Followers Update For Blogger Part 2

OK, many of you have probably noticed that the process of integrating Google Friend Connect and Blogger has been completed. Now for those that were already using Google Friend Connect, you can now follow each blog publicly again. Here are some things I've noticed with Friend Connect so far.....

1. When going to each site, you have to sign in on Blogger with your Google account. This maybe a minor thing, but I've already noticed that by visiting a couple of sites that have Friend Connect. I'm not sure if this can be corrected.

2. You can go to your Dashboard and click on your followers to invite friends to join Friend Connect. Towards the bottom of the page below the followers is the list of friends you have with a link to invite them, too. You also have the option of emailing those that don't have an account for Friend Connect or Blogger to join your site. This could be very beneficial for those that have friends that read your blog(s) that don't have an account for either one.

3. For those that were already using Friend Connect, you don't have to go to each site that you were following before in order to follow them publicly. Go to your Dashboard and scroll towards the bottom of the page to followers under the Manage link. You'll have to click on Settings for each site you're following, but this at least saves you time of going to each one to do so.
Advice: To save you time, I would just stick to following Blogger sites publicly and stay with following the rest anonymously. Those other sites using a different host will not show the amount of followers anyway. You'll know very easily if a site is using Blogger because you'll see the number of followers next to them - unless it is a Blogger site with no followers. You can also find them by looking to see if "blogspot" is in their web address, but some sites have their own domain to where you may not know. You can still see each site when they update on your Dashboard regardless if you're following them publicly or not. This is just a way to save you time for those that follow sites that don't use Blogger as a host.

So to everyone I've been following, I will eventually get around to publicly following your blogs unless you don't have Blogger as your host. And to those that use Friend Connect, you can invite me if you choose.

Also, I want to point out that I changed a few things on this site that some may not have noticed yet. First, I changed the color of the text links on the left column of the page, so that should help everyone to see the blogs better.

Second, I changed the Blog Roll around in which I have two different lists: My friends here in the USA and my International friends. And I have them in alphabetical order now, too. I did this because some have had difficulty locating their blog on my link and it helps me to find your blog easier because of it being in order. If I made mistake of putting you in the wrong list, then let me know and I'll move it to the correct one. If anyone wants linked, then let me know what country you're in so I can put it in the correct Blog Roll list. Note: This isn't done for anything other than to make it easier for everyone including myself. I value my international friends as much as my own here in the USA, and I appreciate anyone no matter where they're at for stopping by my page.

If anyone wants to add something that the community needs to know about Friend Connect or Blogger, then you can leave me a message or comment and I'll add it in.

Thank you all!

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