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There are no known plans for Google shutting down Blogger.

by AceJohnny2 3y ago

myself248 3y ago
Given that it's Google, that's cold comfort.
skilled 3y ago
You could say the same about every product Google has shut down.
pests 3y ago
There are no known plans for Google to keep Blogger either.
rjh29 3y ago
> No updates to Blogger have been documented since September 2020. Google has also moved away from Blogger for their own company blogs. For these reasons, Blogger may be at risk of shutting down.
- javchz 3y ago
  I found that a shame. I think with a lighter and modern UI, blogger could come back to gain some market share from Medium. Medium it's so bloated and clickbaity, that I would take an old regular blog in WordPress or blogspot despite being more ugly. A lot of technical documentation of some niches, is still only present in blogs of this kind.
  - mikro2nd 3y ago
    If you want to avoid "bloated" I can only recommend both bearblog.dev and mataroa.blog. (Full disclosure, I'm a paying user of mataroa, but no other relationship to either of those sites.)
- sgift 3y ago
  aka "This is a risk-based intervention. We don't know if it will happen, but there's a real risk and better start now than scramble later."
pabs3 3y ago
They plan to delete accounts with no recent activity, including data from all Google properties. The only exception is YouTube for some reason. The wiki page is simply out of date.
- kelnos 3y ago
  > The only exception is YouTube for some reason. I wonder if they made a big list of the old content that would get deleted under their policy, and decided that some of that actually still brings in enough ad revenue to be worth keeping. And it was easier to just keep everything than make carve-outs to the deletion policy?
  - dehrmann 3y ago
    I'm sure that's part of it, but content on Youtube is also more discoverable (despite Google running a search engine), and the platform is more active.
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Think it's more about the planned deletion of inactive accounts on 01 Dec 2023 that's going to take out a bunch of connected blogger sites.
8organicbits 3y ago
Shutting down, no. Deleting content, yes. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/your-old-google-account-will-be-deleted-in-just-weeks-how-to-save-it/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/your-old-goo...
Dalewyn 3y ago
Are you really willing to bet on Google not killing off a non-primary service?

There are no known plans for Google shutting down Blogger.

myself248 3y ago

Given that it's Google, that's cold comfort.

skilled 3y ago

You could say the same about every product Google has shut down.

pests 3y ago

There are no known plans for Google to keep Blogger either.

rjh29 3y ago

> No updates to Blogger have been documented since September 2020. Google has also moved away from Blogger for their own company blogs. For these reasons, Blogger may be at risk of shutting down.

javchz 3y ago
I found that a shame. I think with a lighter and modern UI, blogger could come back to gain some market share from Medium. Medium it's so bloated and clickbaity, that I would take an old regular blog in WordPress or blogspot despite being more ugly. A lot of technical documentation of some niches, is still only present in blogs of this kind.
- mikro2nd 3y ago
  If you want to avoid "bloated" I can only recommend both bearblog.dev and mataroa.blog. (Full disclosure, I'm a paying user of mataroa, but no other relationship to either of those sites.)
sgift 3y ago
aka "This is a risk-based intervention. We don't know if it will happen, but there's a real risk and better start now than scramble later."

pabs3 3y ago

They plan to delete accounts with no recent activity, including data from all Google properties. The only exception is YouTube for some reason. The wiki page is simply out of date.

kelnos 3y ago
> The only exception is YouTube for some reason. I wonder if they made a big list of the old content that would get deleted under their policy, and decided that some of that actually still brings in enough ad revenue to be worth keeping. And it was easier to just keep everything than make carve-outs to the deletion policy?
- dehrmann 3y ago
  I'm sure that's part of it, but content on Youtube is also more discoverable (despite Google running a search engine), and the platform is more active.

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

Think it's more about the planned deletion of inactive accounts on 01 Dec 2023 that's going to take out a bunch of connected blogger sites.

8organicbits 3y ago

Shutting down, no. Deleting content, yes. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/your-old-google-account-will-be-deleted-in-just-weeks-how-to-save-it/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/your-old-goo...

Dalewyn 3y ago

Are you really willing to bet on Google not killing off a non-primary service?