Google Friend Connect and Blogger

Google Friend Connect is primarily a social tool. It enables you to connect with your friends. It is built within Blogger and to use it go to Layout>Add a gadget>Followers. Once the gadget is added visitors can sign in and join your site. Accordingly their picture or logo will be added to your member gadget.

Google Friend Connect also provides a feed reader within Blogger. Go to Dashboard and there you will find a Reading List where the Blogs you are following are in alphabetical order. On the right side of the list a part of their updates is shown. You are also able to add new Blogs you want to follow, on this page.

Google Reader is an independent Feed reader. The Blogs you are following within Blogger will automatically be added to Google Reader. There is a link to Google Reader on the dashboard of Blogger. In  Google reader you are able to read whole Blog posts.You can also go straight to Google Reader and sign in with the same Gmail address you use for Blogger.
There is also a website for Google Friend Connect. Here you can find additional gadgets and graphs.