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Blogger Starts Following Followers

Google Blogger has started a following feature and now there is a new widget to add to your blogs to show off the number of followers you have. As Google gradually rolls out the feature, your blogging activities are getting more integrated.

Blogger FollowersBy following your blog, your readers tell the world they’re a fan of your blog. Your Dashboard will show how many followers your blogs has and with a click on the Followers icon, you can browse your followers, see what blogs they write, and read the other blogs they’re following. I have been using this feature in Tumblr (which hosts our photoblog), but this is on a much larger scale.

You can show off your followers by adding the Followers gadget to your blog’s sidebar. From the “Layout | Page Elements” tab, click “Add a Gadget” and select “Followers” from the gadgets list. Its also integrated with Google Reader, and you can now see a special folder in Reader called “Blogs I’m Following” with subscriptions for all of the blogs you follow!

Well I dont’ see the feature activated on my dashboard yet, but they assure us that the Following feature is being rolled out to all over the next few weeks…



6 Responses

  1. i really don’t like blogger.. hosting your own blog is much better IMO

    Ibrahim Rabbani posted on 29/08/2008
  2. hmm i guess much people arent using it yet, because we already have a blogroll, along with feed subscribers. I guess Im still trying to figure out the diff.

    B. in Atl posted on 10/09/2008
  3. anyone know how to count the total followers in blog and displaying the number of followers on the blog?

    Renise posted on 15/09/2008
  4. I just started using it.
    I think it will be really helpful.

    MadeByJade posted on 09/10/2008
  5. How do you get rid of the “followers (count)”. That is, do not show the number (count) that Blogger shows in the Followers (***)?

    e pearse posted on 10/08/2010