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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Social Sharing Popularity, And URL Changes
As both custom domain publishing, and social sharing networks, become normal with many blogs, we see anguish when blog owners change the URLs of thei…
Changing Your Custom Domain - The Next Chapter
We see some blog owners deciding to change their custom domain URLs - and discovering an unexpected limitation, in re indexing the blog, under the ne…
Blogger Magic - Supporting A BlogSpot URL Change
Blog owners are always changing the URLs of their blogs - then asking why Blogger does not provide automatic redirection, to the new URL. We see the …
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,…
BlogLovin Has Problems With Some Blog Feeds
We see occasional reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , from Blogger blog owners who want to share their blogs using BlogLovin. Wh…
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…
Traffic Exchanges Are Another Type Of Spam
We've been exploring bogus redirection of reader traffic , for a few years. Similar to dubious awards and web rings , we have "traffic excha…
Blogger Magic - Renaming Your Blog
Renaming a blog is not difficult - but it can produce unwanted side effects. We've seen a few problem reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help wi…
Blog Owners Can't Always Re Publish Deleted Posts
Even after being able to find a deleted post in cache, and retrieve the BlogID / PostID , some blog owners may find themselves unable to restore a de…
Setup A Custom 404 Not Found Display For A Blog
One of the simplest - and most user friendly - displays that you can add, to your blog, is a custom "404 Not Found" display. A standard Blo…
A Redirected Home Page Lacks Dynamic Sizing
One feature of the Blogger home page, enjoyed by some blog owners, is the ability to explicitly set maximum main page size, for the blog when display…
Combining A Blogger Blog And A FaceBook Wall
Many people who publish Blogger blogs also publish to FaceBook. Some have their own Wall, others post to friends Walls. We see occasional questions,…
Blogger Magic - A Blog Within A Blog
One of the most fascinating features of Blogger blogs is the various options to organise our content. Long ago, I wrote a simple article, Adding A Bl…
Spammers, And Content / Risk Management
Spammers protect their content against "unfair" deletion, and provide uninterrupted service to their "customers", by publishing m…
Blogger Blogs Cannot Be Used As Gateways
We see evidence of confusion, from time to time, in Blogger Help Forum: How Do I? . How do I move an established blog to WordPress (or any other plat…
Forwarding A Domain Requires Experience
I constantly advise Blogger blog owners to avoid forwarding, when setting up custom domain publishing . In the rare cases where forwarding is actuall…
The Task Of Forwarding A Domain Requires Experience, Persistence, And Research
I constantly advise Blogger blog owners to avoid forwarding, when setting up custom domain publishing . In the rare cases where forwarding is actuall…
Recovering A Deleted Page Or Post, Chapter 2
Blog owners have been deleting their pages and posts, then changing their minds later, since Blogger started providing the ability to delete pages an…
Confusion About The Post Feed Redirect Feature
The world of Blogger blogs contains a lot of confusing terminology. Some Blogger features don't even have names. Some names, which I use, are te…