Diagnosing Blogs Not In Dashboard "My blogs"
Blog owners periodically report seeing "their" blog online - but not being able to access Blogger, to control it. It's my blog - but wh…
Blog Theft
Account Recovery And Account Security Is One Issue
We see the frustration, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , almost daily. My blog has disappeared from my dashboard, and my subscribers a…
A Blog, Not On Your Dashboard, Has Various Causes
We see many complaints, worded in various ways, about "missing" blogs, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . My blog is not on my…
Chaos Theory, And Blogger / Google Authentication
Every time I carry this computer with me, and login to Blogger or Google from another location - and get the repeated demand that I Insert my USB key…
Private Blogs And Profiles Limit Research Options
Too often , we see the report, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . I can't login to my Blogger account! or My blog was just deleted!!…
Private / Deleted Blogs Have Limited Recovery
Too often , we see the report, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . I can't login to my Blogger account! or My blog was just deleted!!…
Account Security Is Not A Game - It Is Real Life
Google has been playing games with their online products, so much, that some people seem to ignore the seriousness of the issues. We see the occasion…
You Can't Change Email Address During Recovery
One intriguing blog theft technique is tried also by people who have recently lost control of their blogs. I recently changed my email address (and …
Blog Thieves Like Abandoned Blogs
If a Blogger account or blog has been dormant for a while, a sudden burst of activity can just as easily indicate a blog thief at work, as a legitima…
Account Recovery Is No Good With Legacy Accounts
Supported legacy account migration ended in 2012 - after many years of repeated warnings. Blogger Engineering ended support based on unresolvable te…
Account / Blog Recovery Standards Should Be Tighter
As account / blog hijack activity remains non zero, Blogger Engineers should continue to tighten down the account / blog recovery process. Some unhap…
Web Based Businesses Need Multiple Email Accounts
Someone publishing a blog, that supports a web based business, may use email to communicate with the customers - and possibly, to distribute the prod…
Before Starting Recovery, Get Your Facts Straight
We're seeing signs that Blogger is requiring more detail, in the account and blog recovery processes. Even when able to recover account or blog a…
If You Give Your Friend Control, It's Not Your Blog
Have you ever heard the old saying I had a friend, and I had a blog. I gave my friend control of my blog - and now, I have neither a friend, or a blo…
Each Internet Service Maintains Their Own Accounts
Occasionally, we see a cry of anguish, about account recovery, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . I need to publish my blog, but I forgo…
"I've Been Hacked" - A Dreaded Cry Of Anguish
As long as computers exist, and people are needed to provide technical advice, the one problem report that many of us fear is anguished, and brief. I…
Your Right To Be Forgotten Does Not Supersede My Right To Retain Ownership Of My Blog
Thanks to a recent decision by the European Courts, many people are claiming the right to delete their blogs, and to have the search engines stop ind…
Stolen Blogs Can Not, Generally, Be Returned
Whether you give up your blog willingly, have your blog stolen from you, or accidentally enable your blog to be stolen - once your blog is in someone…
Recovering Stolen Blogs Is Not An Open And Shut Case
Recently, we've seen a few problems reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , requesting return of blogs stolen from the rightful own…