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Dinsdag 15 Mei 2018

Blogger Buzz

Blogger Buzz

It’s spring cleaning time for Blogger

Posted: 15 May 2018 09:22 AM PDT

To make room for some exciting updates coming soon to Blogger, we're simplifying the platform to enhance the blogging experience for all of our users.


Changes to existing features in Blogger (rolling out over the next few months):

  • Google+ Integrations: Throughout the next few months, Blogger will transform Google+ widget integrations into HTML widgets to give you more flexibility in how you share and see your followers.
  • OpenID: Blogger previously allowed users to comment on blogs using an existing third party OpenID identity provider and has also acted as an OpenID identity provider when interacting with other systems on the internet. Due to the low usage of this feature, Blogger will no longer support OpenID as a provider or for making comments, and all comments that previously used OpenID will be anonymized. New comments can be posted either from a Google account or labeled as "Anonymous" on blogs that allow it.
  • Improved Localization and Blogspot ccTLDS: Your location determines your country services. Historically, these services have been labeled and accessed via country code top level domain names (ccTLD), such as blogspot.com.au for Australia. We're updating the way we label country services on Blogger - now the choice of country service will no longer be indicated by domain. Instead, blogspot.com will serve you the country service that corresponds to your location, and all existing blogspot ccTLD domains will redirect to blogspot.com. This will help simplify URLs for international audiences.


Along with the above updates, the following features will soon be retired from Blogger (over the next few months) due to low usage and to allow the Blogger team to focus on developing new features:

  • Third Party Gadgets: You will still be able to add custom HTML or Javascript via the "HTML/Javascript" gadget.
  • Next Blog: This is the feature that allows you to visit another blog similar to the current one. Blog owners can still use the Blog List widget to share their favorite blogs directly!
  • Polls Widget: Current Polls results will still be available in Google Takeout (more details below) until later in 2018.
  • Textcube: www.textcube.com will be decommissioned. Existing Blogspot blogs imported from TextCube will continue to serve on their blogspot.com address, while files originally hosted in Textcube will be available via Google Takeout (more details below).


Aside from the above changes, we're excited to highlight some new features we've been working on.


New features you may have noticed recently:

  • HTTPS for Custom Domains: Internet security is very important to Blogger. Custom domains now support encrypted connections with HTTPS, making sure connections maintain integrity and the contents are confidential. For more information on HTTPS, check out the Blogger Help Center article here.
  • Multilogin: Multiple accounts? No problem! Multilogin allows you to switch between your different Google accounts without signing out. For more information on multilogin, check out the Blogger Help Center article here.
  • Spanner: We've been doing some serious tinkering under the hood of Blogger! We finished a multiple-year migration of all blogs to Spanner, a new storage system. For more information on Spanner, check out the Google Cloud Spanner site here.



New features coming soon (over the next few months):

  • Video Management: With our new management interface, you can easily download and remove videos you've uploaded.
  • Google Takeout: Your blog - your data. With our upcoming updates to this tool, you'll be able to access more information when you download your data from Google Takeout.


We know change isn't always easy, but we thank you for your patience as we continue our commitment to helping you publish your passions into 2018 and beyond.


Stay tuned,
Kelly on behalf of your Blogger team

Maandag 14 Mei 2018

Improvements to our Privacy Policy and Privacy Controls

Google
Updating Our Privacy Policy
This month, we're updating our Privacy Policy to make it easier for you to understand what information we collect and why we collect it. We've also taken steps to improve our Privacy Checkup and other controls we provide to safeguard your data and protect your privacy.
Nothing is changing about your current settings or how your information is processed. Rather, we've improved the way we describe our practices and how we explain the options you have to update, manage, export, and delete your data.
We're making these updates as new data protection regulations come into effect in the European Union, and we're taking the opportunity to make improvements for Google users around the world.
Making our Privacy Policy easier to understand
Simpler structure & clearer language
We've improved the navigation and organization of the policy to make it easier to find what you're looking for. We've also explained our practices in more detail and with clearer language.
New descriptive videos & illustrations
Often a visual description is easier to understand than text alone, so we've added short videos and illustrations throughout the policy.
Embedded privacy controls
We've made it easier to jump to key settings directly from the policy, helping you make choices about your privacy.
The revised policy is available here and will take effect on May 25, 2018.
Improving your privacy controls
Within the past year, we updated My Activity so that you can better access and manage the data in your Google Account. We also launched a redesigned Dashboard, which allows you to easily see an overview of products you're using and your data associated with them.
This month, we've updated our Privacy Checkup with new illustrations and examples to help you make more informed choices about your key privacy controls. And since we understand that your preferences may change over time, the new Privacy Checkup enables you to sign up for regular reminders to check your privacy settings.
To learn more about these and other controls to manage your privacy, visit your Google Account.
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Dinsdag 21 Maart 2017

Blogger Buzz

Blogger Buzz

Share your unique style with new Blogger themes

Posted: 20 Mar 2017 05:34 PM PDT

If you're one of the millions of people who uses Blogger to share your views on current affairs, teach the world how to make sushi, or just offer a peek into your day, then you know how important it is to be able to put your personal stamp on your blog. After all, your blog isn't just a place you share, it's a reflection of who you are and the impression you'd like to leave with your readers.

To make it easier for you to express your unique style, we've created a new set of blog themes for you to choose from. Each theme comes in a variety of colors, is fully customizable, and can be added to your blog with just a few clicks.

These themes aren't only designed to look great, they're designed to work great too. Each one has been built to automatically adjust to any screen and load quickly, so you can rest assured that your readers will be able to easily see your work whether they're on a computer, phone or tablet.

Here's a quick look at the new designs:


Contempo
As good for a photo as it is for a story, Contempo puts a fresh, modern spin on life's many adventures.
(view sample blog)


Soho
Spare and simple, Soho is a gallery built to showcase your latest photos, designs or musings in their best light.
(view sample blog)



Emporio
From projects to objects, Emporio can take any array of posts and display them in a neat and tidy way.
(view sample blog)



Notable
Whether you're feeling pithy or profuse, Notable is your notepad for scribbles, stories, and so much more.
(view sample blog)



To see all of the different theme variations, and to try on a new one for your blog, visit your blog dashboard and select the Theme tab. 

We hope this latest update makes it even easier to publish the things you're passionate about in a way that fits your style. Let us know what you think and stay tuned for more updates for Blogger.

Happy blogging!

Posted by Guy Ronen, Product Manager

Woensdag 23 November 2016

Blogger Buzz

Blogger Buzz

A first few tweaks toward a better Blogger

Posted: 22 Nov 2016 06:24 PM PST

From New York to Jakarta, Blogger is one of the most popular ways to publish the things you're passionate about. Still, we've heard that there's more we can do to make the platform a better place to have your unique voice be heard. So we'll be making some adjustments over time to bring you a faster, easier to use and more beautiful Blogger.

To kick things off, we've taken a crack at simplifying Blogger's dashboard so that it's easier for you to get right to the tools you need. Now, whenever you open Blogger, you'll be taken right to your blog with the most recent post, putting you one click or tap closer to drafting something new.


We've also updated Blogger's header bar, making it consistent with what you'll find in other Google products. And as part of our commitment to building products that are accessible for all, we've adjusted Blogger's colors to make things easier to see.

We're starting small with these adjustments, but hope they help you create more amazing work. Please send any feedback our way and stay tuned for more updates to come.

Happy blogging!


Posted by Guy Ronen, Product Manager

Woensdag 25 Mei 2016

Blogger Buzz

Blogger Buzz

More custom template flexibility

Posted: 24 May 2016 04:36 PM PDT


More custom template flexibility

Last May, we added some expressions to our templating language to make it easier for you to customize your blog's look and feel. These new expressions proved popular with those of you who enjoy advanced blogging tools, so we wanted to offer you even more flexibility. 

Starting today, we're introducing a new set of operators, which we're calling lambda expressions, that allow you to apply rules to whole sets of data (think posts, comments, or labels), rather than just individual instances. 

Let's say you wanted to add a flower image to all posts with the label "Flower," for example. With lambda expressions, simply define a variable name that each item in the set will take, and then refer to the variable name as though it were each item.

<!-- Show a Flower image if the post has the label flower -->
<b:if cond='data:post.labels any (l => l.name == "Flower")'>
 <img src='/img/flower.jpg' />
<b:if/>

An example of adding a flower icon to posts labelled 'Flower'


There's lots more that you can do using lambda expressions, like only showing posts in your feed with a given label or quickly calculating how many posts you have with a given number of comments. For a full list of the new lambda expressions available, check out the help forum.

Happy Blogging! 😃

Posted by Luke, Software Engineer

Vrydag 06 Mei 2016

Blogger Buzz

Blogger Buzz

Keep your readers interested with the AdSense Guide to Audience Engagement

Posted: 06 May 2016 10:56 AM PDT

Today, information is at our fingertips and we can access it from anywhere on any device. Just a few taps pull up millions of websites all competing for our attention. For bloggers, engaging with your audience has never been more important or more challenging. To help lay the foundation to a winning engagement strategy, the AdSense team created the AdSense Guide to Audience Engagement.




Research shows that 29% of smartphone users will immediately switch to another site or app if it doesn't satisfy their needs.


To help keep your audience engaged, get your free copy of the AdSense Guide to Audience Engagement.
In the guide, you'll learn:
  • How to help your audience become familiar with your brand
  • Best practices to design user journeys
  • How to develop content that resonates with your audience
  • Ways to make your content easy to consume
  • Why you should share the love with other sites by referring to good sources


If you're interested in more updates from the Google AdSense team, follow us on  Google+ and Twitter. We'd love to hear what you think.

Posted by Jay Castro, the AdSense Team.

Dinsdag 03 Mei 2016

Blogger Buzz

Blogger Buzz

Bringing HTTPS to all blogspot domain blogs

Posted: 03 May 2016 10:04 AM PDT

[Cross-posted from the Google Security Blog]

HTTPS is fundamental to internet security; it protects the integrity and confidentiality of data sent between websites and visitors' browsers. Last September, we began rolling out HTTPS support for blogspot domain blogs so you could try it out. Today, we're launching another milestone: an HTTPS version for every blogspot domain blog. With this change, visitors can access any blogspot domain blog over an encrypted channel.
The HTTPS indicator in the Chrome browser
As part of this launch, we're removing the HTTPS Availability setting. Even if you did not previously turn on this setting, your blogs will have an HTTPS version enabled.

We're also adding a new setting called HTTPS Redirect that allows you to opt-in to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS. While all blogspot blogs will have an HTTPS version enabled, if you turn on this new setting, all visitors will be redirected to the HTTPS version of your blog at https://<your-blog>.blogspot.com even if they go to http://<your-blog>.blogspot.com. If you choose to turn off this setting, visitors will have two options for viewing your blog: the unencrypted version at http://<your-blog>.blogspot.com or the encrypted version at https://<your-blog>.blogspot.com.
The new HTTPS Redirect setting in the Blogger dashboard
Please be aware that mixed content may cause some of your blog's functionality not to work in the HTTPS version. Mixed content is often caused by incompatible templates, gadgets, or post content. While we're proactively fixing most of these errors, some of them can only be fixed by you, the blog authors. To help spot and fix these errors, we recently released a mixed content warning tool that alerts you to possible mixed content issues in your posts, and gives you the option to fix them automatically before saving.

Existing links and bookmarks to your blogs are not affected by this launch, and will continue to work. Please note that blogs on custom domains will not yet have HTTPS support.

This update expands Google's HTTPS Everywhere mission to all blogspot domain blogs. We appreciate your feedback and will use it to make future improvements.


Posted by Milinda Perera, Software Engineer, Security
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