	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
Google	O
Docs-based	O
implementations	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Full	O
Safari	B-Application
3	I-Application
support	O
and	O
fidelity	O
on	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
toolbar	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
aesthetics	O
,	O
faster	O
loading	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
undo	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
redo	O
"	O
buttons	O
,	O
also	O
added	O
the	O
full	O
justification	O
button	O
,	O
a	O
strike-through	O
button	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
expanded	O
color	O
palette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
introduced	O
new	O
templates	O
and	O
redesigned	O
its	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
released	O
new	O
designs	O
like	O
Soho	O
,	O
Contempo	O
,	O
Emporio	O
,	O
Notable	O
,	O
and	O
call	O
them	O
as	O
Theme	O
,	O
not	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
released	O
new	O
designs	O
like	O
Soho	O
,	O
Contempo	O
,	O
Emporio	O
,	O
Notable	O
,	O
and	O
call	O
them	O
as	O
Theme	O
,	O
not	O
templates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Blogger	I-Application
slowly	O
introduced	O
an	O
improved	O
web	O
experience	O
for	O
Blogger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
moved	O
everyone	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
interface	O
starting	O
in	O
late	O
June	O
,	O
many	O
Blogger	B-Application
creators	O
see	O
the	O
new	O
interface	O
become	O
their	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
is	O
now	O
responsive	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
having	O
a	O
new	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
late	O
2016	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
these	O
60	O
languages	O
:	O
Afrikaans	O
,	O
Amharic	O
,	O
Arabic	O
,	O
Basque	O
,	O
Bengali	O
,	O
Bulgarian	O
,	O
Catalan	O
,	O
Chinese	O
(	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
)	O
,	O
Chinese	O
(	O
Simplified	O
)	O
,	O
Chinese	O
(	O
Traditional	O
)	O
,	O
Croatian	O
,	O
Czech	O
,	O
Danish	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
English	O
(	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
)	O
,	O
English	O
(	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
,	O
Estonian	O
,	O
Filipino	O
,	O
Finnish	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
Galician	O
,	O
German	O
,	O
Greek	O
,	O
Gujarati	O
,	O
Hebrew	O
,	O
Hindi	O
,	O
Hungarian	O
,	O
Icelandic	O
,	O
Indonesian	O
,	O
Italian	O
,	O
Japanese	O
,	O
Kannada	O
,	O
Korean	O
,	O
Latvian	O
,	O
Lithuanian	O
,	O
Malay	O
,	O
Malayalam	O
,	O
Marathi	O
,	O
Norwegian	O
,	O
Persian	O
,	O
Polish	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
(	O
Brazil	O
)	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
(	O
Portugal	O
)	O
,	O
Romanian	O
,	O
Russian	O
,	O
Serbian	O
,	O
Slovak	O
,	O
Slovenian	O
,	O
Spanish	O
(	O
Latin	O
America	O
)	O
,	O
Spanish	O
(	O
Spain	O
)	O
,	O
Swahili	O
,	O
Swedish	O
,	O
Tamil	O
,	O
Telugu	O
,	O
Thai	O
,	O
Turkish	O
,	O
Ukrainian	O
,	O
Urdu	O
,	O
Vietnamese	O
,	O
and	O
Zulu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
began	O
integrating	O
user	O
blogs	O
with	O
multiple	O
country-specific	O
URLs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
exampleuserblogname.blogspot.com	O
would	O
be	O
automatically	O
redirected	O
to	O
exampleuserblogname.blogspot.ca	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
exampleuserblogname.blogspot.co.uk	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
explained	O
that	O
by	O
doing	O
this	O
they	O
could	O
manage	O
the	O
blog	O
content	O
more	O
locally	O
so	O
if	O
there	O
was	O
any	O
objectionable	O
material	O
that	O
violated	O
a	O
particular	O
country	O
's	O
laws	O
they	O
could	O
remove	O
and	O
block	O
access	O
to	O
that	O
blog	O
for	O
that	O
country	O
through	O
the	O
assigned	O
ccTLD	B-Application
while	O
retaining	O
access	O
through	O
other	O
ccTLD	B-Application
addresses	O
and	O
the	O
default	O
Blogspot.com	B-Application
URL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
blog	O
using	O
a	O
country-specific	O
URL	O
was	O
removed	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
technically	O
possible	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
blog	O
through	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
No	O
Country	O
Redirect	O
override	O
by	O
entering	O
the	O
URL	O
using	O
the	O
regular	O
Blogspot.com	B-Application
address	O
and	O
adding	O
/ncr	O
after	O
.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
stopped	O
redirecting	O
to	O
ccTLDs	B-Application
and	O
country-specific	O
URLs	O
would	O
now	O
redirect	O
to	O
the	O
default	O
Blogspot.com	B-Application
addresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
multiple	O
templates	O
and	O
then	O
customize	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
may	O
also	O
choose	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
templates	O
using	O
CSS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
built	O
with	O
AJAX	B-General_Concept
,	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
and	O
CSS3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
are	O
available	O
for	O
Dynamic	O
Views	O
;	O
other	O
templates	O
are	O
chosen	O
by	O
the	O
blogger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
updated	O
its	O
HTML	B-Language
template	O
editor	O
that	O
has	O
some	O
improvements	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easy	O
for	O
the	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
the	O
blog	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Blogger	B-Application
for	O
Word	O
"	O
is	O
an	O
add-in	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
save	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
document	O
directly	O
to	O
a	O
Blogger	B-Application
blog	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
edit	O
their	O
posts	O
both	O
on	O
-	O
and	O
offline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Google	B-Application
says	O
"	O
Blogger	B-Application
for	O
Word	O
is	O
not	O
currently	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Blogger	B-Application
"	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
state	O
no	O
decision	O
has	O
been	O
made	O
about	O
supporting	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
Blogger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
adds	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
blogging	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
Blogger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
also	O
started	O
integration	O
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
Associates	O
in	O
December	O
2009	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
to	O
generate	O
revenue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Live	I-Protocol
Writer	I-Protocol
,	O
originally	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Live	O
suite	O
)	O
can	O
publish	O
directly	O
to	O
Blogger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
has	O
launched	O
mobile	O
applications	O
for	O
users	O
with	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
post	O
and	O
edit	O
blogs	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
share	O
photos	O
and	O
links	O
on	O
Blogger	B-Application
through	O
their	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
major	O
two	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
that	O
Blogger	B-Application
focuses	O
on	O
are	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
allow	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
blogs	O
anywhere	O
through	O
the	O
app	O
and	O
either	O
publish	O
the	O
blogs	O
or	O
save	O
them	O
as	O
drafts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
attach	O
photos	O
by	O
taking	O
a	O
picture	O
with	O
a	O
Blogger	B-Application
app	O
or	O
selecting	O
pictures	O
from	O
their	O
photo	O
galleries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
also	O
share	O
photos	O
and	O
links	O
directly	O
to	O
Blogger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
dynamic	O
mobile	O
views	O
for	O
the	O
blogging	O
compatibility	O
with	O
mobile	O
devices	O
and	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
changing	O
a	O
blog	O
theme	O
on	O
the	O
blogger	B-Application
app	O
remains	O
an	O
open	O
issue	O
for	O
the	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
has	O
been	O
blocked	O
throughout	O
the	O
various	O
periods	O
of	O
time	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
countries	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Blocking	O
of	O
*	O
.blogspot.com	B-Application
domains	O
by	O
keyword-based	O
Internet	O
filtering	O
systems	O
is	O
also	O
encountered	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
domain	O
containing	B-Application
the	I-Application
substring	I-Application
"	O
gspot	O
"	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
this	O
can	O
be	O
alleviated	O
by	O
excluding	O
the	O
"	O
blogspot.com	B-Application
 "	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
URL	O
from	O
the	O
keyword-based	O
Internet	O
filtering	O
whilst	O
the	O
*	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blogger	B-Application
has	O
the	O
following	O
limitations	O
on	O
content	O
storage	O
and	O
bandwidth	O
,	O
per	O
user	O
account	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Number	O
of	O
pictures	O
–	O
Your	O
photos	O
will	O
be	O
stored	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
Album	O
Archive	O
,	O
where	O
account	O
storage	O
space	O
is	O
shared	O
with	O
Gmail	B-Application
and	O
Drive	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Images	O
uploaded	O
through	O
Blogger	B-Application
do	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
quota	O
,	O
but	O
pixel	O
quality	O
may	O
be	O
compressed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Number	O
of	O
videos	O
-	O
The	O
service	O
comes	O
standard	O
with	O
the	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
API	O
for	O
uploading	O
videos	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
limited	O
feature	O
set	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
no	O
3D	O
or	O
virtual	O
reality	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
posted	O
via	O
Blogger	B-Application
Mobile	O
,	O
limited	O
250	O
KB	O
per	O
picture	O
;	O
posted	O
pictures	O
are	O
scaled	O
to	O
1600px	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	O
URL	O
:	O
Blogger	B-Application
service	O
serve	O
m	O
=	O
1	O
URL	O
parameter	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Account	O
suspension	O
:	O
if	O
a	O
site	O
is	O
violating	O
any	O
terms	O
of	O
service	O
,	O
it	O
may	O
be	O
suspended	O
by	O
Blogger	B-Application
without	O
any	O
notice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Repeated	O
violations	O
may	O
lead	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
account	O
suspension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
18	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Blogger	B-Application
introduced	O
"	O
auto-pagination	O
,	O
"	O
which	O
limited	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
posts	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
displayed	O
on	O
each	O
page	O
,	O
often	O
causing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
posts	O
on	O
the	O
main	O
page	O
to	O
be	O
less	O
than	O
that	O
specified	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
and	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
hostile	O
response	O
from	O
some	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
official	O
support	O
channel	O
is	O
the	O
Blogger	B-Application
Product	O
Forum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
online	O
discussion	O
forum	O
,	O
delivered	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
Groups	O
,	O
serves	O
Blogger	B-Application
users	O
of	O
varying	O
experience	O
,	O
and	O
receives	O
some	O
monitoring	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Product	O
Experts	O
,	O
"	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Top	O
contributors	O
,	O
"	O
are	O
community-members	O
nominated	O
by	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
staff	O
who	O
enjoy	O
additional	O
privileges	O
including	O
managing	O
discussions	O
and	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StackExchange	O
's	O
Web	O
Applications	O
forum	O
has	O
a	O
tag	O
for	O
"	O
blogger	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
questions	O
about	O
various	O
blogging	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Blogger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
