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 Open Id 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.
Posted by Michael Goddard, Software Engineer
I'm sorry if this creates a problem for any of my followers. I hope that if you don't have a Google account you will choose to create one. Once you create a Google account, you will need to become a Follower again because all previous Followers who did not have an account will be permanently removed from our Follower lists. If you choose not to open a Google account, you can still follow my blog using Bloglovin' or via email. You will need to check each blog that you currently follow to see what options they have for you.
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