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January 17, 2011
9:58 pm

Honey Shellman

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When I created The Popeye Express, anyone who wanted to follow just used their email address to become a follower. Since creating RV Tax Help, one of my clients wanted to become a follower, but is not a user of Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, etc. and could not figure out how to become a follower. I must admit, I can't figure it out either. Does Google now limit followers by this selection, or is there another option?

January 19, 2011
9:05 am

MrsGeek

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Hi Honey,

Good question. Are you sure that people could 'follow' the Popey Express without having a google account? My understanding is that the Blogger Follow is simply an RSS feed that uses the Blogger dashboard as the feed reader. You must have a google account in order to have a Blogger dashboard.

A google account can be created with an email other than gmail – it just usually isn't.

They can always Follow you using a different feed reader … see this article: http://wifisavvy.com/2010/04/3…..-want-one/ But – that way, they won't show up in your count of Blog 'Followers'

So, short answer I think is Yes – you must have one of the accounts listed in order to 'Follow' Notice that one of the possibilities is an 'OpenID' – if they don't want a google account, maybe they could do that?

January 20, 2011
4:38 pm

Honey Shellman

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Hi again Chrs,

Two close friends are followers of The Popeye Express. Neither has ever had one of the "required" accounts. I remember when setting the blog up, that all one had to do to follow was enter their email address. Interesting. Thank you for your time in responding. Sending BIG Hugs! <img class="sfsmiley" title="Smile" onclick="sfjLoadSmiley('sf-smile.gif', 'Smile', 'http://geeksontour.tv/wp-conte…..', ' Smile ', '1');" src="../../../wp-content/forum-smileys/sf-smile.gif" alt="Smile" />

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