On August 3, a bug in Google's automated security system disabled hundreds, and probably thousands, of Blogger blogs.
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Robot run amok! Google fixed the bug two days later, and many are reporting that their blogs have been restored.
However, as of today Google has still not explained to English-language bloggers that they must request a review to get their blogs back. Or even that the bug is fixed.
Indeed, Google's only explanation or announcement seems to have been in the Spanish-language help community for Blogger, through that community's manager.
Google is unrolling a new way to make your Google account recoverable if you forget your password, are hacked, or otherwise lose access.
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Your picture.
"Selfie for sign-in" joins the other three methods (or four, depending on how you count things) for verifying your identity in case there is ever a question.
Do not think this cannot happen to you.
Like these other methods, there is a catch: you have to set it up before you lose access.
You've got five feed options in Settings:
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Your feed lets people read your blog in a feed reader, and is required for some things. It's enabled by default.
I have already made the case for using jumps on your blog. So how about in feeds?
Below are your feed options. I think you'll agree that Jump Break is best for engagement.
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For those that have it, Google's awkward "Auto add links to Search" tool now has a name, and a place to live that is not floating in front of the editing window. (Previously it had several other names that were not so nice.)
It has joined "Insert Google Search widget" on the new "Insert widget and AI-powered enhancements" menu in the editor.
