Google is just not into you

Google Search has changed.

It's a lot pickier.

Here is how to adapt.

Editing quick takes

A few things about Blogger's post-and-page editor

There are undo and redo buttons on the editing toolbar.

Use undo in Blogger, not "go back" on your browser, if you accidentally wipe out your blog post.

A smaller Blogger Follow button

The standalone "Follow" button I cobbled together ten years ago broke following some mysterious changes from Google.

Here's how to fix it.

Search Console struggles

THIS IS NOT THE TOOL YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

There is a thing that you probably don't need to know, and if you do know it, that knowledge will confuse you, alarm you needlessly, and cause you waste your time.

Are you in?

All clear to "drag and drop?"

For a long time the practice of dragging images into Blogger's post editor often led to problems, or failed outright.

But dragging may be a handy (and safe) way to reinsert images into posts, by dragging from published posts.

At least for now.

Happy New Year = BACK UP YOUR BLOG

I just did!

Set a reminder to back up regularly (e.g. quarterly, or more frequently if you publish very often).

Super Tech Fun Pak Too

MORE CODE-BASED HACKS

Where some bloggers embrace scripts and theme-code mods, I seek ways to use Blogger's native features to automate and add new things to the page.

After all, Blogger should deliver its functional goodness without requiring us to know about the code behind it all.

Yet here are three useful hacks including some that use code. I didn't invent these, just passing them along.