The
Google+
Commenting System Google
introduced a while back was
a marginal improvement over
the default Blogger
comments system and it also
looks a lot better. We earlier
shared a tutorial on how to
enable this Google Plus
commenting system for
Blogger blogs. But some
people still have problems
implementing it on custom
templates. And as it turns
out, there are certain
performance issues too. Here
are some reasons not to
implement it on your blog.
Moving your comments from
one system to another is not
as painless as you'd like it to
be. Once you implement one
system, you should pretty
much stick to it unless there's
a major problem with it.
Granted that the Google Plus
comment system is an
improvement over the
Blogger comments layout,
there are certain things you
should know before you
implement it. These things
might not bother you, but for
some users out there, these
can be a deal-breaker. So
heed well before
implementing.
Lack of moderation options
Here's one area I particularly
like to scrutinize with any
comments system. An ideal
commenting system has
moderator roles in addition to
basic moderation options.
Kinda like a forum. This
Google Plus comments
system has no such options
unfortunately.
Since people are required to
log in through Google Plus,
comments on your blog posts
are as moderable as a social
media post, say on Facebook
or Google Plus. You can't
prevent spammers, and the
only thing you can do is
delete undesirable
comments. The rest is left
upto the system, and Google
Plus will automatically hide
comments which it thinks is
spam. You can review these
hidden comments by clicking
on the blue review comments
bar.
Google Account login
That brings us to the other
problem. To make a
comment on your blog,
readers will need to have a
Google Account. If they don’t
have one, they will be forced
to create a Google account
before they can comment on
your Blog. Google is trying to
force-feed their accounts to
everybody they can!
Commenting gadgets
disabled
If you're using a custom
commenting widget on your
blog, such as a Recent
Comments plugin, it will no
longer work properly with this
new commenting system
because a majority of these
widgets depend on
the default Blogger
commenting system.
Google Plus profile
To enable the feature, you
will have to switch your
Blogger Profile to Google+.
There's another potential
pitfall. If your change your
Blog URL to a custom domain
after using Google+
Comments for a while, the G
+ comments will be lost
when you make the switch!
If you think you're all settled
in and won't be changing the
URL or anything, then you
can go ahead and implement
this new system. But don't
start using it prior to a
potential domain change.
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