An update on Google Friend Connect

"In 2011, we announced the retirement of Google Friend Connect for all non-Blogger sites. We made an exception for Blogger to give readers an easy way to follow blogs using a variety of accounts. Yet over time, we’ve seen that most people sign into Friend Connect with a Google Account. So, in an effort to streamline, in the next few weeks we’ll be making some changes that will eventually require readers to have a Google Account to sign into Friend Connect and follow blogs. 

As part of this plan, starting the week of January 11, we’ll remove the ability for people with Twitter, Yahoo, Orkut or other OpenId providers to sign in to Google Friend Connect and follow blogs. At the same time, we’ll remove non-Google Account profiles so you may see a decrease in your blog follower count.

We encourage you to tell affected readers (perhaps via a blog post), that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List, making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the blogs they follow.

We know how important followers are to all bloggers, but we believe this change will improve the experience for both you and your readers."

 Posted by Michael Goddard, Software Engineer (Blogger Buzz)

William-Adolphe BOUGUEREAU Thirst


William Bouguereau (1825-1905) est un peintre français représentatif de la peinture académique.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) was a French academic painter and traditionalist. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. 

William-Adolphe BOUGUEREAU Big Sister


William Bouguereau (1825-1905) est un peintre français représentatif de la peinture académique.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) was a French academic painter and traditionalist. In his realistic genre paintings he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body. 

Edgar MAXENCE


Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) est un peintre symboliste français.

Edgard Maxence (1871-1954) was a French Symbolist painter.

Elisabeth VIGEE LE BRUN


Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, née Louise-Élisabeth Vigée (1755-1842) est une artiste peintre française, considérée comme une grande portraitiste de son temps. Elle a pu être comparée à Quentin de La Tour ou Jean-Baptiste Greuze.

Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun (1755-1842), also known as Madame Lebrun, was a prominent French painter.

Henri FANTIN-LATOUR 1889


Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) est un peintre réaliste et intimiste, et lithographe français.

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers.