Google introduced three new features to Blogger this year.
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- In July, Google introduced a new system for backing up our blogs.
- As the year ends, we're randomly seeing two "beta" features that use machine intelligence to add hyperlinks from your posts to related Google searches.
The changes shared one thing in common: the absence of direct communication or explanation from Google about the new features. Bad Google!
The above links will take you to my unofficial guide to these new features.
Behind the scenes
We experience this as a parade of bugs and (usually) bug fixes. I do not know what is going on behind the curtain, only that things are obviously not static.
Other changes at Google also affect Blogger users. In 2024, for instance, a change in Google Drive broke links on myriad blogs that were hosting images and other content there. This year Google added a recovery channel for your Google account.
Unlike the changes in Blogger and the one at Drive, Google actually announced that last feature and provided a help page describing it.
Good Google!
New for me
You, my readers, seem to like it, and I don't think I am going back.
But I'd like to continue to use this blog to explore approaches to the usability problem that the responsive themes try to address.
Google is not the only one with the power to innovate: we can, too.
2019 Flashback
From 2019.
Back then, I asked for universal undo ("including a trash can for deleted items"):
Users should be able to reverse any action on Blogger within a reasonable period of time.
We did get, anyway, a trash can for deleted blog posts in late 2022.
This year the new backup (above) fulfilled my 2019 wish for automated backup.
Other wishes...well, maybe next year.
Best wishes
All the best to my readers for 2026!
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