Comment from Hoto
Time: December 1, 2007, 7:55 am

you are right. i just figured out the same thing as i was trying to comment my brothers blog. i got 3 blogs on blogger but i have already started a blog on wordpress to get more and more away from google.

Comment from Adam_Y
Time: December 1, 2007, 12:29 pm

It’s not a good move, is it?

I’m friends with a group of blogs, some of them hosted on blogger, and this has had a bit of an impact on how we converse and help each other out. Apparently a lot of people are stressed out about this and that there might be a way to change it back, but really, no one can tell me why blogger/google thought this was a necessary step.

It’s a bit like the ill-fated nofollow tags that were introduced.

Comment from Drew
Time: December 1, 2007, 2:08 pm

Karen,
I noticed that too, wrote about it on Google Is Not God. Looks like a way to thwart the Do Follow list. I wonder if that list is big enough to warrant the change. I haven’t seen any reason behind the change however. I think it may be time to move all my blogs to their own domains.

Remember the Fab 4 panel where I mentioned some of the upcoming contests I was doing. Well it is December 1 and they are all live. Just wanted to let you know. The link is on my name. I hope you participate. Thanks.

Comment from perros
Time: December 1, 2007, 6:16 pm

I noticed the same thing last night, I think that is pretty crappy… It is like Google is taking all the opportunities for the little guy to compete.

Comment from Karen
Time: December 1, 2007, 6:37 pm

It seems like they are cutting their own throat. I am considering dropping my blogspot blog. Who will want to comment on it? Not that we only comment for the link but if it comes down to commenting on a few posts a day, I am going to comment on those that I can leave a link for this blog on.

Comment from Karen
Time: December 1, 2007, 6:42 pm

Adam, why do you call the no-follow tags ill-fated? Javascript blogrolls are NOT picked up by google so they shouldn’t hurt you.

Comment from John Burgreen
Time: December 1, 2007, 10:33 pm

Eh, that sucks. I just got into blogging and I can see how a backlink, especially for those who create well written posts, is not too much to ask.

Comment from Karen
Time: December 1, 2007, 10:37 pm

It is important. Welcome to blogging.

Comment from Lynne
Time: December 2, 2007, 5:31 pm

Great observation Karen, I don’t like that I have to log in with my Goo account just to be able to comment on someones blog. It is a deterrent.

Comment from Denise
Time: December 12, 2007, 3:13 pm

This is nuts. What is Google’s deal???

Denise’s last blog post..Oops! I’ve Been Tagged!

Comment from Karen
Time: December 12, 2007, 4:11 pm

They want to control everything. They want blogspot blogs to stick with their own kind?

Comment from Holly
Time: December 12, 2007, 4:41 pm

This is just too much! Here is the proof that they are trying to control the internet. Yes they can do what they want with there site, but it will cause people to get angry and leave.

That is why I am moving off blogspot and redirecting everything.

Comment from Cynthia Blue
Time: December 16, 2007, 3:24 pm

Yeah I noticed it too and was bummed. I have 4 blogs and I like to leave the most relevant blog as a link. I now have two blogger accounts with two different web page listings on the account, so at least I can post a comment and they can look at my profile and see my link.

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