diff --git a/doc/root.html b/doc/root.html
index 8d73ba67bf2..3a5a495154a 100644
--- a/doc/root.html
+++ b/doc/root.html
@@ -9,17 +9,30 @@
 
 <!-- begin blog post widget JS/styles -->
 <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script>
-<script src="http://www.google.com/uds/solutions/dynamicfeed/gfdynamicfeedcontrol.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">
-function loadFeedControl() {
-	var feed  = "http://blog.golang.org/feeds/posts/default"
-	var fg = new GFdynamicFeedControl(feed, "feedControl", {
-		numResults: 5,
-		displayTime: 5000
+function loadFeed() {
+	var url = "http://blog.golang.org/feeds/posts/default";
+	var divId = "blogFeed";
+	var feed = new google.feeds.Feed(url);
+	feed.setNumEntries(8)
+	feed.load(function (result) {
+		var container = document.getElementById(divId)
+		if (result.error) {
+			container.innerHTML = "Error loading feed.";
+			return;
+		}
+		container.innerHTML = "";
+		var entries = result.feed.entries;
+		for (var i=0; i<entries.length; i++) {
+			var a = document.createElement("a");
+			a.setAttribute("href", entries[i].link);
+			a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(entries[i].title));
+			container.appendChild(a);
+		}
 	});
 }
 google.load("feeds", "1");
-google.setOnLoadCallback(loadFeedControl);
+google.setOnLoadCallback(loadFeed);
 </script>
 <!-- end blog post widget JS/styles -->
 
@@ -52,7 +65,7 @@ google.setOnLoadCallback(loadFeedControl);
 
 <div id="blog">
 	<h1>From the <a href="http://blog.golang.org">Go Blog</a>:</h1>
-	<div id="feedControl">Loading...</div>
+	<div id="blogFeed">Loading...</div>
 </div>
 
 
diff --git a/doc/style.css b/doc/style.css
index 77018427746..cd57232a7f2 100644
--- a/doc/style.css
+++ b/doc/style.css
@@ -250,15 +250,12 @@ span.subtitle {
   padding-right: 1em;
   padding-bottom: 0.75em;
   border: 2px solid #ba9836;
-  width: 180px;
+  width: 160px;
 }
 
 #blog { margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
 #blog h1 { font-size: 1.2em; }
-#blog .gfg-title, #blog .gf-author, #blog .gf-spacer { display: none; }
-#blog .gfg-list { margin-top: 1em; }
-#blog .gf-title { font-size: 1.1em; }
-#blog .gfg-listentry-highlight { font-weight: bold; }
+#blog #blogFeed a { font-size: 1.1em; display: block; margin-top: 1em; }
 
 #gettingStarted h1 {
   padding-top: 0.3em;
@@ -267,6 +264,7 @@ span.subtitle {
 }
 
 #gettingStarted ol {
+  padding-left: 2em;
 }
 
 #gettingStarted a img {