The CAPTCHA Continues As A Challenge
This month, we are again seeing evidence of recent security changes by Microsoft . We see signs of continued frustration, in the process of publishi…
Spam
AdSense, And Blogger, Require Quality Content
We see questions about content requirement, in both AdSense Help Forum: Blogger / Host Partners , and in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue .…
Is There A Purpose To Referer Spam?
We've been experiencing - and discussing - referer spam, since 2011 . We still see unaware blog owners, asking in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help wi…
Blogger Magic - Comment Moderation Settings
If you publish a blog, and want your readers to comment, you need to decide whether to moderate comments . Comment moderation, applied properly, help…
Wording The Blog Title And URL - Same or Unique?
Some blog owners setup a new blog - and want to know if the blog title and URL may - or (alternately) should - be the same. There is no policy for Bl…
Export / Import, And Page / Post Publishing Limits
Not all blog owners understand the connection between page / post import, and spam limitation. We see the occasional question, in Blogger Help Forum:…
Buyer Beware - Don't Buy Pre Published Blogs
Don't develop a blog, that's simply designed to host AdSense ads - and avoid pre published blogs, in general. Blogs and websites that are bla…
Blogger, And Home / Small Business Blog Clusters
One topic of frustration, occasionally seen in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , involves home based business blogs, that may be victims o…
Phishing Is A Form Of Identity Theft
We've recently seen a few blog owners, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , report their blogs being classified for phishing. Today my…
Jobs Blogs Are Not Desired, In AdSense or Blogger
We see an occasional hopeful spammer asking, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , about one more spam blog subject. Can I publish a blog, …
Is Affiliate Marketing Allowed, In Blogger?
Anxious blog owners ask the question periodically, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . Is affiliate marketing allowed, in Blogger? And t…
FeedBurner, And Blogs Unwisely Deleted Or Renamed
Some blog owners delete or rename a blog, without proper planning - and later regret their action. Some spammers track blog name availability - parti…
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…
You Will Not Get Advance Warning Of Classification
We see frequent evidence of confusion, about abuse classification etiquette , in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . My blog was deleted, a…
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…
Can I Setup A Blog, And Sell Goods Or Services?
We see cautious blog owners, asking that question periodically, in Blogger Help Forum: How Do I? . Many home based, and small, businesses use Blogger…
Open Source Content Is Not Quality Blog Content
Some blog owners, complaining of unfair spam classification, are still not considering the need for original, quality content. I have not broken any …