This is just a quick post to let my friends in blogland know that if I haven’t been around your blog, its because of Google! I blame it all on Google!
First of all, many of us have been having issues with Google Friend Connect as of late. People have left comments on my blog saying they are now following me, but the follow didn’t come through on my side. And vice versa. It was frustrating and time-consuming and an inconvenience to sort it all out.
Second of all, I use Google Reader to read everything. As you can see in this screenshot, I have the option of “Show followed blogs for Blogger” checked off, right? Well, when I went to go read specific blogs (people that came by and left a comment here over the last few days) I noticed that they were missing. Not 1, not 2, but all of them!
So, basically none of the blogs that I’ve recently become a follower of were showing up at all. And here I was, thinking that I was reciprocating all that love by keeping up with everyone’s blogs!
Third of all, even though I don’t use Blogger as my platform, I do have a Blogger account so that I can utilize Google Friend Connect. So, I went to my Blogger Dashboard in order to cross check Blogger with Reader, and my Reading List was empty! It actually said that I wasn’t following any blogs yet!
And to top it all off, trying to find answers or get help from Google is the most frustrating thing EVER! So I just tinkered with it for a (long) while, and I finally did something right (although I couldn’t tell you what), and now all of the blogs I follow on Google Friend Connect are showing up in Google Reader. FINALLY!!! BUT now look at what its left me with…
Yep! OVER 1,000 items unread.
So if I said something nice on your blog like that I loved it, glad I found it, looked forward to reading more, etc. I meant it. I really did. I had every intention of actually reading it and reciprocating all the comment love. BUT, now you’re just gonna have to give me a minute.
There’s something we say around our house when someone does something to our unliking… we say “I’m gonna give you a knuckle sandwich!”
And that’s exactly what I want to give to Google right now! A Knuckle Sandwich!!!
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no fun! definitely not the way to spend your free time
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Oh my! You poor thing, I think I would have screamed something a bit less socially acceptable! Ugh! At least it’s working now though and hopefully you won’t have any more problems, especially since the fix was an oopsie
<3 Donna
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LOL My google does that to me sometimes… I am computer stupid so I have no clue what to do with it! It usually fixes itself though
Happy Reading! 
I have had times when blogger has said I’m not following any blogs, but it has always corrected itself after I sign off and sign back in a few times. It’s a pain.
I was having issues with Google the other day too.. They need to get it together. No worries though. Hopefully everything will go back to normal soon enough.
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