Have you noticed a loss in followers ? Are you unable to post a comment ?
I know I have, it's not you it's Google and here is their reason.
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.
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
I'm not a fan of their decision.
Hugs, Sandy
I'm not a fan either, but it is so typical Google. At least they are not forcing Google+ again. I can function just fine in the Google-verse without it (at least for now), and I can't believe they are asking us to ask others to join Google...can't they solicit business on their own anymore?
ReplyDeleteFrom what I have been reading out in blog-land, there are many unhappy people with this decision.
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandy. I thought it was just me. I didn't realize what they had done.
ReplyDeleteI've lost followers, too, but I'm not going to tell people to sign up for a Google account. Yuk.
ReplyDeleteyes I have noticed. it's about Google wanting to control things. I have found a lot of people do not take the time to post comments anymore. there are some other sites people use. i have had my blog 7 years, it's an online diary and suits me just fine.
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