Google Friend Connect widget

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  myboulangerie · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 5:23 am

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  I downloaded a Google Friend Connect widget from WordPress, but the installation instructions were not very clear. Can someone give me step by step instructions for activating the newly installed widget?

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 8:12 pm

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  There are two problems with that:

  1. Plugins that you download from WordPress.org (like the widget you mention) can only be used on self-hosted WordPress.org sites—not on WordPress.com.

  2. Google Friend Connect can now only be used on Blogger.com.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 8:15 pm

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  3. FWIW Google announced their service ‘Google Friend Connect’ would be discontinued as of March 1st 2012. The official announcement can be read here. http://googleblog.blogspot.ca/2011/11/more-spring-cleaning-out-of-season.html Hence I wouldn’t be surprised if it is discontinued.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jan 12, 2013 at 8:35 pm

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  @ timethief
  I think that announcement only applies to non-Blogger sites. I think (although I’m not sure … don’t feel like digging up my long-dormant Blogger account to check) that the “Google Friend Connect” functionality (if not the name) is still present in the Blogger “Followers” widget: http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&source=gfc&answer=104226&rd=2