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yeah, well what do you do if they don't have a follow button?
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Following a blog is just easy as click of a mouse.
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I liked your videos and these are great videos and superb.
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O_O??
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well, what if there is no "follow" button???
2 years ago 3
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The followers gadget does (unlike GFC members gadgets) add the RSS feed of Blogger to Google Reader for you when you follow a Blogger blog. With GFC on domain based blogs it is hit or miss, never dependable.
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Actually the Followers widget was released first, sometime around August 2008. I caught Google running full GFC implementation in the early Followers widget on September 16th, 2008.
Then when I blogged about it they set the code back to the HTML Followers gadget. I looked like a fool.
However I am vindicated, it has suddenly morphed into GFC now. I still look like an idiot. I immediately ran out and bought Camtasia and now I screen capture anything that is breaking news in Google. LOL
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The reason for using the followers widget that is now actually running GFC or Google Friend Connect is this definitely adds the RSS feed of the blog you follow to your Google Reader.
This seems to work at times in regular GFC members gadgets on Wordpress blogs and others but it is not always the case.
I am guessing Google will iron this out as I have always contended that this is an integral part of Google Friend Connect when you join any site that has a RSS feed.
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I highly doubt Google is dumb ;o. I suspect it has something to do with the reason mentioned above, however if they wanted to promote blogging, they could have done it in another way, namely using one of their front companies to do a commercial on youtube or something.
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The point of it is Google is dumb. They actually went to the extreme of making a video telling people how to blog.
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lordennis01 2 years ago 5
Hello blogger,
I think you should use the "existing" Google Friend Connect "Member" Gadget instead of creating a new "Following" Gadget.
As it stands now, after your "Following" implementation, I see TWO of the same website, and to tell you the truth, it is very annoying.
1st Instance is because I am a member of the site via the GFC "Members" Gadget.
2nd Instance is because I am "following" the site via the GFC "Blogger Following" Gadget.
Laibcoms 2 years ago 4