Here's Your Blog, Ma'am!

Not even a good Rickroll, and is there such a thing? Well, yeah, I have dim memories of Rick Astley's rotation on MTV ... and was it any worse than Pat Benatar? The Thomson Twins? Men Without Hats? Or, wait, Dexie's Midnight Runners?

I know you're thinkin' Rock Me Amadeus, but you are wrong. Given enough time on YouTube, I could scrape the bottom of that barrel and curl your hair with what you once watched and thought hip. Tell the truth. You had the tiniest crush on Rick, pompadour and all. And who knows? He could be hugely famous today. Well, he is hugely famous today, but perhaps not in the way he once hoped.

Blogger April 1 Don’t limit yourself to “reverse chronological” publishing. Our advanced Google algorithms put your best content at the top of your blog. Even if your later work goes downhill your previous posts will still shine.

Now, this is where I first caught a hint. What could be less funny than Google. Ordinarily.

But one skims these things. Google issues forth new and oft mysterious features with the regularity of a rabbit giving birth, and the desire here, strange as it may seem, is to have a life.

No more template languages to mess with or sidebars to get right.

A prospect of Heaven that immediately spawned the thought, Gee, maybe they aren't kidding. My, but humans are weak. 

Stop worrying about your PageRank or your search engine optimization. Post directly into Google search results for maximum visibility.

Post directly into Google search results. Oh, right. Even I, least hardy of techies, couldn't overlook that one. But I bet there were a million SEO guys wiping drool off their shirts.  

So here's the stinker part (I am assuming you didn't get nabbed.) That Pete. 

We’ve put together a quick video tour to take you through the highlights of Google Weblogs. Check it out!

And I suggest you don't click that link.

So, they going to do this every year? Fashion jokes out of what we don't get as Blogger bloggers?  

I'll be waiting for that simultaneous post-and-positioning. 

Just like I am still waiting for last year's promised home delivery of all my digital content, printed out.

They even had photos, guys in brown uniforms, snappy a cheery salute ... Or am I dreaming still.