What are the big G up to now? Punishing their own?

It seems that the big G are pushing their monopolitic ideas to the limit.

Opal @ Vegan Momma recently commented and flagged that she was unable to add her web address to her comment without being logged into Google.

I assumed that it was a glitch with that post but after spending a fair amount of time commenting on other blogs today I have encountered it on EVERY blogspot blog.

As you can see below Google NOW only offers 1 option for you to display a link to your blog/website when commenting on blogspot blogs.


Before hand you had an option to leave your name and a weblink as an alternative to logging into Google. Where has it gone? And more to the point... Why has it gone?

This new Nickname thing is just damn insulting. I would almost rather post as Anom!

The reason I don't like commenting using my Google account is because I have two blogs registered on there and one is inactive. I don't want people going there instead of this blog.

I really think that this stupid new feature is going so push away potential new commenter's who do not use a Google account or only want to comment showing one website address.

Damn Google. Does anyone know how I can convert to Wordpress without losing my PR and all my readers?