hey friends, I have a little update to share concerning google friend connect. I had noticed I lost a lot of followers over night and could not figure out why....I was hoping it wasn't me or my boring posts....lol. Now I know, thanks to Gloria's blog post....thanks Gloria for sharing! If you are currently not signed on to google connect, consider doing so to be able to comment and follow your favorite blogs. You can read and comment on the blogger buzz.
An update on Google Friend Connect
Posted: 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.
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.
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.
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
Thank you for that, Teresa! I lost about 1% of my followers in the last week or so, and was wondering why they were fleeing in such numbers! Now I feel a bit better......I don't like it much, but at least I understand why.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing this post, I lost followers too and thought maybe people were bored of my blog, feel better thank you so much :)
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