The latest tips and news from the Blogger team
Get a pulse for the posts your readers like most with the +1 counter
January 24, 2012
As we mentioned in our
Connect to Google+
post a few weeks ago, we’ve been hard at work to bring you new ways to grow your blog and engage with your readers using Google+.
Today we’re happy to introduce the +1 counter, which allows you to quickly scan your dashboard to see which posts are most popular on your blog. Each time a reader clicks the +1 button on a post, a +1 gets added to that post's counter and their profile photo and name will appear.
The +1 button is available on all
Dynamic Views
posts by default, and can be enabled on most other template types by clicking on the Layout tab in your dashboard, clicking Edit in the Blog posts section, and checking the Show Share Buttons box.
If you don't have a Google+ account yet, don't fret. It's easy to
join Google+ here
.
Happy blogging!
Posted by Bruce Polderman, Product Manager
Engage with your readers through threaded commenting
January 11, 2012
You may have noticed that we’ve rolled out a number of improvements to Blogger recently. The folks over at
Technorati
referred to it as a “rampage”. Call it what you like, we’re definitely having fun giving Blogger the makeover it’s long deserved, and we appreciate all the positive feedback we received at the recent
BlogWorld
expo.
If you follow us on our
Buzz
blog, you’re aware that we publish surveys from time to time. They are one of several methods that we use to collect your feedback about what we can do to make your blogging experience better. A top request on the wishlist is improving Blogger’s commenting system, so we’re happy to announce that we’ve done just that.
Blogger now supports threaded commenting, which means that it is now much easier to differentiate between whether someone is making a general comment on the thread, or responding to another comment on the thread.
What do you have to do to enable this on your blog? Nothing! If you have Blogger’s commenting feature enabled, “Blog Feed” set to “Full”, and are using “Embedded” comments, then you’re ready to start a discussion with your readers. To check, or change your feed settings, select: “Settings > Other >, and then “Full” from the “Allow Blog Feed” dropdown:
To check your current form setting, select: “Settings > Posts and Comments, and select “Embedded” from the “Comment Location” dropdown:
Visit the
Blogger Help Center
for additional information.
Happy blogging!
Posted by Pat Coleman, Software Engineer
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