Owner Activity Does Not Determine URL Availability
One interesting question, that we see from time to time in Blogger Help Forum: Learn More About Blogger , is about owner activity and "dormant&q…
URL Availability
Blogger Magic - Changing Your Custom Domain
The process of changing one custom domain URL to another is similar to the task of changing the BlogSpot URL . The risk of identity theft is not as g…
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…
Plan A Blog Deletion Or Renaming - Protect Yourself
Every month, we see a concern about content theft or impersonation, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue . I deleted my blog last year! Now…
Don't Publish To A Custom Domain, Purely Because Of Unavailability Of The Perfect BlogSpot Name
Setting up a new blog can be frustrating - for those who have planned the subject of the blog so carefully, that only one blog name will satisfy. We …
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…
Help Me! I Can't Access My Blogger Account!
Every week, we see the anguished cry of blog owners, who don't have access to maintain, or publish to, their blogs. Help me! My email address ch…
The "Create a new blog" Wizard Is Not Prescient
We're seeing some odd problem reports in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , about blog creation . I entered just the first letter of the n…
URL Availability Competition, During "Buy a Domain", Is Similar To "Create a Blog"
Some Blogger blog owners, trying to setup a new blog, discover the hard way that other people are trying to do the same thing. When I try to use &quo…
Renaming Your Blog Requires Choosing An Available Blog Name
Like creating a blog , the task of renaming your blog involves one very important step - choosing an available blog name. When you rename your blog -…
Blog Owners, Unable To Request Restore Of A Blog
One of the more intriguing issues, seen in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , involves people unable to recover control of their blogs . I rec…
When You Create A Blog, Only Type The Blog Name!
Too many would be blog owners are unable to create a blog, because they don't understand how to check for availability. I can't seem to type …
A Blog Deleted, As A Suspected Spam Host, Is Not Subject To The 90 Day Limit For Restore
We see signs of panic, periodically, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , about blogs deleted as suspected spam hosts. My blog was deleted fo…
How You Should Backup Your Blog Will Depend Upon How You Plan To Restore It
We see signs of naivete, in Blogger Help Forum: How Do I? , from blog owners concerned with malware / spam deletions, and with other unexplained disa…
Would Be Blog Owners Report Inability To Create A Blog
We are currently seeing frustration, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , about new blog creation. Would be new blog owners have various conc…
Your Blog Address Is Unique - Some Details Are Not
Occasionally, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , we see signs of people who don't understand the concept of unique Blogger identities -…