Chapter 2 The Ancestors of Blogging
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'Blog' is not a new word for the Chinese Internet. Since 2000, this concept has entered the mainland for the first time, and until today, there are no less than ten companies operating blogs in China, large and small.
In theory, blogs are very much in line with the core idea of Web 2.0: content provided by users. But I don't know why, the blog has never been on fire, it has been in a situation that is not embarrassing or embarrassing, and the traffic can't be done, but there are some more loyal users, like chicken ribs, it's a pity to abandon the tasteless food, and all blog companies are holding on, trying their best, looking forward to the day when the dawn comes.
Some survived, and more fell halfway, Zhao Zejun has been doing online novels for more than a year, and it is a year when blogs are in chaos, and people keep entering and people falling.
With the current status quo of the blog industry, it is not as good as the online novel industry that has been brought up by Zhao Zejun.
Zhao Zejun chose to do a blog instead of Weibo, with his own considerations.
Very simply, Weibo is characterized by fragmented and shortened information, while blogs are long articles and ideological discussions, although there is a 'blog' word, but there is an essential difference between the two.
The rise of microblogging, in terms of hardware, must be built on the popularization of smart phones, mobile Internet mode, from the user's point of view, is also a gradual process, only when the network appears a large amount of information, showing explosive growth, users will gradually become impatient with in-depth long articles, and shift more attention to concise, more prominent personal characteristics of Weibo short messages.
All in all, in 2003, when the concept of web 2.0 was just emerging, it was the right time to do blogging, and it was too early to do microblogging.
Even the username of the website Zhao Zejun has been registered: the first to play CS with Jiang Xuan on the Internet when he came back, he registered a lot of domain names, one of which is www.blogcn.com, and the Chinese name is Blog China.
Originally, the blog China of this time and space still exists, and it is still the well-deserved leader of the current blog industry, but due to being cut off by Zhao Zejun in advance, the original blog China changed its domain name and another name: blog network...... In fact, this is also the name of another well-known blog site in the industry after inadvertently grabbing it for several years.
It's kind of a butterfly effect.
"If you want to start a blog, I have someone who might be able to help you, so you can meet if you're interested. ”
"Huh? ”
"Does PyraLabs know?" asked Li Mingran.
"I don't know. Zhao Zejun said,
"Forehead......" Li Mingran gave Zhao Zejun a breath to block his chest, coughed twice, cleared his throat, and then continued: "You are ready to enter the blog, blogger.com you should always know, right?"
"Of course I do. Zhao Zejun nodded this time, blogger.com is the first blog website in the United States, and it can also be regarded as the world's top blog, which belongs to Google's products.
Li Mingran gave a general introduction, blogger.com was originally a product of PyraLabs, and although PyraLabs is a small company, it can be called the originator of blogs in the industry. However, the company's operations were not very clever, and less than a year after blogger.com its launch, PyraLabs was in financial trouble.
In 2003, Google acquired blogger.com.
The man recommended by Lee Mingran is Smith Pent, an American, a Princeton graduate, a former executive at PyraLabs, and one of the leaders of the blogging project.
At the beginning, in order to alleviate the financial pressure, PyraLabs added a large number of advertising business to the blog, and only paying users could advertise, Smith expressed firm opposition, and therefore fell out with the rest of the management, and he simply kept his shares and resigned.
Who knew that in less than half a year, Google paid a lot of money to buy the blog. After Smith resigned, he had no management rights, so he simply cashed out his shares and traveled around the world.
Li Mingran studied in the United States when he was young and once worked as Smith's assistant, and the relationship between the two was not bad.
"Let me explain to you first, Smith is a person with strong abilities in all aspects, and if you can invite him, it will help you a lot in the initial stage. However, this man has a bad temper, he is not very good at getting along with others, he has a bit of a 'dictator' smell, and now, he is not short of money. ”
Li Mingran smiled: "Anyway, you think about it yourself, if you want, I'll make an appointment for you." ”
"About a date. Zhao Zejun said indifferently: "If you have a chance, let's meet and talk about it first, and if we can talk about it together, we will talk about other things." It doesn't have to be without him, and I can't run a blog. ”
And so it is. ”
After saying goodbye to Zhao Zejun, Li Mingran returned to the laboratory and did not contact Smith directly, but logged on to Smith's foreign blog and looked at his recent developments.
It's also a coincidence, Smith's wife is a Chinese, he came to the mainland for travel and family visits at the beginning of the year, and just came out of the tomb of Qin Shi Huang during the day today, and posted a lot of photos of the terracotta warriors and horses on his blog.
'In the three months I've been here, I think I've fallen in love with this amazing ancient country......
After reading Smith's recent blog, Li Mingran sent an email to the other party.
It didn't take half an hour for Smith to reply.
'Dear Lee, I received your email, thank you very much for thinking of me as an old man, but I'm sorry, I have dedicated the first half of my life to blogging, and I wish to have another life in the second half of my life, and now I am fascinated by archaeology, blogging or business, business management and so on, which is not attractive to me. Smith. ’
'Well, Mr. Smith, while I don't understand your thoughts, I support your decision. Everyone has the right to choose their own life, and I wish you and your wife a wonderful trip to China. Li Mingran replied with an email.
Just as he was about to call Zhao Zejun, the mailbox clicked again, and Smith sent another email.
If your friend needs manpower, I can recommend someone who was also a student of mine. ’
The following is the information of the recommended candidates. The Ivy League graduate, who has not worked since graduating this year, has been traveling around the world, just like Smith.
In addition to the fact that he doesn't seem to have much experience, both the major and the internship experience during the school are very in line with Zhao Zejun's requirements.
It's just that from the photos, I can't see the temperament of a 'high-achieving student' at all.