I’ve set up Broadcasting Brain to use Google Friend Connect. I’ve had the MyBlogLog widget on my blog’s sidebar for about two years and it’s a neat little thing to track who comes and goes. However, I’ve read that MyBlogLog is to be retired in January 2010 and I like the idea of having a community here, so Google Friend Connect seemed like the best option.
EDIT: on Dec. 23, 2009, the Yahoo Developer Network blog had a post saying that MyBlogLog was under review, but it might not necessarily be shut down. For now, I’ll keep the MyBlogLog widget in my sidebar and see what happens.
The widget for Google Friend Connect is on my blog’s sidebar. I hope you join the community and count yourself among the many fine brains that read this blog.
Oh, go ahead, you know you want to…
I've just signed up with My blog log…is it really going ?
Weird… I did the same thing this week. I considered briefly Facebook Connect, but I'm trying to keep Facebook mainly personal. I tried the TwitterCounter widget for a week, but since Google Friend Connect is inclusive of Twitter, it seemed like a more inclusive and flexible choice.
Lucy, I believe I read a blog post on ReadWriteWeb which indicated that it would be shut down, yes.
However, I note that on the Yahoo Developer Network blog that it's only a possibility at this time. So perhaps it won't be going away after all. Might as well try it, if you want.
Kat, my thoughts exactly. I approach Facebook in a similar way and my network there is much smaller than Twitter. Google seems to be growing a bit as a networking platform, interesting to see what will happen.
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