The "w i d g e t s e r v e r" Abandoned Domain Is Malicious
We've been dealing with a minor recent deluge of reports, from blog owners reporting mysterious redirection of their blogs. The original typical …
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Custom Domain Migration, And Redirection Blocking
We see occasional frustration, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , involving broken or unreliable custom domains. I setup the Custom Doma…
Blogger Magic - Using "Add a Gadget"
One of the most useful features of Blogger is the ability to add many different accessories, to a blog. There are accessories, for every blog - and f…
Custom Domain Publishing, And Alias Blocking
Some blog owners setup their new custom domain, check all settings carefully (and correctly) - then find that it does not work. We see the confusion,…
Dynamic View Blogs Have Limited Recovery Potential
We deal with a lot of "lost blog control" complaints, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . Lost blog control complaints, that in…
Don't Make Your Blog Victim Of Alias Blocking Malware
Country specific domains were launched by Blogger almost 3 years ago . Even this month, we see people with doubts about their benefits. Is using a sc…
Several Ways To Add HTML Accessories To Your Blog
If you have a malicious or misbehaving gadget in your blog, one of the easiest blog cleanups is removal of a malicious HTML gadget . Unfortunately, t…
A Custom Domain Published Blog Is Bound By TOS
Some blog owners like Blogger One Button Publishing - but they don't like the restrictions . Possibly observing the chaotic freedom of WordPress …
Country Code Aliasing Is A Solution - Not A Problem
Blogger recently expanded a key feature in their infrastructure - country local domain redirection . Like all Blogger features, every time they expan…
Blogger Can't Limit Legal Action, By Your Policy
Some blog owners expect to get a slap on the wrist, for each TOS violation. I had a notice on the blog. If anybody objects to what I'm doing, jus…
Two Popup Windows, On A Blog, Is Malware
If there is anything more obnoxious than the FaceBook "Like my blog!" popup window , it's a FaceBook "Like my blog!" window, …
Blogger Blogs, And Social Networking Popups
Among blog accessories that are not going to get you good reputation, I can't think of very many more obnoxious than the FaceBook "Like my b…
Don't Accept Advice Or Code From Hackers
We're lately seeing a few problem reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , from owners of blogs now locked as malware / spam host…
Blogger Does Not Support Self Hosting
We see the occasional question, in Blogger Help Forum: Learn More About Blogger , about hosting blog content. How do I self host my Blogger blog, as …
Try To Resolve Any Ownership Issues, Before You Request Spam Review
Spam review requests, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , are not unusual topics. Occasionally, we get a spam review request, with a twis…
Third Party Email Collection / Login Gadgets Being Detected As Malware / Phishing
Recently, we've had several reports from naive blog owners, with blogs locked for malware or phishing, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken…
There Are No Shortcuts Or Workarounds To A Stable Custom Domain
Some Blogger blog owners treat custom domain publishing, as drivers in Miami USA treat the suburban streets. Have you ever been to Miami, Florida, US…
Abuse / Malware Classifications, February 2014
This week, we're seeing a small flood of reports about abuse / malware classifications, involving various blogs. Some blogs are being classified…
Hacking Detection Is Generally Not Caused By The Blog Owner
We've been helping Blogger blog owners deal with spurious fuzzy content classification , for many years. We started out, long ago, with blogs del…
"Adult Content" Blogs, And New Blogger Monetisation Restrictions
This week, we're seeing some reports from a few blog owners who recently received a disturbing email message, mentioning their blogs and adult ad…