Blogspot commenting; what happened?
Posted on 01. Dec, 2007 by dimaks in Blogging
I just got curious on the current commenting system in the blogs hosted by blogspot. As many of us know that, before, we have the option to put in our nick name followed by our url or website/blog address. And now we seem to have it no more. Either you comment as a Google/Blogger or Anonymous/with nick name and no corresponding web address.
Is it just me? am I missing something? I am totally clueless on how to go about with this. How the bell are we non-”Bloggers” put that link back to our blogs? Exclusivity? Somebody enlighten me please 
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sasha
Dec 1st, 2007
Oh my, I just noticed it now, Dimaks! Grabe, I commented on a blogger blog pa this morning tapos ngaun lang nagkaganyan na! Google companies are out on a power trip talaga. First PageRank, now Blogger… what next???
dimaks
Dec 1st, 2007
sasha,
i actually noticed it last night.. this is kinda, err.. i dunno really. let alone do their craft anyway – its theirs. it’s just so disgusting to my taste you know.. its just a link back to your blog/website.
K
Dec 1st, 2007
Dimaks, this is a new feature for blogspot. It’s a plugin used to subscribing comments via email. The purpose is to stay in a conversational loop on any post you have commented in.
I don’t like this feature. Even on WordPress user (wordpress.org), even if I didn’t choose to subsrcibe, it automatically gets into my email. And now my inbox is like being attacked by spams.
So Google account is the default email account should you wish to subscribe to the post via email.
sasha
Dec 1st, 2007
I have read at TechCrunch that they are introducing Open IDs, similar to Livejournal and Typepad yata…
Strange, i seem to remember leaving a comment similar to this one… deja vu
Wil
Dec 2nd, 2007
Yeah, I liked it better when people’s username could be linked to their blog. But i suppose you can always put your link in the comment text box instead. the old way was better though.
dimaks
Dec 2nd, 2007
K,
ah so that’s what it is. what will happen is, either you subscribe to email or you comment as anonymous.. lol
sasha,
even then, i really feel a great sense of exclusivity there
Wil,
putting your link within the comment box means inserting html code, which can be inconvenient at times. i agree, the old way + this new one that enables email subscription (by force) could be a better deal.
Ade
Dec 2nd, 2007
This is why I hate Blogger.
manilenya
Dec 2nd, 2007
I noticed it few days ago and I even commented in one blogger blogs, why Blogger hates other blog sites/blog hosted sites..lols!! paano marami ng mayroong sariling domain..not to mention that these bloggers who opted to buy their own domain are using wordpress as a blog tool.
ang tawag dito e kanya-kanya at ayaw nilang tumaas pa ang page rank ng mga non-blogger user.
sa tingin ko lang.
tina
Dec 3rd, 2007
meaning di nyo na malagay yung mga url’s nyo when you comment? kaya pala… wala ng link to your site. inconvenient nga.. makes me want to get my own domain name na and use wordpress instead.
monaco
Dec 3rd, 2007
I noticed that too, dimaks. though I’m a blogger user, I used their ‘other’ option before because it links directly to my website rather than my profile. but now it’s gone. don’t know why.
manilenya
Dec 4th, 2007
monaco..sabi nga ng mga canadian e …..”because!” that’s all lol!
annamanila
Dec 4th, 2007
Ay naku. Sabi nila madali lang mag-migrate. Tutuo ba?
Javi
Dec 6th, 2007
Google is being really puritanical these days. And Google owns Blogger so they’re starting with that. sabi kasi nila they’re just trying to protect their PR algorithm from being skewed due to a lot of spammy commenting. dami kasi nag-eexploit ng comment links to enhance their PR. a lot of pundits say na instead of doing all these things (penalties on text link ads, ppp, and now removing comment links in blogger) google should just improve their algorithm to negate these things. Not sure if this is feasible but it’s a good heads-up for google.
dimaks
Dec 8th, 2007
Ade,
I don’t know but ever since, I never had the feel of using blogger too. The javascripts loading give my browser huge lags.
manilenya,
so you mean, this is just a market language? hehe
tina,
kanya-kanya na tayo ngayon hehe.
tama ka
monaco ,
yun pala, totoo yung naisip kong may malaking pagbbago sa setup ng blogger.
oh well, at first i thought that i was just having some browser errors or something
annamanila,
madali lang maglipat kung konting gamit lang ang dala mo hehe. but im sure many people around the blogoshpere can lend help.
Javi,
ahh that’s enlightening! thanks for pointing it out. i also happened to read somewhere that blogger is also being used as a host for those revenue generating ads. but then either way, i feel some sort of exclusivity as a wordpress.com user. btw, thanks for dropping by. hope you come back again.
Zaty
Dec 8th, 2007
i know!! i was so confused too when i tried to comment on someone’s blog yesterday.
what happenned:
*type type type comment*
*scroll down*
*pause*
*blinded by so many boxes*
it took about half a minute to make sure the correct box was filled in 0_o
im ‘slow’ already as it is. they just had to make things even more confusing. lol
Tani
Dec 11th, 2007
I guess Blogspot wants exclusivity. Just checkin’ out other WordPress blogs. My first post in WordPress.
dimaks
Dec 12th, 2007
Zaty,
same here Zaty.. i actually paused a while, thinking what had happened
Tani,
hey Tani, thanks for dropping by! welcome to wp and have an enjoyable stay
J
Dec 25th, 2007
One solution: leave blogspot. Hahaha. then join i.ph. (joke). Merry Christmas na nga lang. Walang kwenta ang aking comment.
Mikko
Dec 27th, 2007
Hindi.
Bumalik na sa dati.
Wag kayong umalis ng BlogSpot, ako lang.
Hehehe, self-hosted WordPress na ako eh.