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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

How To Reply To Quondam Youtube Comments Using The Novel Google+ Comment System

One pregnant limitation of the novel Google+ commenting organisation on YouTube is that comments posted nether the onetime organisation convey been effectively orphaned. Conversations convey been abruptly terminated in addition to pending questions are going unanswered, because at that topographic point is no slowly agency to lead reply to those onetime comments.

Andrew Bossom suggests a work-around that lets you lot respond to at to the lowest degree to a greater extent than or less of those onetime comments, in addition to hopefully volition allow you lot instruct the tidings going 1 time again on your channel. If the channel that posted the master comment is linked to Google+, you lot tin sack ship service a novel comment that + mentions the commenter. They volition have a notification of that novel comment that mentions them.

 

Of course of pedagogy that exclusively plant alongside channels that are connected to a Google+ Page or Profile. If the channel is non connected to Google+, in addition to it's of import to reply to them, the exclusively other alternative I tin sack intend of is sending them a someone message. At to the lowest degree thence they won't intend you've forgotten them.

(last update: March 2019)

Monday, September 28, 2020

Blog Equally A Google+ Page: Existent Cite Non Required


Note: Google volition beback upwards your Google+ Page data earlier then. Brand Accounts volition non hold upwards deleted too you lot tin maintain to sign inward straight if you lot accept that laid up.

Note: As of September 2016, it is no longer possible to laid a password for take away sign-in to a Google+ Page or its Brand Account. If you lot accept an existing Brand Account amongst a password set, you lot volition maintain to hold upwards able to sign in.

The alternative is to use a Blogger Profile for your Blogger Account.

If you lot accept a YouTube channel, gamer tag, work concern or brand, you lot may desire to spider web log using that identity, rather than your Google+ Profile's mutual name. If your Blogger work concern human relationship is connected amongst your Google+ account, you lot tin associate you lot spider web log amongst a Google+ Page. But fifty-fifty afterward you've connected your Page, your Google+ Profile shout out volition withal hold upwards the writer of your spider web log posts.

So what tin you lot practise if you lot don't desire your personal Google+ Profile shout out associated amongst your blog? How tin you lot spider web log pseudonymously or anonymously?

You accept a span of options:

1. Use a "limited" Blogger Profile

2. Add your Google+ Page equally a spider web log writer too write posts equally your Page.
     (Note: this is only possible if you lot accept an former Google+ Page amongst a password set).

Authoring posts equally your Google+ Page lets you lot maintain your pseudonymity spell using Blogger's Google+ features.

Revert to a Blogger Profile

Note: amongst the update of the Blogger interface inward Nov 2016, the instructions below are out of date. You tin uncovering this setting nether your Blogger Settings > User Settings.

Current instructions: How to laid a Blogger Profile

If your spider web log is connected to Google+, your Google+ Profile is automatically the writer of each post. You tin build your shout out less prominent past times removing the "Author" champaign from the Blog Post  gadget inward your blog's Layout. However fifty-fifty though your writer shout out may non hold upwards equally visible on your blog, it may withal look inward other places, such equally your blog's post feed. And your shout out too Google+ Profile may hold upwards linked to whatever comments you lot make.

If you lot desire to spider web log nether a pseudonym, i choice is to use a regular "limited" Blogger Profile that is non associated amongst Google+. To switch from a Google+ Profile to a Blogger Profile:

1. Sign to your Blogger Dashboard (https://www.blogger.com/home)

2. Click the gear icon. You tin choose the "Revert to a Blogger profile" choice from the menu.


Alternatively, larn straight to https://www.blogger.com/revert-profile.g

The downward side of reverting to a Blogger profile is that you lot volition no longer hold upwards able to role Google+ features such equally Google+ comments, mentioning people inward your circles and automatically sharing to Google+.

To retain all the Google+ features on your blog, but post using something other than your "common name" you lot tin instead add together your Google+ Page equally an writer of your blog.

Add your Google+ Page equally a spider web log author

Note: equally of September 2016, Google no longer offers the choice to laid a password for a Google+ Page. You tin banking concern correspond to run across if you lot older Page too its Brand Account has a password laid past times opening your Brand Account listing  (myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts), too clicking the Brand Account name. If you lot run across an Update Password button, at that spot is a password set. If you lot don't run across that button, that is non an option.

To role Google+ features on Blogger without using your Google+ Profile equally your writer identity, you lot bespeak to add together a Google+ Page for your spider web log equally an author. Blogger lets you lot add an writer to your spider web log past times adding the author's Google work concern human relationship e-mail address - the trick, then, is doing that for your Google+ Page's Google account.

1. If you lot haven't done hence already, create a Google+ build Page to stand upwards for your blog. You tin practise that at plus.google.com/dashboard

2. Create a password for your Google+ Page.

Instructions here: Set a password for your Google+ Page too connected YouTube channel
Make authorities notation of your Google+ Page's @pages.plusgoogle.com username 

3. Add your Google+ Page's e-mail username equally an writer to your blog 
  • Go to your blog's Settings -> Basic
  • Click "Add Author"
  • Enter your Google+ Page's @pages.plusgoogle.com username
  • Click "Invite authors"



4. Copy the "Accept invitation" link

Look for the e-mail writer invitation from Blogger inward the e-mail work concern human relationship laid to have your Google+ Page notifications. 

The invitation volition accept a big orangish "Accept invitation" push - don't click this button!
Instead, re-create the push link. If you lot are using Chrome you lot tin alt-click the push too choose re-create link address. 



(Note: if you've added a Gmail e-mail to your Google+ Page too you lot are receiving the notification inward your Google+ Page's Gmail account, larn ahead too click the button.)

5.  Now opened upwards a novel browser too sign into Google or Blogger (www.blogger.com) amongst your Google+ Page's username too password. Once you lot are signed inward equally your Google+ Page, glue the "Accept invitation" URL into the browser's address bar.

You should run across your Google+ Page's profile photograph too shout out inward the upper correct corner too a big orangish "Accept Invitation" button. Now you tin click the orangish button.


6. Now you lot tin sign into Blogger equally your Google+ Page too post using your Page identity.

7. Optional: Sign inward to Blogger using your master Google account, larn to your Settings too promote your Google+ Page from "Author" to "Admin". As an Admin you lot volition hold upwards able to alter your blog's Layout, run across your Stats too more.

Once you've got it ready it's easy. I'm posting equally a Google+ Page correct now!

Also see Adam Auster's post: Your hugger-mugger blogging identity

Related: Manage your Google+ Settings for your Blogger Blog

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Week Inwards Review - July 25, 2015: Google Photos, Youtube App In Addition To Google Maps Timeline

This calendar week Google+ announced that Google+ Photos volition hold upwards retired on July 29th. Easing the transition a bit, the Android Google Photos app was updated alongside ameliorate album administration options. On the desktop you lot tin honour your photos inwards Google Photos together with Picasa Web Albums.

Google Maps also got a non bad novel Timeline characteristic that lets you lot rediscover your travels together with photos.  And the YouTube Android app was updated alongside novel features together with navigation.

populace Photo: NASA Captures "Epic" populace Image

Google+

  • Google+ together with your business: the Google Apps learning middle has tips for using this "social network designed for businesses"

Photos

  • Goodbye Google+ Photos! Hello Google Photos!  (Google+)
  • Bradley Horowitz: Extremely excited virtually Google Photos (Bradley Horowitz)
    Folks, nosotros are indeed reading these comments.  Google Photos isfoundational - pregnant we're far from done, together with definitely volition hold upwards growing together with evolving the product.  It is a major surface area of investment for us, together with we're solidly behind it.
  • Google Photos atomic number 82 Anil Sabharwal provides some context but about the retirement of Google+ Photos (Anil Sabharwal)
  • Google Photos Android app update: photograph descriptions, ameliorate album administration options, direct all photos on a 24-hour interval alongside a unmarried tap (Google Photos)
  • Google Photos to Google+: lensman Trey Ratcliff demonstrates how he uploads to Google Photos together with shares to Google+ (Trey Ratcliff)
  • The novel Google Maps Timeline non solely lets you lot rediscover your go routes - it also helps you lot rediscover your photos from that day! 
  • Google Photos volition allow you lot #paywithaphoto for tasty treats if you lot are inwards NYC, LA, Austin, or Portland
  • OK Google: Find "photo spots nearby" alongside Google Now (Google)
  • High character photos together with videos alongside inexpensive CCTV photographic telly camera lenses (Instructables)

Local Business

  • Google volition take unverified Local Business pages outset July 28 (Mike Blumenthal)
  • Local draw of piece of employment organisation owners: continue upwards alongside changes together with updates to local search alongside Nick Rink's weekly Smart Local Roundup

YouTube together with Video Creators

Google Voice & Project Fi


For to a greater extent than updates, follow me on Google+ or Twitter
Updated March 2019 to take Google+ links

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Weekly Update - August 27, 2016: Nougat, Nexus, Alive As Well As More

The big intelligence this week: Android 7.0 Nougat started rolling out. Plus Nexus devices volition instruct WiFi Assistant - formerly a Project Fi-only feature.

Plus at that spot are tips together with updates for YouTube video watchers, alive streamers, photographers, trouble organisation owners, webmasters, Hangouts chatters, Project Fi-ers together with more.

Image: Happy 100th birthday U.S.A. National Park Service! Check out the 360-degree views of National Parks at Google Arts & Culture. The postal service picture is from a United Airlines poster (no known copyright restrictions) uploaded to Flickr yesteryear the San Diego Air & Space Museum.

Upcoming:

  • 29 August: Comments on mortal YouTube videos are going away
  • 31 August: New Hangouts Chrome extension experience
  • 6 September: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours inward English
  • 7 September: Google+ Collections #FeatureFriday rival deadline: Connect amongst nature
  • 9 September: Google Webmaster Central Office Hours inward English
  • 12 September: Hangouts on Air deed from Google+ to YouTube

YouTube together with Video Creation

Google+ together with Spaces

  • Google+ Collections #FeatureFriday contest: Connect amongst nature (Faith Tan) 
  • Tip Use Google+ Communities to engage your customers together with clients (Google for Work)
  • Update Spaces Chrome Extension 2.0 (Luke Wroblewski)

Other social media

Google Photos together with Mobile Photography

  • Tip The history of photography inward five animated minutes (COOPH)
  • Tip Google Photos vs Apple Photos: which is better? (Gizmodo)

Google for businesses

Hangouts together with Messaging

Nexus, Android, Project Fi

Productivity

  • Update Google Drive for Android right away creates file together with folder shortcuts (Google Apps Updates)
  • Update Google URL shortener sees major redesign (David King)
  • New Microsoft acquires automated coming together scheduling app Genee (The Next Web)
  • Tip How to practice citations together with bibliography inward Google Docs (or whatever discussion processor) (Plagiarism Today)
Updated March 2019 to take Google+ links

Friday, September 11, 2020

Weekly Update - May 6, 2017: Mother's 24-Hour Interval Movies, Youtube, Phishing

It was a relatively tranquility calendar week this calendar week inwards the Googleverse - other than the big Google Docs phishing attack, that is. Keep your describe of piece of occupation concern human relationship safe!

My travel yesteryear updates this week:
  • Get a sneak peek at YouTube's novel design, including a black subject
  • Update to AdSense policy: to a greater extent than mobile spider web options
  • How Google protects your describe of piece of occupation concern human relationship from phishing (and how this week's ready on worked)
Make a prissy introduce for a woman raise inwards your life! 
  • Use Google Photos to automatically practise a Mother's Day movie
Plus at that topographic point are tips together with updates for YouTube, Live Streamers Google+, Webmasters, Maps users together with more!

Do y'all know what happened terminal month? Check out my overview of April Creator Updates!

I lead maintain a hold back at: Google+ Topics, updates to the YouTube Partner Program, AdSense content policy, Custom URLs, together with more.



Image: Detail from Mother Galanda yesteryear Mikuláš Galanda (Public Domain)

Upcoming

YouTube together with Video Creation

AdSense together with advertising

  • Update to AdSense policy: to a greater extent than mobile spider web options (AdSense)
  • AdSense wants to know how y'all mean value they are doing! (AdSense)
  • Link your AdSense to Google Analytics to figure out what content plant (AdSense)
  • AdSense 101: Building your brand (Inside AdSense)

Hangouts together with Messaging

More around the spider web

Updated March 2019 to take Google+ links

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Weekly Update: February 23, 2019: Youtube Policy & Enforcement, Merchant Tools

This calendar week YouTube made major updates inwards how they enforce policy, in that location are novel tools for merchants to larn their products seen on Google, in addition to more. In personal news, my YouTube channel is in conclusion dorsum inwards the YouTube Partner Program. It lost monetization simply over a twelvemonth ago, because my channel didn’t run into the novel picket fourth dimension requirements. Thank y'all all for watching!
Read on for to a greater extent than links, tips in addition to updates for YouTubers, webmasters in addition to more. 

Image:  We’re coming to the destination of the flick awards season. At the Academy Awards on Sunday, flick stars volition hold out dressed to the nines. I’ve chose ruddy beads in addition to sequins for this my formal attire. And, of course of study Google wants to help “give y'all the scoop on Hollywood’s large night”. Photo past times _Alicja_ on Pixabay (Free for commercial use)

Upcoming

YouTube in addition to Video Creation

Go Live

Bloggers in addition to Webmasters

Made past times Google, Android, Google Fi

Privacy in addition to Security

More some the web

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Youtube Tightens Verification Eligibility Requirements

September 20, 2019: YouTube has revised as well as reversed to a greater extent than or less of the changes listed below. See my updated post for details.

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YouTube is changing the criteria for verification to focus on "prominent channels that accept a clear demand for proof of authenticity". YouTube volition automatically verify creators, artists, companies as well as populace figures that come across the next criteria:
  • A large audience as well as community on YouTube
  • Wide recognition outsize of YouTube, amongst a potent online presence
  • Your channel has a unique scream could live confused amongst other YouTube channels
There isn't whatever agency to asking verification. 

Verified channels volition no longer accept a especial checkmark badge. Instead the channel scream volition accept a grayness background to highlight the channel name.

YouTube says 1 argue they are making this alter is that many viewers associate the checkmark amongst an endorsement of content, rather than identity. The novel await volition display across all platforms as well as "is to a greater extent than hard to replicate" (so it won't function to purpose a scream that ends with  ✔ or ☑)

These novel criteria apply to every channel, so if your channel is currently verified, it may no longer live eligible. There is an selection to appeal if y'all believe your channel verification is removed inwards error. 

The changes volition acquire into outcome inwards October.

One of the few souvenirs I accept from Google+ is the verification badge that appears on my YouTube channel. I was verified on Google+ every bit a Top Contributor/Product Expert as well as that carried over to my channel that used the same Google identity.
Under the novel criteria, I'm no longer eligible. It was overnice spell it lasted, only I won't immature adult woman the badgering "how did YOU acquire verified" comments on my videos.

Read on for to a greater extent than information most this alter as well as larn how to appeal.


If your channel is currently verified, only no longer eligible, y'all should have an e-mail from YouTube Creators.
If your channel is nevertheless eligible, y'all should likewise have an e-mail that states that.

As the e-mail notifications don't refer the affected channel name, if y'all accept to a greater extent than than 1 verified channel y'all tin confirm channel condition past times viewing the banners on  Studio Beta dashboard (studio.youtube.com).

How to Appeal removal of your YouTube channel's Verification


If y'all received a discovery verification volition live removed, as well as y'all believe your channel genuinely is eligible for verification, y'all tin submit an appeal.

The appeal shape asks for links to your social media profiles, as well as links to intelligence articles or "other trustworthy online sources" that refer your channel.

If y'all submit the appeal earlier Oct 17, YouTube promises is volition live processed earlier whatever changes are made.

There is no agency to asking verification if your channel is unverified.

How to distinguish your channel without verification

Even if your channel isn't eligible for verification, y'all tin arrive stand upward out. Give your channel a unique scream as well as channel icon, as well as customize the pattern of your channel.

And y'all can report channels that are impersonating your channel

Learn More

Saturday, August 22, 2020

2019 Twelvemonth Inward Review: Youtube Studio, Policy Updates Too Creator Tools

2019 brought many changes for YouTube creators, from the novel YouTube Studio as well as stricter policies, to the removal of straight messaging as well as the final lingering Google+-related features. YouTube truncated subscriber counts as well as tried (but to a greater extent than oftentimes than non failed) to modify how the verification badge was awarded. Plus lots more.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki shared 3 letters to creators this year, in February, April, and November. They are the best way to acquire a feel of YouTube's priorities: "supporting creator as well as creative mortal success, improving communication as well as engagement, as well as living upward to our responsibility."

These are the biggest changes inwards 2019:

If yous are interested inwards trying novel features, cheque out YouTube New for desktop experiments yous tin try. You tin acquire almost electrical current experiments past times keeping an oculus on this thread inwards the YouTube forum. If yous have got an iPhone, yous tin also sign upward to live an iOS YouTube app beta tester.

The novel YouTube Studio

This twelvemonth the novel YouTube Studio (now the default. There are novel features for managing your videos, agreement your channel stats as well as much more. 

You may nevertheless involve to furnish to classic Studio to grapple your playlists or edit video endscreens as well as cards, but it is to a greater extent than oftentimes than non complete. And there a issue of features that are non available inwards classic at all.

Most creators nevertheless have got the pick to furnish to classic YouTube Analytics as well as Studio, but that volition become away at some dot inwards early on 2020.  

Here are some of the features inwards YouTube Studio:
This is non at all a consummate listing of features added to YouTube Studio this year. For to a greater extent than updates see  the overview of features lately added to Studio as well as that are inwards the works in the YouTube Help Center, as well as subscribe to this thread of YouTube Studio Desktop Release Notes.

The novel Live Control Room

The new YouTube Live Control Room in YouTube Studio lets yous schedule, monitor as well as grapple your alive streams. It simplifies current creation past times letting yous job a completed current every bit a template for novel stream. You tin fifty-fifty acquire real-time information spell yous are streaming. 

It is no longer possible to access the one-time YouTube Live Events page, which at nowadays redirects to the Live Control Room. 

One of the casualties of the displace to Live Control Room was Hangouts on Air. That used the one-time classic Hangouts video telephone band interface to allow yous alive current amongst zero to a greater extent than than a figurer amongst a webcam as well as an cyberspace connection. That doesn't good every bit good exciting today, but was a game changer when it launched inwards 2011.

It's non every bit good surprising Hangouts on Air are no longer an option, every bit the platform hadn't been updated inwards years, as well as used now-gone Google+-based apps for some functionality. But still, YouTube's webcam alive streaming isn't the same. 

Mobile alive streaming also got a fleck to a greater extent than difficult. YouTube has limited mobile alive streaming to channels amongst at to the lowest degree M subscribers and shut downwards the YouTube Gaming app.

But on the addition side, whatsoever  Super Stickers. Fans tin buy Super Stickers to postal service during alive broadcast or Premier alive chats.  

Demise of YouTube DMs 

It's odd to study that Google has unopen downwards one of their messaging platforms, but that's the representative for YouTube. The YouTube Direct Messaging system was removed inwards September.

While YouTube has changed their individual messaging several times over the years, replacing Inbox with Google+-based Messages inwards 2014, which were as well as then replaced past times the novel DMs in 2018, at that topographic point has e'er been some way to privately communicate.

Now YouTube doesn't offering whatsoever way to privately message a channel.

Why this change? YouTube is going to focus on "improving populace communications".

YouTube Policy Updates

There is no way but about the fact that sometimes YouTube tin live an unpleasant place. Over the years channels have got built viewership past times posting hateful pranks, loathe speech, harassment as well as bullying other creators, as well as posting misinformation.

One of YouTube's goals for 2019 was to piece of work on the "Four Rs of Responsibility": ; ; Rewarding trusted, eligible creators as well as artists; and 

There have got been a issue of updates towards those goals:
YouTube also increased enforcement of  their policy prohibiting"fake engagement" by removing links promoting services that artificially inflate subscriber count, views or other engagement metrics. That includes purchased views or comments, or "Sub4Sub" services. Videos that promote those services may live removed, as well as final result inwards a Community Guidelines strike.

There has been some backlash against the changes, especially the broader anti-harassment policy, every bit some channels have got had multiple videos taken down.

On the flip side, YouTube has softened their policy against video game violence, treating it now similar other scripted violence.

YouTube revised the Community Guidelines Strike organisation at the commencement of the year, amongst the initiative off violation resulting inwards a warning, as well as progressively larger penalties amongst subsequent violations. Three strikes inside xc days, as well as you're out.

That agency policy changes should non final result inwards a channel beingness at nowadays penalized for content that was previously allowed (as long every bit it doesn't already have got a warning).

Whether the policy updates construct YouTube a nicer identify to hang out remains to live seen.

Image: Best practices for creators
This twelvemonth YouTube introduced several tools to become far easier for creators to bargain amongst copyright claims.
While it's best to non job copyrighted content without permission, hence yous don't acquire a claim, these changes at to the lowest degree construct claims easier to resolve.

New ways to earn money

For channels inwards the YouTube Partner Program, at that topographic point are at nowadays novel ways to earn money, inwards improver to ads:

Other novel channel as well as creator features


There were also a issue of other creator updates that don't check neatly into other categories. The changes that caused the most commotion: rounding off publicly displayed subscriber counts, as well as new stricter verification cheque score eligibility requirements (which were to a greater extent than oftentimes than non reversed).

These are the top updates inwards roughly chronological order:

Limited features on videos aimed at kids

One of the large changes inwards 2020 volition live the limited features on videos "made for kids", which YouTube is required to construct to comply amongst COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act).

Videos that were "made for kids" volition non have got personal advertising (but it tin have got non-personalized ads), comments, a channel branding watermark, information cards or terminate screens, alive chat or alive chat donations, playback inwards the miniplayer, or a merch shelf.

If an entire channel is "made for kids" it volition non have got channel Memberships, Stories, a Community tab or Notification bell.

Understandably, channels that construct content for kids are concerned. And other creators aren't certain whether their videos are "made for kids" or not.

Those changes volition become into final result this coming week, as well as hopefully it won't live every bit disastrous every bit some fear.

But at that topographic point have got been a issue of changes over the past times twelvemonth meant to protect kids on YouTube.
Image past times Prawny from Pixabay

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

How To Reply To Quondam Youtube Comments Using The Novel Google+ Comment System

One pregnant limitation of the novel Google+ commenting organisation on YouTube is that comments posted nether the onetime organisation convey been effectively orphaned. Conversations convey been abruptly terminated in addition to pending questions are going unanswered, because at that topographic point is no slowly agency to lead reply to those onetime comments.

Andrew Bossom suggests a work-around that lets you lot respond to at to the lowest degree to a greater extent than or less of those onetime comments, in addition to hopefully volition allow you lot instruct the tidings going 1 time again on your channel. If the channel that posted the master comment is linked to Google+, you lot tin sack ship service a novel comment that + mentions the commenter. They volition have a notification of that novel comment that mentions them.

 

Of course of pedagogy that exclusively plant alongside channels that are connected to a Google+ Page or Profile. If the channel is non connected to Google+, in addition to it's of import to reply to them, the exclusively other alternative I tin sack intend of is sending them a someone message. At to the lowest degree thence they won't intend you've forgotten them.

(last update: March 2019)

Blog Equally A Google+ Page: Existent Cite Non Required


Note: Google volition beback upwards your Google+ Page data earlier then. Brand Accounts volition non hold upwards deleted too you lot tin maintain to sign inward straight if you lot accept that laid up.

Note: As of September 2016, it is no longer possible to laid a password for take away sign-in to a Google+ Page or its Brand Account. If you lot accept an existing Brand Account amongst a password set, you lot volition maintain to hold upwards able to sign in.

The alternative is to use a Blogger Profile for your Blogger Account.

If you lot accept a YouTube channel, gamer tag, work concern or brand, you lot may desire to spider web log using that identity, rather than your Google+ Profile's mutual name. If your Blogger work concern human relationship is connected amongst your Google+ account, you lot tin associate you lot spider web log amongst a Google+ Page. But fifty-fifty afterward you've connected your Page, your Google+ Profile shout out volition withal hold upwards the writer of your spider web log posts.

So what tin you lot practise if you lot don't desire your personal Google+ Profile shout out associated amongst your blog? How tin you lot spider web log pseudonymously or anonymously?

You accept a span of options:

1. Use a "limited" Blogger Profile

2. Add your Google+ Page equally a spider web log writer too write posts equally your Page.
     (Note: this is only possible if you lot accept an former Google+ Page amongst a password set).

Authoring posts equally your Google+ Page lets you lot maintain your pseudonymity spell using Blogger's Google+ features.

Revert to a Blogger Profile

Note: amongst the update of the Blogger interface inward Nov 2016, the instructions below are out of date. You tin uncovering this setting nether your Blogger Settings > User Settings.

Current instructions: How to laid a Blogger Profile

If your spider web log is connected to Google+, your Google+ Profile is automatically the writer of each post. You tin build your shout out less prominent past times removing the "Author" champaign from the Blog Post  gadget inward your blog's Layout. However fifty-fifty though your writer shout out may non hold upwards equally visible on your blog, it may withal look inward other places, such equally your blog's post feed. And your shout out too Google+ Profile may hold upwards linked to whatever comments you lot make.

If you lot desire to spider web log nether a pseudonym, i choice is to use a regular "limited" Blogger Profile that is non associated amongst Google+. To switch from a Google+ Profile to a Blogger Profile:

1. Sign to your Blogger Dashboard (https://www.blogger.com/home)

2. Click the gear icon. You tin choose the "Revert to a Blogger profile" choice from the menu.


Alternatively, larn straight to https://www.blogger.com/revert-profile.g

The downward side of reverting to a Blogger profile is that you lot volition no longer hold upwards able to role Google+ features such equally Google+ comments, mentioning people inward your circles and automatically sharing to Google+.

To retain all the Google+ features on your blog, but post using something other than your "common name" you lot tin instead add together your Google+ Page equally an writer of your blog.

Add your Google+ Page equally a spider web log author

Note: equally of September 2016, Google no longer offers the choice to laid a password for a Google+ Page. You tin banking concern correspond to run across if you lot older Page too its Brand Account has a password laid past times opening your Brand Account listing  (myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts), too clicking the Brand Account name. If you lot run across an Update Password button, at that spot is a password set. If you lot don't run across that button, that is non an option.

To role Google+ features on Blogger without using your Google+ Profile equally your writer identity, you lot bespeak to add together a Google+ Page for your spider web log equally an author. Blogger lets you lot add an writer to your spider web log past times adding the author's Google work concern human relationship e-mail address - the trick, then, is doing that for your Google+ Page's Google account.

1. If you lot haven't done hence already, create a Google+ build Page to stand upwards for your blog. You tin practise that at plus.google.com/dashboard

2. Create a password for your Google+ Page.

Instructions here: Set a password for your Google+ Page too connected YouTube channel
Make authorities notation of your Google+ Page's @pages.plusgoogle.com username 

3. Add your Google+ Page's e-mail username equally an writer to your blog 
  • Go to your blog's Settings -> Basic
  • Click "Add Author"
  • Enter your Google+ Page's @pages.plusgoogle.com username
  • Click "Invite authors"



4. Copy the "Accept invitation" link

Look for the e-mail writer invitation from Blogger inward the e-mail work concern human relationship laid to have your Google+ Page notifications. 

The invitation volition accept a big orangish "Accept invitation" push - don't click this button!
Instead, re-create the push link. If you lot are using Chrome you lot tin alt-click the push too choose re-create link address. 



(Note: if you've added a Gmail e-mail to your Google+ Page too you lot are receiving the notification inward your Google+ Page's Gmail account, larn ahead too click the button.)

5.  Now opened upwards a novel browser too sign into Google or Blogger (www.blogger.com) amongst your Google+ Page's username too password. Once you lot are signed inward equally your Google+ Page, glue the "Accept invitation" URL into the browser's address bar.

You should run across your Google+ Page's profile photograph too shout out inward the upper correct corner too a big orangish "Accept Invitation" button. Now you tin click the orangish button.


6. Now you lot tin sign into Blogger equally your Google+ Page too post using your Page identity.

7. Optional: Sign inward to Blogger using your master Google account, larn to your Settings too promote your Google+ Page from "Author" to "Admin". As an Admin you lot volition hold upwards able to alter your blog's Layout, run across your Stats too more.

Once you've got it ready it's easy. I'm posting equally a Google+ Page correct now!

Also see Adam Auster's post: Your hugger-mugger blogging identity

Related: Manage your Google+ Settings for your Blogger Blog