Dear readers of my blog. There is an Update from Google Friend Connect, which I cite here below. I am not sure if this might lead to the situation, that followers without a Google Account might not get News Alerts from my blog any more.
Citation:
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
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