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Are Google+ Comments right for your Blogger Blog?
If you are a passionate Google+er who also has a Blogger blog, consider enabling the Google+ commenting system on your blog.
* Commenters use their Google+ Profile identity to comment
* Commenters can choose to make their comment public or comment privately to a Circle or individual
* Comments can be shared to Google+
* You'll be notified of new comments by email AND on Google+
* You'll be notified when someone shares your blog post on Google+
* A share of your blog post will appear as a comment on that post
But there are down sides too:
* If someone's comment is not Public you may not be able to see it to moderate it
* If you have blocked someone, they will still be able to comment, and you won't be able to see or remove the comment (unless you use a different account)
* You can only moderate comments on the blog post pages. There are fewer moderation tools than for the Blogger comment system.
* If you change your blog's URL the Google+ comments will disappear
And the main reason why I don't use Google+ Comments on my own blog:
* You must have a Google+ Profile to comment, and not everyone has (or uses) their Google+ Profile.
So, consider your blog's readers and whether +Google+ Comments are right for your +Blogger blog.
How to enable and manage Google+ Comments on your Blogger Blog
http://www.peggyktc.com/2017/06/managing-google-plus-comments-blogger-blog.html
Or tl;dr watch the short video overview instead :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PRldNA4MD4
If you are a passionate Google+er who also has a Blogger blog, consider enabling the Google+ commenting system on your blog.
* Commenters use their Google+ Profile identity to comment
* Commenters can choose to make their comment public or comment privately to a Circle or individual
* Comments can be shared to Google+
* You'll be notified of new comments by email AND on Google+
* You'll be notified when someone shares your blog post on Google+
* A share of your blog post will appear as a comment on that post
But there are down sides too:
* If someone's comment is not Public you may not be able to see it to moderate it
* If you have blocked someone, they will still be able to comment, and you won't be able to see or remove the comment (unless you use a different account)
* You can only moderate comments on the blog post pages. There are fewer moderation tools than for the Blogger comment system.
* If you change your blog's URL the Google+ comments will disappear
And the main reason why I don't use Google+ Comments on my own blog:
* You must have a Google+ Profile to comment, and not everyone has (or uses) their Google+ Profile.
So, consider your blog's readers and whether +Google+ Comments are right for your +Blogger blog.
How to enable and manage Google+ Comments on your Blogger Blog
http://www.peggyktc.com/2017/06/managing-google-plus-comments-blogger-blog.html
Or tl;dr watch the short video overview instead :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PRldNA4MD4
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Meet Blogger Top Contributor Adam
+Adam Auster had been blogging since 2008 and has been a Blogger Top Contributor since 2013.
His top tip:
Well, my number one tip is still “just blog!”--to overcome obstacles and learn by doing. The main thing is to keep writing or otherwise producing good quality content.
Check out the Adam's Apples blog, where he writes about apples (the kind you eat 🍎):
http://adamapples.blogspot.com/
He also has a blog with Blogger hints and hacks
http://too-clever-by-half.blogspot.com/
Read his whole interview in the +Blogger help forum
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/blogger/NUDSwN25gno
+Adam Auster had been blogging since 2008 and has been a Blogger Top Contributor since 2013.
His top tip:
Well, my number one tip is still “just blog!”--to overcome obstacles and learn by doing. The main thing is to keep writing or otherwise producing good quality content.
Check out the Adam's Apples blog, where he writes about apples (the kind you eat 🍎):
http://adamapples.blogspot.com/
He also has a blog with Blogger hints and hacks
http://too-clever-by-half.blogspot.com/
Read his whole interview in the +Blogger help forum
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/blogger/NUDSwN25gno
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How to disable comments on your Blogger blog posts
If you don't want to close comments or completely disallow comments on your Blogger blog posts, you have two options:
Hide all comments on your blog
1. Sign into Blogger
2. Click Settings on the left menu
3. Select Posts, comments and sharing
4. Change Comment location to Hide
5. Click the orange Save button at top right
This hides existing comments, but doesn't delete them - they can be restored by unhiding the comments again.
When you have the Hide option selected there is no comment box on your posts.
Disallow comments on individual posts
If you want to disable comments on just one or a few posts, or close comments while still displaying existing comments:
1. Sign in to Blogger
2. Click the option to edit the post or create a new post
3. On the right click Post Settings
4. Under Options > Reader comments select either:
- Don't allow, show existing comments
- Don't allow, hide existing comments
5. Click Done
6. When you have finished making changes, click Update or Publish at top right
Get detailed instructions for managing your Blogger comments
http://www.peggyktc.com/2017/05/control-who-can-comment-on-blogger-blog.html
How to disable comments on your Blogger blog posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60UHpri--9M
Control who can comment on your Blogger blog posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4RflO5Wgg
Moderate comments on your Blogger blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wayMkQgqvY4
If you don't want to close comments or completely disallow comments on your Blogger blog posts, you have two options:
Hide all comments on your blog
1. Sign into Blogger
2. Click Settings on the left menu
3. Select Posts, comments and sharing
4. Change Comment location to Hide
5. Click the orange Save button at top right
This hides existing comments, but doesn't delete them - they can be restored by unhiding the comments again.
When you have the Hide option selected there is no comment box on your posts.
Disallow comments on individual posts
If you want to disable comments on just one or a few posts, or close comments while still displaying existing comments:
1. Sign in to Blogger
2. Click the option to edit the post or create a new post
3. On the right click Post Settings
4. Under Options > Reader comments select either:
- Don't allow, show existing comments
- Don't allow, hide existing comments
5. Click Done
6. When you have finished making changes, click Update or Publish at top right
Get detailed instructions for managing your Blogger comments
http://www.peggyktc.com/2017/05/control-who-can-comment-on-blogger-blog.html
How to disable comments on your Blogger blog posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60UHpri--9M
Control who can comment on your Blogger blog posts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4RflO5Wgg
Moderate comments on your Blogger blog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wayMkQgqvY4
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Make sure articles and guest posts on your site don't include spammy links
When Google detects that a website is publishing articles that contain spammy links, this may change Google's perception of the quality of the site and could affect its ranking. Sites accepting and publishing such articles should carefully vet them, asking questions like: Do I know this person? Does this person’s message fit with my site’s audience? Does the article contain useful content? If there are links of questionable intent in the article, has the author used rel=”nofollow” on them?
And if you are being pestered by people asking you to post their article, you can report them to Google on the sign report form:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?pli=1
More information on the +Google Webmasters blog about what Google considers a spammy link.
https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2017/05/a-reminder-about-links-in-large-scale.html
When Google detects that a website is publishing articles that contain spammy links, this may change Google's perception of the quality of the site and could affect its ranking. Sites accepting and publishing such articles should carefully vet them, asking questions like: Do I know this person? Does this person’s message fit with my site’s audience? Does the article contain useful content? If there are links of questionable intent in the article, has the author used rel=”nofollow” on them?
And if you are being pestered by people asking you to post their article, you can report them to Google on the sign report form:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/spamreport?pli=1
More information on the +Google Webmasters blog about what Google considers a spammy link.
https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2017/05/a-reminder-about-links-in-large-scale.html
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Localization Essentials - a new free course from Google, to learn how to make websites and brands globally accessible
With more and more people from around the world coming online every day, the localization industry keeps growing—and so does the demand for great translators, reviewers, and localization professionals. So, as part of Google’s mission to build products for everyone and make the web globally accessible, no matter where people are, we’re launching a massive open online course (MOOC) called Localization Essentials.
Learn more on the Google Blog:
https://blog.google/topics/internet-access/empowering-new-generation-localization-professionals/
Sign up for the course:
https://www.udacity.com/course/localization-essentials--ud610
There are two main aspects to localization. The first one is stylistic: You have to make sure the language tone you use is appropriate for each local culture. There’s also a technical aspect: You may have to make changes to things like date and time formats, alphabetization, or even the direction of reading, to make them appropriate for the language you’re localizing into. So localization means more than just translating a message or text, it’s about making a whole product feel tailored to users everywhere.
With more and more people from around the world coming online every day, the localization industry keeps growing—and so does the demand for great translators, reviewers, and localization professionals. So, as part of Google’s mission to build products for everyone and make the web globally accessible, no matter where people are, we’re launching a massive open online course (MOOC) called Localization Essentials.
Learn more on the Google Blog:
https://blog.google/topics/internet-access/empowering-new-generation-localization-professionals/
Sign up for the course:
https://www.udacity.com/course/localization-essentials--ud610
There are two main aspects to localization. The first one is stylistic: You have to make sure the language tone you use is appropriate for each local culture. There’s also a technical aspect: You may have to make changes to things like date and time formats, alphabetization, or even the direction of reading, to make them appropriate for the language you’re localizing into. So localization means more than just translating a message or text, it’s about making a whole product feel tailored to users everywhere.
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Are you having trouble posting to Blogger? They want to know the details
Share your feedback in the +Blogger help forum here:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/blogger/qwRfFTOH2nU
Share your feedback in the +Blogger help forum here:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/blogger/qwRfFTOH2nU
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Google Webmaster Academy offers free lessons to help you improve your website
.
What the lessons cover:
* Tips on creating a great site
* Lessons on how Google Search and Google Search Console work
* Quizzes, videos, examples (using a fictitious site brandonsbaseballcards.com) and resources
The course is free and you can complete it at your own pace.
Get started:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6001102
#LearnWithGoogle
.
What the lessons cover:
* Tips on creating a great site
* Lessons on how Google Search and Google Search Console work
* Quizzes, videos, examples (using a fictitious site brandonsbaseballcards.com) and resources
The course is free and you can complete it at your own pace.
Get started:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6001102
#LearnWithGoogle
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Add the Google I/O Live Widget to your website or blog
Give your audience direct access to the I/O livestream and #io17 social feed on May 17-19.
Customize the widget at goo.gl/Lo42wR.
Give your audience direct access to the I/O livestream and #io17 social feed on May 17-19.
Customize the widget at goo.gl/Lo42wR.
I/O Live Widget
Embed the I/O Live Widget on your website and/or blog and give your audience direct access to the I/O livestream and #io17 social feed on May 17-19.
Customize the widget at goo.gl/Lo42wR.
Embed the I/O Live Widget on your website and/or blog and give your audience direct access to the I/O livestream and #io17 social feed on May 17-19.
Customize the widget at goo.gl/Lo42wR.
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Cool sites using Blogger
+David Kutcher shares +Confluent Forms LLC's portfolio of sites created using +Blogger. They aren't your usual blog.
+David Kutcher shares +Confluent Forms LLC's portfolio of sites created using +Blogger. They aren't your usual blog.
Our work building websites using +Blogger
It recently came to my attention that I hadn't updated this page in a long time... and to be honest it was the blog post that connected me with the awesome folks over at Blogger leading me to becoming a TC.
So I decided to add more of our work that's been built on Blogger... then realized just how many client projects that really was! I had to cut it off at 30, but it was close to 100. 100 client projects on Blogger in the last 5 years.
Yes, you can do some amazing things on Blogger.
See the examples: http://www.confluentforms.com/2011/07/you-can-do-some-amazing-things-with.html
It recently came to my attention that I hadn't updated this page in a long time... and to be honest it was the blog post that connected me with the awesome folks over at Blogger leading me to becoming a TC.
So I decided to add more of our work that's been built on Blogger... then realized just how many client projects that really was! I had to cut it off at 30, but it was close to 100. 100 client projects on Blogger in the last 5 years.
Yes, you can do some amazing things on Blogger.
See the examples: http://www.confluentforms.com/2011/07/you-can-do-some-amazing-things-with.html
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Meet Blogger expert and Top Contributor DarkUFO
+Andy Page has been blogging since about 2004, and had been in the Blogger forums for 9 years!
Be sure to check out his blog +SpoilerTV
http://www.spoilertv.com
He has several tips for new bloggers:
1) Patience
You’re not going to have a 1000 people reading your blog on day one. It takes a LOT of time. Don’t get discouraged. We all started with 0 followers
Read on the +Blogger help forum:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/blogger/6Sa5oEZoin0
+Andy Page has been blogging since about 2004, and had been in the Blogger forums for 9 years!
Be sure to check out his blog +SpoilerTV
http://www.spoilertv.com
He has several tips for new bloggers:
1) Patience
You’re not going to have a 1000 people reading your blog on day one. It takes a LOT of time. Don’t get discouraged. We all started with 0 followers
Read on the +Blogger help forum:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/blogger/6Sa5oEZoin0
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