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Posted by Lisa Ding, Community Manager Hi Bloggers! For more than a decade now, the Blogger team has watched our community of users grow dramatically and have had the pleasure of seeing some truly amazing blogs along the way. Here on Buzz, in addition to keeping you updated on new features, we’re going to focus on engaging with our user community and connecting more readers to exceptional blogs. On Buzz, you can be expecting a variety of new posts, such as: A revolving showcase of funny, interesting, beautifully designed, creative, and just plain awesome blogs.  Guest posts from other successful Blogger users.  Re-shares of interesting posts from your blogs.  Personal posts from members of the Blogger Team, so you can get to know us better.  In the coming weeks, I’ll be asking you to submit quality blogs that you enjoy reading. Each week, I’ll post a sample of the best blogs I’ve found within a certain theme (food, design, sports, etc) or, that incorporate a recently...

Posted by Bruce Polderman, Product Manager One of the things I often hear is how challenging it can be to generate ideas for topics to write about. This may be especially true for popular blogs when you feel as though your followers are eagerly awaiting your next post. Sitting down and staring at your computer with the hope of feeling inspired can result in disappointment.  On my blog for example, I have a mix of posts that were authored be me, and articles that I've discovered elsewhere that I think may be of interest to others. Like many of you, there are times when I have things that I’m eager to write about, and other times when I just want to share something. If this sounds familiar, you may find the “ Blog This !” Chrome Extension of interest. It enables you post to your blog from any web page with just one click. The Extension is available on the Chrome Web Store under the “Blogging” category. When you install the extension, a button will appear on your browser toolba...

Posted by Jiho Han, Software Engineer A few months ago we introduced mobile templates to Blogger in Draft . Today, we’re excited to announce that not only will these templates be available to everyone, we’ll be supporting all 27 Template Designer templates. We invite you to make your blog smartphone-friendly by going to the Dashboard > Settings > Email & Mobile tab and enabling the mobile template option. Blogger mobile templates are mobile-optimized versions of our Template Designer templates. If you are using one of these templates, when you enable the mobile template option your blog will begin rendering using the mobile version of the same variant. Even if you are not using a Template Designer template, or using a heavily-customized version of one, you can still enable this feature to have your blog start rendering in a generic default mobile template that we have created. Some of our feature highlights: Preview : Get a glimpse of how your blog will be displayed by click...

Posted by Marcos Almeida, Software Engineer “+1” is often used as a digital shorthand for “this is pretty cool.” It’s also a way for friends, contacts, and the rest of the world to find great things on Google search. Google launched the +1 button back in March as a way to help share web content and make search more personal and relevant. For more information about the +1 button, you can watch this short video: Since Google made this feature available, web publishers and bloggers have been asking us how they can add the +1 button to their sites, including Blogger blogs. Today, we’re excited to let you know that you can add the +1 button to Blogger blogs with just a few clicks. To add the +1 button to your blog, you’ll need to enable Share buttons on Blogger . To do this, go to Design > Page Elements on your Blogger dashboard, find the Blog posts area, click on Edit , and select the “ Show Share Buttons ” option. If you are already using Share buttons, the +1 button will automati...