I have been a member of Bloglovin for years, looking forward to the daily digest of blog posts in my inbox each day. What a great way to quickly see what my favorite quilters were up too!Because I'm a Bloglovin member, my blog also appeared in the daily digest. But a year or so ago, I noticed that occasionally the photos from my blog would not show up. Either the image area was blank (all white), or it was a grey box. How unexciting is that? I go to great lengths to have a terrific first photo, only to find out no one can see it.
Now, it would make me truly happy to know that this is just happening to the daily digest that I receive, and that the image really is showing up for everyone else. But something tells me that is not the case.
I will admit that my attention to my blog has declined over the last six months due to all the yardwork at our new house. With the ivy almost gone, I have more time to spend at home nurturing what I love to do - quilting! It also means I've paid more attention to my emails, including the Bloglovin daily digest.
So what have I discovered? My blog pictures are still NOT showing up in the daily digest, now for every post not just randomly anymore. And it's not just happening to me. Here's a screen shot of a daily digest, with my blog blurb first accompanied by a grey square image, and another blogger's blurb with no picture whatsoever. (Text blurred out for privacy).
How sad is that, not to have an eye-catching photo in the daily list. And when I look at my blog on the Bloglovin site itself, pictures have not shown up consistently since Nov 2021. Truly upsetting!
I've spent several hours researching this issue, with some possible insights as to what the problem could be, though I'm not sure how to fix them. The Bloglovin site itself says 'contact the person in charge of your site' - gee, thanks. They also recommend a rough picture size, though I'm well within the limits on that. I've trying contacting them over the year with no response, as the company was sold several times and it appears no one looks after it. Sadder still.
My first thought is maybe the demise of Feedburner in July 2021. Everything worked fine before that. Both Feedburner and Blogger are through Google, and both appear as examples of a services not getting little support and becoming outdated. Guess I should have switched to WordPress years ago, though I don't really know if that would have helped. I've seen both Blogger and WordPress blogs with this issue on the daily digest.
My other suspicion, after some more online digging, is that Google started hosting photos through blogger.googleusercontent.com instead of https://1.bp/blogspot.com/. Maybe Bloglovin is having trouble with the RSS feed having this new image hosting site.
Or maybe it my load speed, as images or other coding can slow things down. Could be if that image takes too long, Bloglovin can't grab it. Who knows???
So, I need some help:
- if you've had this Bloglovin image issue, how did you solve it?
- what RSS feed service did you switch to after Feedburner shut down?
- any other ideas on what to try to fix this problem?
- lastly, do you follow blogs through Bloglovin or use some other reader service for a daily blog digest?
And for those of you who are also in the same boat as I am (no images), does it bother you too? Or is Bloglovin just so outdated, with people moving to other platforms for their daily dose of quilting that Bloglovin doesn't matter?
I'd appreciate any feedback you have!
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I'm not a blogger, so I can't help with the technical issues, but I will say that I have deleted my Bloglovin' account due to its very sporadic performance. I have switched to Feedly and so far it seems to be working, although on occasion, I have not been able to add new blogs to my list. It definitely seems like Google is doing their best to discourage bloggers by making changes without explanation. Many bloggers and commenters have complained about difficulty leaving comments and, for bloggers, being able to respond to the comments on their blog. I wish you, and all the other blogger, luck with dealing with these issues. I enjoy reading blogs and don't find Instagram a worthy alternative and I simply won't join Facebook
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MissPat - This is caused by changes in browsers, not on Blogger - increased privacy settings. The comment form is loaded from blogger.com domain inside iframe (for at least 10 years), but you leave your comment on a page with a different domain (blogspot/custom), so your browser treats the cookie from blogger.com as third-party and block.
DeleteI should add that I follow you and a few other blogs on Follow.it, but find there's often a delay before posts show up and it seems there is only one update a day. Feedly will update as new posts new become available. I do need to go to the Feedly site to find the updates (ie. I don't get an email notification when there are updates).
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I use Inoreader. I had to pay a little bit for it, but it works well.
ReplyDeleteMichelle
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Michelle I am going to go check inoreader out. Thanks!
DeleteI think this tool is for readers and not useful in this case. Blogger has its own RSS feeds for each blog (even separate for posts, pages, comments), which are easily recognized by sites of this type (bloglovin, feedly etc.).
DeleteI’ve used Bloglovin and Feedly, and Inoreader performs all the same functions as these do, albeit better in my opinion.
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I have used feedly for years and like that one and I do my blog on a paid for Word Press, I have trouble some times leaving comments on blogs from Blogger and have heard many people complaining of them
ReplyDeleteThe comment form on Blogger works a little differently than on Wordpress. It is loaded in an iframe from blogger.com domain, so if you have advanced privacy protection enabled and block third-party cookies, it may not be possible to use your Google account.
DeleteI've used bloglovin for years too. Over the last year, I can't see to see posts from others. They are sporatic in showing up on my feed. When I get a morning bloglovin email, I can only access some links. I have removed my bloglovin button from my blog. I have always had my blog on wordpress. I have been trying out feedly over the last few weeks and it seems to work well so far.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I just wanted to let you know that everything is OK with your RSS feed. However, it should not be redirected to an external website, because that can cause problems with content fetched that way.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry this is happening. I feel like blogging has become more complicated (except to the really knowable like Akadiusz!) My blogging problem is that my daily listing of blog posts does not show up on my email anymore. Has this happened to anyone else? How does one bring back the daily listing?
ReplyDelete:( I read your blog on Feedly and seldom do I see a picture unless I go directly to your website. Hopefully, you can get it rectified.
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