Just what is Google Friend Connect?

By now, you have noticed Blogger follower gadgets get converted over to Friend Connect gadgets.
Just what is friend connect?

Google says that Friend Connect is aservice lets webmasters add social features to their sites.
Friend Connect makes it easy for anyone to sign in to a website using an existing account from Google, Yahoo, AOL, or OpenID. Similarly, you can choose to either establish a new profile or use profiles and friend sources from other social networks that have opened up their services, like Plaxo and orkut.

What developers do like about Friend Connect is that it can be customized to your layout and can be placed somewhere other than your sidebar. Watch for further integrations on the way.

To get you started;