The Blogger Followers Gadget Is Available - Really!

Some blog owners can't figure out how to add the Blogger Followers gadget, to their blogs.

We see occasional confusion, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue, about installation and use of Followers.

After typing

https://www.google.com/friendconnect/

into my browser, I am redirected to

Blogger Help: Manage blogs you follow

How do I install Followers?

The Blogger Help article is about using Following - once it's been installed.

This blog owner wants to use Blogger Followers - but is not finding the expected selection, in "Add a Gadget". The confusion is not hard to understand, given the relative visibility of Blogger Followers vs Google+ Followers.

The two gadgets are in separate sections of "Add a Gadget".

The "Google+ Followers" gadget is in the Basics list, while the "Followers" gadget is at the bottom of the "More Gadgets" list.

Look in the main, "By Blogger" list, for Google+ Followers.

Look near the bottom of "Basics'.

And there, we see "Google+ Followers".

"Highlight your total Google+ audience (both its size and some friendly faces), and offer visitors the chance to follow you on Google+."


Look in the secondary, by third party providers list, for Blogger Followers.

Look at the very bottom of "More Gadgets".

And there, we see "Followers".

"Displays a list of users who follow your blog."


Hopefully, with the Followers gadget being redesigned, this inequality will be reduced. Until it is, just understand how to find each gadget.