Don't know if y'all noticed, but earlier this week Blogger decided my blog was spam and shut it down. No warning, no recourse, nothing. I just tried to open it and found it gone. I've been having computer problems - I think I have a faulty router - so I thought that was it, until I got to my office and had the same issues there. I dug around a bit after I got home again, and that's when I learned Blogger uses anti-spam software that shuts blogs down whenever one is flagged. One site said that if you leave too many comments, you'll be flagged as a spammer. I don't remember how many comments I left last week but I doubt it was all that many, considering. Probably half a dozen a day.
So I sent a request to Google, asking them to review my status. I mean, there is no way anyone who actually read a couple pages would think my blog was spam, right? But my research indicated that when blogs get shut down they usually stay that way. So, to be on the safe side, I started a new blog. The problem was, how to let my peeps know where I was and what had happened. You aren't supposed to put blog addresses in the comments section of other blogs. Didn't want to break any rules! I was able to leave a couple comments with "formerly fortypoundsack" in the name field. Mostly, I was just sick over the loss of my blog. All my words and photos, all my comments from friends.....just.....gone. I was pretty bummed. And a little ticked off.
Imagine my glee when - ta dah! - Google waved their magic wand and reinstated me. So relieved! And very happy to be connected to y'all again. I have to admit, I'm pretty lazy about my blog links. I always click on the list in my sidebar to see what my blogger buddies are up to. Without access to my blog I was scrambling to remember how I could find each of you again. I'm going to save all the blogs I read as bookmarks, just in case I get shut down again.
Never a dull moment around here, that's for sure!
Oh my goodness, if my blog were shut down I would have a panic attack! Glad you are back.
ReplyDeleteI noticed one thing strange, but thought nothing of it at the time. One of your comments left on my blog was sent to SPAM folder (not showing in comments). I marked it Not Spam and it went to it's rightful place. Glad you got your blog back.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is not okay! Seems a bit Nazi-ist to me! They should at least let you know ahead of time. Makes me mad. Who are they to decide, and not leave you any recourse at all. Ridiculous. So glad you got it figured out!
ReplyDeleteI got a notice that you closed your blog when I tried to comment, went to my blog and clicked on you and there was old faithful, your blog
ReplyDeleteHORRORS. I would go CRAZY if that happened here. My blog is the only way to access all you too. I wondered WHERE you went? No new posts came up so I just thought you were busy. So glad it all worked out and you are back. THANK YOU Google.
ReplyDeleteI noticed you were gone. Glad you're back.
ReplyDeleteI saw that your blog disappeared - how bizarre. It's a normal blog...I mean, there ARE plenty of spam blogs out there, but this isn't one of them. Glad it got fixed, but I can only imagine how terrible you must have felt!
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