I observed that blogger made some changes to the view and its features today. Those are very optimal and search engine optimized features. Just have a check it once.
Now it hides some new features of new templates. Now when we create a new blog, it gives the default template as old template which was given earlier 2008-2009 time. And it doesn't give the add gadgets for to add adsense code, labels etc in the side column or down title of blog. And it provides the default translation service inside blogger to different languages which can be setting up under settings--- basic tab.
I can see blogger is keep upgrading their blogger to make it more and more SEO friendly This is one of the good move to keep the blogger user, else many of user will go to wordpress
I've always loved Blogger, they're just easy to use, and free I set up my blogs in almost no time at all on there. It only makes sense they're trying to stay competitive. Good news!
i have been working on blogger since last 2 years but i didn't figure out any change from past 3 months.... Can you post the link mentioning the changes ...
I just tried by creating a new email id and getting signup for blogger, it takes us to the new blogger interface. It gives default template which were used earlier say 2008-2009. In this you won't be able to add any new gadgets in the sidebar. For to add them you have to change to custom design option under the design tab. You will be asked to select templates which are using now. Once you selected them, you will be able to see the default blogger interface just like as now. Just try it.
Blogger is a great tool since they are owned by Google you know all the content will be indexed automatically.