To my Google Friends Connect Followers- GFC is being discontinued!

I started Suzys Artsy Craftsy Sitcom back in June of 2010.  At the time, my blog was located on Blogger and over the past few years, I have gradually cultivated a large group of followers through Google Friends Connect.  Nearly 2000!  It is always such a thrill to open my website up and see new followers.  Totally makes my day.

In December, I moved my blog to WordPress.  The move was made for many reasons, including better support, better SEO, and the freedom to create what I want.  Blogger is a great platform, but let’s face it, it is free.  And oftentimes, you get what you paid for.  Getting support was difficult at best and getting hold of a real person was simply impossible.

Since the move to WordPress, I have been having a bit of difficulty fixing broken links.  While the url looks the same, apparently it is different.  I was notified last night by one of my GFC followers that she cannot see my posts on her blog roll.  After many, many tries to fix the problem, and much web search, I discovered that in fact Google plans to discontinue GFC in the near future!  What my current problems are, I have no idea, and getting help from Google is not an option, so it appears that my followers may not be seeing my posts anymore.

Sigh.

Google announced in November that they will be retiring Google Friends Connect service for all non-blogger sites on March 1, 2012.  Apparently Google is a bit miffed at how many folks are migrating over to WordPress.  (Just my two cents).  Anyway, that means that those of you that subscribe to the Sitcom through GFC will not get post updates after March 1.  (That is if you can even see them now).

Soooo….if you are a subscriber by GFC and can actually see this post, I have a simple solution for you!  You can still follow the Sitcom through the following methods:

RSS Feed (This has many options, including email subscriptions!)
Subscribe in a reader

Or Facebook, or Twitter

I really love all my readers and I hope to not lose too many due to my move to WordPress.  Thank you so much for stopping by the Sitcom.  It totally makes my day.