I have been running some blogs for some clients these past months (as part of my job as a freelance social media marketer), and I have always used Blogger, primarily for the ease of use, as well as Blogger's link to Google (better search results? ). I also use Blogger for this blog as well as some personal blogs I published these past years.
Recently, I started developing a blog featuring the different sights and shops in a city called Lismore, in New South Wales, Australia - near where I reside ( I also was a resident of this city for about half a year, when I first moved to Australia). For the blog, titled "Hello, Lismore", I decided to use Wordpress, as I used to manage and edit a website / blog for a client using the Wordpress dashboard for about a year, sometime ago. I also wanted to be more adept in using Wordpress, just in case.
I was still unsure if the choice to use Wordpress was a good decision, until today, when I wanted to update this blog with a post on "Ebay versus Shopify" (which I still have to write after this one, so do watch out for it).
Once I logged on to Blogger, I was immediately signed in to a blog I am managing for a client - PDL Academy - at : http://pdl-cpa.blogspot.com.au/ . It was then that my problem started.
For some reason, I couldn't log out of the gmail account I was using for that blog, and log on to this blogger account, using another gmail address. Correction, I was able to log out and log in to the Google / Gmail accounts, but the moment I proceeded to Blogger, the client account and Blog for PDL Academy was automatically signed in. And, no matter how many times I logged out and logged in, the result remained the same.
A quick check on the Blogger help page led me to some forums and I discovered that a number of Blogger users also had the same problem. Suggested remedies included using the Google One sign in (when handling multiple google accounts) properly. The culprit seems to be that Blogger is not linked with the Google multiple account system and Blogger immediately connects to a primary account used in the browser.
After trying to do some troubleshooting, I decided on trying a different approach. I used a different browser. After opening Blogger on Safari ( ....pleasantly surprised with the new Safari layout. This is the first time I opened Safari since updating to Mac OS X Yosemite), I was logged into an ex-client Blogger account. However, I had no problem signing out and logging in to the Bacon & Potatoes Blogger account.
It is funny to note that earlier, I was using the Google Chrome browser, and was having a problem with the Google log ins and outs, as well as managing Google's Blogger service.
For now, at least, I can just go to Safari when updating this blog, but, I am hoping to find a solution to the Chrome / Blogger / Google problem in shifting from one Blogger account to the other.
Has anyone found an easier solution to this conundrum?
Do share it with us here in Bacon & Potatoes, and we, as well as our "blogger" readers, will be forever in your debt.
Thanks and see you soon.
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