So, if things do get too complicate and they are going to make me join and jump through hoops, I will be closing down this blog. Not that big of a deal as I am certainly not an earth shattering designer!
If it all quits working you can blame Google. I am not a believer on non-competition. This last experience has left me thinking that Google wants to take over the world. I, for one, am not interested in being one of their lackeys.
An update on Google Friend Connect
December 21, 2015
In 2011, we announced the retirement of Google Friend Connect for all
non-Blogger sites. We made an exception for Blogger to give
readers an easy way to follow blogs using a variety of accounts.
Yet over time, we’ve seen that most people sign into Friend
Connect with a Google Account. So, in an effort to streamline,
in the next few weeks we’ll be making some changes that will
eventually require readers to have a Google Account to sign
into Friend Connect and follow blogs.
non-Blogger sites. We made an exception for Blogger to give
readers an easy way to follow blogs using a variety of accounts.
Yet over time, we’ve seen that most people sign into Friend
Connect with a Google Account. So, in an effort to streamline,
in the next few weeks we’ll be making some changes that will
eventually require readers to have a Google Account to sign
into Friend Connect and follow blogs.
As part of this plan, starting the week of January 11, we’ll remove
the ability for people with Twitter, Yahoo, Orkut or other OpenId
providers to sign in to Google Friend Connect and follow blogs.
At the same time, we’ll remove non-Google Account profiles
so you may see a decrease in your blog follower count.
the ability for people with Twitter, Yahoo, Orkut or other OpenId
providers to sign in to Google Friend Connect and follow blogs.
At the same time, we’ll remove non-Google Account profiles
so you may see a decrease in your blog follower count.
We encourage you to tell affected readers (perhaps via a blog post),
that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need
to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a
Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List,
making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the
blogs they follow.
that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need
to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a
Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List,
making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the
blogs they follow.
We know how important followers are to all bloggers,
but we believe this change will improve the experience
for both you and your readers.
Posted by Michael Goddard, Software Engineer
I gave up on following blogs thru them some time ago. Inoreader is a wonderful site to follow all your blogs. Just load the URL address and you can see what's happening each day....they click on the posting title if you want to go to the individual blog and leave a comment!
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