“A few months back, I heard the term weblog for the first time. I'm not sure who coined it or where it came from, so I can't properly credit it. Typically, a weblog is a small web site, usually maintained by one person that is updated on a regular basis and has a high concentration of repeat visitors. Weblogs often are highly focused around a singular subject, an underlying theme or unifying concept.”

“I've decided to pronounce the word "weblog" as wee'- blog. Or "blog" for short.”

Needless to say, the RSS format wars were far from over — this was just the beginning, in fact. But the unsettled nature of the formats in the second half of 1999 probably explains why Blogger didn't provide RSS feeds to its users.

By the end of 1999, then, blogging was off to the races and fast becoming a mainstream web activity. RSS was slow out of the gates in comparison, but at least it had made a start.