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If you want the details of the following stories use the above bitty browser by scrolling to the particular story and then click on the link Open full-size (within Bitty) .<style type="text/css">.rsspal{max-width:;}</style><table class="rsspal" style="overflow:hidden;word-wrap:break-word;border-width:2; border-style:solid; max-width: 100%; width: 100%; border-color: #d4d0c8; " cellpadding="3"><tr><th style="background-color: #999999; color: #ffffff; "><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/" style="color: #ffffff; " target="_blank">The Real Blogger Status</a></th></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/1DQ6J_-SO5s/setting-up-your-custom-domain-starts.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Setting Up Your Custom Domain Starts With The Registrar</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">We see this naivete regularly, and with such basic questions in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>.<blockquote>Why do I see<blockquote><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/12/why-isnt-blogger-solving-another-blog.html">Another blog is already hosted at this address</a></blockquote>when trying to setup my domain?</blockquote>and<blockquote>Why do my readers see<blockquote><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/11/why-isnt-google-solving-server-not.html">404 Not Found</a></blockquote>when trying to view my blog?</blockquote><br /><br /> When we diagnose the problem, we get rather obvious results.<br /><br /> <pre>http://who.is/whois/mybrokendomain.com/ REGISTRY WHOIS FOR MYBROKENDOMAIN.COM Registrar: CLUELESS REGISTRAR Whois Server: whois.cluelessregistrar.com Referral URL: http://www.cluelessregistrar.com Status: clientTransferProhibited Expiration Date: 2012-05-31 Creation Date: 2011-05-31 Last Update Date: 2011-06-14 Name Servers: ns1.google.com ns2.google.com ns3.google.com ns4.google.com </pre>A Dig provides another familiar symptom.<br /><br /> <pre>; <<>> DiG 9.3.2 <<>> @localhost mybrokendomain.com A ; (2 servers found) ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 7353 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;mybrokendomain.com. IN A ;; Query time: 154 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1) ;; WHEN: Tue Jun 14 17:34:44 2011 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 37 </pre> Definition of any private domain, in this example "mybrokendomain.com", starts with the domain registrar, who defines "mybrokendomain.com" on their server. Google uses "ns1.google.com" for <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/04/many-faces-of-google.html">the various Google domains</a>, they do not provide <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/11/google-does-not-provide-dns-services.html">DNS services for your private domain</a>. <br /><br /> One of the advantages of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/03/setting-up-custom-domain.html">a proper domain purchase and setup</a> is the avoidance of confusion - which leads to odd scenarios such as illustrated here. If you're going to buy a domain directly from a registrar, make sure that you <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/09/trinity-and-your-web-site.html">purchase the right services</a>. <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-6162958627851148964?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/sff1JlGfsq4/cookie-filtering-and-commenting-ability.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Cookie Filtering, And Commenting Ability</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Until late May 2011, we would see various odd and mysterious problem reports, about posting comments, in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>.<blockquote>I posted a comment, but now I can't delete it. It's labeled as "Anonymous" - even though I used my Google account!</blockquote>and<blockquote>I tried to publish my comment, but the Publish button doesn't do anything.</blockquote>Both were representative of the many different problem reports seen.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The problem, in general, starts with the need for authentication by the blog guest or owner, when trying to publish a comment. You authenticate yourself using the Blogger login wizard. When you authenticate, you create a login cookie, which is later used to identify you when you comment, when you Follow a blog (or maintain the Followers on your blog), and when you maintain or publish to your own blog. The login cookie is created under "blogger.com".<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Cookies, an essential ingredient in our use of Blogger, have had a controversial past in the Internet, for a long time. Some people believe that filtering cookies, placed on our computers by untrustworthy websites, will allow us to safely visit those websites. Cookie filter settings are part of native browser option wizards, and menus in various browser add-on accessories.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Most cookie activity, in general, involves cookies created and read by scripts running within the same domain. Cookies designed to be created by scripts running from one domain, and read by scripts running from a second domain, are called third party cookies. Many people believe that third party cookies are more dangerous than normal ("first party") cookies. Some cookie filters contain specific settings to block third party cookies, even if normal cookies are permitted.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/04/many-faces-of-google.html">complex domain infrastructure</a> used by Blogger / Google necessitates the use of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/06/why-need-for-third-party-cookies-in.html">third party cookies</a>. In the case of commenting, this need is caused by use of the Embedded comment form, which runs in the published domain of the blog - not "blogger.com". People who do not permit third party cookie access will have problems with using the embedded comment form.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Until May 2011, the various scripts used by the embedded comment form, in situations which required non permitted third party cookie access, provided no feedback to the hapless blog guest or owner. A person trying to comment, on a blog which permitted anonymous commenting, would generate an anonymous comment (even though intentionally selecting Google authentication). In cases where a blog did not permit anonymous comments, the comment script would simply terminate, leaving no clue.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In May 2011, <a href="http://knownissues.blogspot.com/2011/05/were-investigating-issue-which-is.html" target="_blank">the embedded commenting form scripts were changed</a>. In cases where authentication is required - either with a blog that does not permit anonymous comments, or when the commenter has selected Google authentication intentionally - the guest is now presented with a login screen, and required to authenticate. If third party cookie access is not permitted, after authentication is completed, the script treats that as if authentication was not provided, and repeats the demand for authentication. This results in a login loop, with the "Remember me" option selected.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> With "Remember me" not selected, third party cookie access not permitted, and anonymous commenting allowed, the comment is simply treated as anonymously posted. If anonymous commenting is not desired, or not permitted, the blog guest is again required to authenticate.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In many cases, for blog owners reporting volumes of complaints from blog guests, we have simply recommended <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/01/technical-sophistication-of-your-blogs.html">changing the comment form style</a>, to use a full page form. Not all blog owners have appreciated this advice.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The only real solution here, which will provide any long term consistency, is for all Blogger blog guests and owners to <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/enabling-cookies-and-scripts-in-your.html">permit third party cookie access</a>. Unfortunately, not all blog guests and owners are willing (or able) to do this, immediately. With <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/blogger-layered-security-and-you.html">layered security</a>, varying levels of technical proficiency, and many different security programs and settings, finding a problematic filter setting is going to be frustrating for many. This is, nonetheless, a necessary solution.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Once again, we have a detail, similar to the current problem with <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/06/iframes-layered-security-and-following.html">the Follower gadget and script filtering</a>, that really is <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/04/your-computer-and-blogger.html">the responsibility of each computer owner</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-3146504467957914183?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/RsI6bBuk0O4/blogger-seo-publish-and-publicise.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Blogger SEO - Publish, And Publicise</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">One of the odder questions, by folks who just don't get it, comes from the folks who value SEO - but don't want to work for it.<blockquote>Why is Blogger so weak on SEO?</blockquote><br /><br /> What many folks just don't realise is that Blogger leaves the SEO to us - because Blogger supports other folks rights to publish their blogs anonymously, and without SEO. It's your choice - and it's your effort to make - either way.<ul><li><b>Don't SEO your blog</b>. <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/04/our-ability-to-blog-anonymously-is.html">Stay anonymous</a>.</li> <li><b>SEO your blog</b>. <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=4f6eba7c45b9e509&hl=en" target="_blank">Publish, and publicise</a>.</li> </ul><br /><br /> Which ever decision you make, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/04/controlling-search-engine-spiders.html">controlling the search engines</a> is a key step, on the way to anonymity - or to fame and fortune. And use of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/05/google-webmaster-tools.html">Google Webmaster Tools</a> is a key process, in controlling the search engines.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In either case, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/09/blogging-is-about-learning.html">learn the issues</a> involved, in fulfilling your personal goal. Don't expect Blogger to do it all for you.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-4650128951867740222?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/LC0eqPXVipw/iframes-layered-security-and-following.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">IFrames, Layered Security, And Following</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">A little over two years ago, I wrote about Following, and <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/05/following-friend-connect-requires.html">an odd detail</a>.<blockquote>I clicked on the users picture. Where is the button to Block the user?</blockquote>People, even when logged in to Blogger, as an administrator of their own blog, were being treated as a Guest, when using Following on that blog.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> I attributed that oddity to the fact that Following was served <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/11/make-iframe-to-contain-another-blog-on.html">inside an iframe</a>, which made the Blogger login cookie irrelevant to Following, since Following is <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/layered-security-and-following.html">served from a separate domain</a>. The navbar, another fascinating artifact of Blogger life, is another iframe hosted feature - but it is served from "blogger.com", the <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/04/many-faces-of-google.html">main Blogger domain</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Recently, I discovered that this was no longer the case. Right now, if you login to Blogger, and are able to successfully load your blog as an administrator, you should find yourself also logged in to Following, using your Blogger account. If you examine the code in the default Blogger gadget, you'll find an iframe - - but it's a bit more subtle than earlier. And if you use <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/p/followers.html">a custom Followers gadget</a>, you may not use an iframe, at all.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> There were several odd details, when Following was hosted inside the iframe, earlier.<ul><li>As noted, you would have to login specifically to Following.</li> <li>You could login using a different account, to Following, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/05/following-friend-connect-requires.html">without affecting your Blogger session</a>.</li> <li>The search engines would not pick up on links inside Following - making it <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/10/following-spam-free-community.html">less useful for spammers</a> who wanted only to pimp their blogs to the search engines.</li> <li>The choice of many different accounts, to use when Following a blog, made for even more <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/02/control-how-you-present-yourself-as.html">interesting scenarios</a>.</li> <li>Layered security, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/layered-security-and-following.html">in your browser or on your computer</a>, ignored Following.</li> <li> Content served inside an iframe is not as interesting to many security programs, as content served without an iframe.</li> </ul><br /><br /> Some of the above scenarios are now different. One detail is not good.<ul><li>You do not have to login to Following - just login using your Blogger account, to Blogger.</li> <li>If you're logged in to Blogger, you'll use your Blogger account as your Following account. This should make for a more stable Following experience.</li> <li>If your browser, or computer, filters using Unix level security<blockquote>Deny by default, Permit by exception.</blockquote>you will have to <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/layered-security-and-following.html">enable "googleusercontent.com"</a>, and / or the domain used by the blog itself, if you wish to see the Followers gadget, on most blogs.</li> </ul><br /><br /> The latter detail is one of the causes of some of the recent disruptions, reported passionately in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>.<blockquote>I cannot see my Followers, though others can!</blockquote>Unfortunately, when advised to check their <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/01/our-browsers-add-ons-and-our-use-of.html">script filters</a>, not every blog owner or reader is willing to do this. Some vehemently object to modifying their computer, period.<blockquote>When a user makes an adjustment to something and their Followers return, that's great for them - but why should I have to do this? This is a problem for Blogger to fix!</blockquote><br /><br /> One of the most commonly used Unix level filter is Firefox, with AdBlock or NoScript. By default, NoScript blocks all scripts from all untrusted domain - and by default, every domain is untrusted. When you setup a clean and new Firefox upgrade, you'll find every domain open to you. Install NoScript, and you'll find just the opposite.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Long ago, I enabled "googleusercontent.com", which generally solves my needs. Every so often, with a different blog that I visit in Firefox, I may once again discover the same thing - no Followers gadget. I find the NoScript icon in my Firefox tooltray, popup the options menu, select "Temporarily allow xxxxxxx.blogspot.com", wait for Firefox to refresh the display, and there it is - Followers - for that blog. The next blog, the same possibility.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> People with AdBlock, another hugely popular Firefox accessory, will likely find the same thing. If you visit <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/" target="_blank">the Mozilla Extensions page</a>, you'll see AdBlock Plus and NoScript, in the #1 and #2 places in the popularity list, right now.<br /><br /> <blockquote>767,781 weekly downloads <br /><br /> 611,921 weekly downloads</blockquote>Internet Explorer has a different <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/04/blogger-internet-explorer-and-zone.html">domain sensitive trust structure</a>, built in - no add-on installation period. And with Unix level security in Internet Explorer Version 8 - and more so in Version 9 - comes more people unknowingly using<blockquote>Deny by default, Permit by exception.</blockquote><br /><br /> It doesn't take much imagination to see Firefox and Internet Explorer users as being a major source of the complaint<blockquote>I cannot see my Followers, though others can!</blockquote>Unfortunately, this is yet one more detail that, like the current problem with <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/06/cookie-filtering-and-commenting-ability.html">commenting and cookie filtering</a>, really is <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/04/your-computer-and-blogger.html">the responsibility of each computer owner</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-7020514466190603252?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/2e4BXyNh_Ds/one-form-of-new-car-syndrome-and.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">One Form Of "New Car Syndrome", And Perception Of Blogger Help Forum Trends</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Have you, as a car owner, ever had the privilege of purchasing a new car? Maybe you planned for months, to buy the car of your dreams - certain that you would be so distinctive in the purchase of that particular colour, model, trim level, what have you? Maybe, the day after you bought your car, you drove it to the nearby shopping mall - and there, to your dismay, you discovered reality.<blockquote>You are not the only owner of that particular make / model / trim level. Look at all of the other people, driving your same car!</blockquote>Where did all of the other cars come from?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> People with blog problems, needing technical assistance, will go through the same confusion and / or reality adjustment too. We see the reports in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, daily.<blockquote>I have [My Problem]. Hundreds of other people have [My Problem] too. Why is Blogger not fixing [My Problem]?</blockquote><br /><br /> Just as surely as people with [My Problem] are likely to notice other people reporting [My Problem], they are equally unlikely to ignore people reporting [Not My Problem]. And just as surely as some folks, briefly glancing at a Chevrolet nearby might think that it looks like their new Ford, people with [My Symptoms] might get their problem confused with other people reporting [My Symptoms] - and think that everybody here reporting [My Symptoms] are all suffering from [My Problem]. Conversely, in other variations of [My Symptoms], some people will ignore other people reporting [My Problem, With Other Symptoms].<br /><br /> <br /><br /> And, as problem reporting levels vary, hour by hour, and day by day, people needing help need to be aware of normal <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/04/etiology-blogger-and-you.html">changes in reporting levels</a> - and not assume that a given problem ("[My Problem]", again) has just started - or has just been solved.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> What all of this boils down to is people who need to report [My Problem] are going to think that [My Problem] is the only major problem today - which obviously means that the most important task for Blogger, <b>today</b>, is to fix [My Problem] <b>today</b>. Hopefully, the more experienced helpers will be used to this misconception, and won't let the confusion mislead them.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Conversely, the less experienced people reporting [My Problem] need to be more receptive to advice from the more experienced helpers. If you report [My Problem], and are advised to provide some details, or try some diagnostic procedure, that you don't understand, please don't come back with<blockquote>I need Blogger to fix [My Problem]. I don't need to waste time with [Your Advice]!</blockquote><br /><br /> Please, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2006/03/asking-for-help.html">help us to help you</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-2853815487243744286?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/_hXjAh1MYKc/1-buttons-are-now-here.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">+1 Buttons Are Now Here</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">A few short weeks ago, we were seeing various anxious posts in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=3a39191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: How Do I?</a>, from people wanting <a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2011/06/add-1-button-to-your-blog.html" target="_blank">the latest Google improvement</a>.<blockquote>How do I get the +1 button?</blockquote><br /><br /> Now that it's here (check my Share buttons after each post), some folks have decided that they don't really want it.<blockquote>How do I remove the "+1" icon underneath each blog post?</blockquote>A few may be worried needlessly.<blockquote>How do I get rid of it? It displays my GMail address, that I don't want people to see!</blockquote><br /><br /> If you really want to get rid of it, just disable the Share buttons option, in the "<a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/07/blog-posts-every-blogger-is-unique.html">Blog Posts</a>" wizard. But maybe, you're worried needlessly.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Like a long ago confusion about <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/10/your-email-address-is-private-to-you.html">your email address being seen in the navbar</a>, this may be something that only you can see.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> I just logged in to my blog, in two different browsers, using two different Blogger accounts. In each browser, I see my email address for that Blogger account, in the +1 popup.<blockquote>Click here to publicly +1 this as xxxxxxx (xxxxxxx@gmail.com).</blockquote>The point here is, I see myself, in each browser. If you look at my posts, you'll see yourself.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Check it out, for yourself. +1 this post, and see.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-1509202333028472736?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/IANDpMf75M8/cleanup-labels-in-posts-published.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Cleanup Labels In Posts Published During The Week Of 2011/05/11</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Now that the <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/ok-its-back.html">chaos of May 11</a>, and the maintenance release rollback, is becoming a distant memory for many (but not all) blog owners, we have a few blog owners, reporting in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en" target="_blank">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, noticing artifacts of that week.<blockquote>My blog has labels with some weird signs in front of them, with no posts - how do I get rid of these labels?</blockquote><br /><br /> The problem is that you won't find these odd labels indexed in "<a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/04/edit-posts-menu.html">Edit Posts</a>" - so how do you remove them?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> What you'll find - if your blog shows these weird labels - is that posts, newly published or updated during the maintenance release rollback time span, will have label strings where the commas (which should separate each individual label) have been replaced by these odd characters - and your labels for the problem posts have been trashed.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The good news is that this should not be too hard to clean up. You just have to edit the labels, one post at a time.<ol><li>Edit each post, newly published or updated during the time of chaos.</li> <li>Copy and paste the entire contents of the Labels window into any text editor.</li> <li>Edit the string of text - remove any garbage characters, and add commas separating each label.</li> <li>When you have the Labels looking as they should in your text editor, copy and paste the entire text string into the Labels window in the post, and replace everything in the Labels window.</li> <li>Publish the post, again.</li> </ol><br /><br /> Hoping that you didn't publish too many posts during the chaos, just take a few minutes, and clean up. You'll be done in less time than it took me to write this, most likely.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-8293807643652210230?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/sh-NVirbBLk/recent-change-to-post-template-leaves.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">A Recent Change To The Post Template Disables Inline Comment Forms</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">We have a small flood of reports in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, from owners of blogs that use the inline ("Embedded below post") comment form, that their comment form is not visible.<blockquote>The comments section of some of my blogs do not show up. When I change the comments settings to "Pop-up window", it works - but when it is "Embedded below post" it doesn't work!</blockquote><br /><br /> The comment form code is part of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/04/two-templates.html">the post template</a>. When you publish a new post, any changes currently active in the post template will become part of your blog. It appears that Blogger recently changed the post template code - though whether permanently or temporarily, we cannot say.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If your blog uses the inline comment form, and your recently published posts now lack the comment form, you may see an improvement by <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/07/blogger-magic-update-post-template-to.html">refreshing or repairing the post template</a> - then <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-browser-cache.html">clearing browser cache</a>, and restarting the browser. If that gives you no improvement, then change the blog to use a full page or pop-up window form, until Blogger can fix the problem properly.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-8819115894252229298?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/A2CRKM3p9pI/layered-security-and-following.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Layered Security And Following</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">The <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/followers-intermittently-visible-in.html">Following gadget problem of May 26</a> is slowly becoming a memory for many blog owners, but not for everybody. We still see the odd problem report in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, mentioning inability to view Followers.<blockquote>I though Following was fixed. Why can I still not see my Followers?</blockquote><br /><br /> Too many blog owners, and readers, do not realise the significance of the many <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/04/many-faces-of-google.html">domains used by Blogger / Google</a>. For Following, the relevant domain is "googleusercontent.com".<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Any browser and computer, where the Followers gadget still does not show up, after <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-cache-cookies-and.html">clearing cache, cookies, and sessions</a>, then restarting the browser in question, needs to be carefully examined for any popup or script filter. Any script filter, that does not permit "googleusercontent.com", will completely prevent the Followers gadget from displaying. And the "break out" Followers window will likewise be blocked by any popup window filter that does not permit "googleusercontent.com".<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Check your <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/blogger-layered-security-and-you.html">layered security</a> components - both in the browser(s) that you use, and on your computer. Make sure that "googleusercontent.com" is fully trusted, if you want full functionality from Following - both in the blog display, and from your dashboard.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-7180479900344675618?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/z42NZw4WAxI/clearing-cookies-selectively.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Clearing Cookies, Selectively</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Many Blogger problems that originate from conditions that we, the owners and users of our computers can control, start with <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-cache-cookies-and.html">clearing private browser data</a>.<blockquote>Clear cache, cookies, and authenticated sessions - then restart the browser.</blockquote>There are known problems, though, with <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-private-data-can-cause-various.html">thoughtlessly clearing private data</a>. Sometimes, it would be better to clear only the specific data that might be causing the problem.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> It is possible to take a more detailed approach to clearing cookies, in many browsers. Here you should remember the <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/04/many-faces-of-google.html">various domains used by Blogger / Google</a>, and consider possible problems caused by incorrectly removing some cookies, but not all.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In <b>Chrome</b>, Options - "Under The Hood" - Privacy provides the "Content Settings" wizard. The "All cookies and site data" wizard provides an inventory of which sites have stored private data. To remove cookies for a given site, highlight that site, then hit the "X" at the right.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In <b>Firefox</b>, the Tools - Options - Privacy wizard has a link to "remove individual cookies". To remove cookies for a given site, highlight that site, then hit the "Remove Cookies" button.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In <b>Internet Explorer</b>, the Internet Properties - "Browsing history", "Settings" gives you the "Temporary Internet Files and History Settings" wizard. Hitting the "View files" button opens another instance of Windows Explorer, positioned in "Temporary Internet Files". To remove cookies for a given site, simply locate and delete the specific files.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In <b>Safari</b>, the Preferences - Security wizard has a "Show Cookies" button. To remove cookies for a given site, highlight that site, then hit the "Remove" button.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In <b>Opera</b>, the Tools - Preferences - Advanced wizard has a Cookies menu. The "Manage Cookies" button provides the "Cookie Manager" wizard. To remove cookies for a given site, highlight that site, then hit the Delete button.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Selective removal of cookies will let you correct <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/blogger-layered-security-and-you.html">layered security</a> problems that involve Blogger / Google, but possibly allow you to continue using other applications and sites without interruption. Just be careful, and remove exactly what needs to be removed - no more, and no less. And, as always, remember to restart the browser after removing cache and cookies.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-2090323968178489733?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/VK8UmNdJkhs/followers-intermittently-visible-in.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Followers Intermittently Visible, In A Variety Of Symptoms</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">We're seeing a flood of reports, in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, about inability to view Followers. This blog appears to be part of the problem, as reported, from time to time.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The main symptom is reported by people who see a large blank space, where the Followers gadget contents should display, on any blog affected.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The symptoms appear to be intermittent, and variant. Some blog owners only report that they can't view their own Followers, others report that their readers can't view their Followers either. In some cases, Followers are visible using the dashboard "nnn Followers" link, in other cases, that display is similarly blank. In a few cases, I can see Followers using one browser, but not another, for the same blog.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> And even more frustratingly, this problem will come and go. In the past 24 hours, I have observed the visibility of my Followers change maybe a dozen times.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Blogger Support has been alerted, but has not yet acknowledged the problem in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> And please, whatever you do, if you are looking at your dashboard Followers display - which may or may not be blank, you decide to click on the link "<a href="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=104225" target="_blank">Learn more</a>", and you see an article showing a mysterious Follower named "uGotCrossedSon", please realise that the article shows an example of what you might see, in your Followers display, when examining a hyothetical Follower. The article does not show an anonymous Follower of your blog.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <hr />(Update 2011/05/28 10:00 PDT): We have <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?fid=2b786561a34b33960004a459997b9a99&hl=en" target="_blank">an update from Blogger Support</a>, suggesting an initial attempt to resolve this problem.<blockquote>We have released a fix for the Following issue and things should be back to normal now. I've verified this in a handful of blogs which weren't working yesterday evening.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Make sure you clear your cache and cookies too!</blockquote><hr /><br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-1571417489869089319?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/erOBtaOc_zg/blog-owners-unable-to-login-to-blogger_27.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Blog Owners Unable To Login To Blogger</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Besides the previously reported problem of blog owners unable to login to Blogger using <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/blog-owners-unable-to-login-to-blogger.html">the "www.blogspot.com" redirection</a>, we're seeing a flood of reports, in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, from people who can't login using the "Sign In" link in the navbar - or who can't login to moderate comments, to post comments, or to Follow a blog.<blockquote>I cannot log in to Blogger, at all. After I try to log in, the screen just tells me to log in again.</blockquote>or<blockquote>I clicked Sign In, filled out my account name and password, hit enter, and it just asked me again for my account name and password.</blockquote><br /><br /> Some folks try using a different browser. Depending upon their specific basic problems, a different browser may work - for a while.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In some cases, you can avoid having to change browsers, until Blogger finds and fixes the basic problem with the navbar link. This is, visually, a simple procedure - but the basic details are essential.<br /><br /> <ul><li>Remove authentication artifacts from previous Blogger sessions, by <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-cache-cookies-and.html">clearing cache, cookies, and authenticated sessions</a>. Don't just clear cache - and don't just change your bookmarks. If you are using Internet Explorer, <b>do not check</b> the "Preserve Favorites website data" option in "Delete Browsing History".</li> <li>Login directly to Blogger, using "www.blogger.com". <b>Do not select</b> the "Remember Me" option.</li> </ul><br /><br /> People who are trying to post comments, on blogs that require Blogger <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/06/why-need-for-third-party-cookies-in.html">authentication using third party cookies</a>, may require a different workaround - this is not known to resolve everybody's problems. For anybody with this problem, I'd strongly suggest carefully checking your browser and computer for <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/blogger-layered-security-and-you.html">cookie and script filters</a> that need adjustment.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Use of the "www.blogger.com" login - and not using "Remember Me" - should suffice for a number of blog owners, who can then get back to work on their blogs. This will cut down on the forum noise somewhat, so Blogger Support can concentrate on solving the basic problems.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <hr />Note: If the thought of clearing all cookies makes you uneasy, because of the <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-private-data-can-cause-various.html">possible consequences to other website access</a>, you may be able to get by with <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/clearing-cookies-selectively.html">selective cookie clearing</a>. Try clearing cookies for "blogger.com", if you're able.<hr /><br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-1513097162992413118?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/Tvm4RWyfKS8/blog-owners-unable-to-login-to-blogger.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Blog Owners Unable To Login To Blogger, Using "www.blogspot.com"</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">This week, many unhappy blog owners report inability to login to Blogger, and access their dashboards. In some cases, they are seeing the well known "404 Not Found" error. For a few folks, this error comes from an odd habit - which used to be supported by Blogger - but no more.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcXlyAG__PuErq6401sAYvcP9tdqErqhMc-jDQzCPSl_kGSF3awu-EDFUbRpHjg1NjR0HBeAt6bFSw9IMO51RAmsZQ7jx7AXLbZBZxZ3jBPXIH0u2aJ4ch8JmHl9Yz4P4HTd-t8jsFCX2/s1600/www.blogspot.com" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="238" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcXlyAG__PuErq6401sAYvcP9tdqErqhMc-jDQzCPSl_kGSF3awu-EDFUbRpHjg1NjR0HBeAt6bFSw9IMO51RAmsZQ7jx7AXLbZBZxZ3jBPXIH0u2aJ4ch8JmHl9Yz4P4HTd-t8jsFCX2/s320/www.blogspot.com" /></a><br /><br /> "<a href="http://www.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.blogspot.com</a>", which used to redirect to "<a href="http://www.blogger.com" target="_blank">www.blogger.com</a>", now does not.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If you use "www.blogspot.com" to access Blogger, access your dashboard, or to login, this is why you cannot access Blogger, access your dashboard, or login.<br /><br /> <br clear=left /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> Update your bookmarks, and change your habits, when you login to Blogger. Don't use "www.blogspot.com" <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/10/logging-in-to-blogger-with-your-google.html">to access Blogger</a> - use "www.blogger.com". If you need to <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/you-may-not-have-to-speak-local.html">avoid the local language redirect</a>, use "www.blogger.com/start?hl=en" (for English access to Blogger), or use "www.blogger.com/start?hl=xx" (for any supported alternative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1" target="_blank">language code</a> "xx").<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-3717966348500205804?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/4bsqg_Q0XnA/owners-of-private-blogs-report-about-me.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Owners Of Private Blogs Report The "About Me" Gadget Has Been Replaced By The "Contributors" Gadget</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">As I've mentioned before, generally in consumer related issues, a "2 for 1" offer is something that you enjoy - but this is <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/02/duplicate-blog-posts-remove-duplicate.html">not always the case</a>, for Blogger blogs. This week, we have some owners of private blogs, who report that their blogs, which previously displayed the "About Me" gadget, now show a "Contributors" gadget. The issue of the "About Me" gadget being replaced by the "Contributors" gadget is not arbitrary though.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If one looks at the unwanted "Contributors" gadget, one sees two members listed. Looking <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/09/extracting-url-behind-link.html">beneath the member links</a>, at the URLs referenced, one sees that each link merely duplicates the other. As we know, for blogs which have multiple members, the "About Me" gadget automatically displays as "Contributors", and shows the member list in place of the single owner profile.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The problem here appears to be in the gadget itself. Looking at Settings - Permissions - "Blog Authors", only one entry - the single owner - is displayed in the list.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> To date, this oddity has been reported only for single owner private blogs. No odd duplication of links, in the Contributors gadgets on multiple member private blogs, has been reported. Nor have we had any report of this anomaly being reported for non private blogs.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The good news here is that this problem is not difficult to resolve, on your own. While we wait for Blogger to correct the problem, you can take a few minutes, and <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/09/dont-like-profile-page-element-make.html">make an "About Me" gadget</a> that fulfills your needs far better than the default "About Me" gadget ever did.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-1424452030664820544?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/PqZzbMIpbAU/blog-owners-report-inability-to-logout.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Blog Owners Report Inability To Logout From Blogger</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">We've been looking at problems with <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/search/label/Authentication">logging in to Blogger</a>, as reported in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, for some time. Last year, we explored a problem with <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/06/cookies-disabled-remember-me-option-is.html">the "Remember Me" option</a>. This month, we have a new twist on the login problems - inability to logout from Blogger.<blockquote>I cannot sign out of my Blogger account, to access a different Blogger in account. Blogger keeps returning me to the same account.</blockquote><br /><br /> Since our login state is retained in a cookie, that's stored on our computer (not in the Blogger servers), it's likely that the base cause of this problem, like similar login problems, involves <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/blogger-layered-security-and-you.html">cookie and / or script filters</a> on our computers. It's also possible that <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/blog-owners-unable-to-login-to-blogger_27.html">changing your login policy</a> may make a difference.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Epidemiological <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/04/etiology-blogger-and-you.html">analysis of the problem</a>, as reported in the forums, suggests a low level of effect - when simply compared to similar reporting levels of the above mentioned "Remember Me" problem. If we consider the possibility that the need to logout, which becomes acute primarily when a blog owner maintains 2 or more Blogger accounts on the same browser, will be much lower than the need to stay logged in, it's likely that this is a more severe problem than what is cursorily visible in the forums.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <hr />(Update 5/24/2011 10:30 PDT): Blogger Support has <a href="http://knownissues.blogspot.com/2011/05/were-investigating-issue-which-is.html" target="_blank">acknowledged a possibly related problem</a>.<blockquote>We're investigating an issue which is preventing login and comment posting for some users, and hope to have a fix released shortly.</blockquote><hr /><br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-6369391974977980375?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/Dx9Blpt_5XU/blog-owners-seeing-conflicting-edits.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Blog Owners Seeing "Conflicting Edits" Error When Maintaining Their Blogs</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">One mysterious monolithic error message, reported by Blogger blog owners for some time, is the mysterious "Conflicting Edits" error.<blockquote><h1>Conflicting edits</h1><br /><br /> <br /><br /> There was more than one attempt to edit this resource at the same time. This may have been because you double clicked on a link or a button or because someone else is also editing this blog or post.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <b>Please hit the back button on your browser and try again.</b> If the problem persists, please contact the Blogger Help Group. We apologize for the inconvenience.</blockquote>Literally, a Conflicting Edit occurs when the blog (or blog component, such as the blog URL, a single gadget, specific post, template, ...) in question is being "edited" (modified / updated) by more than one person, simultaneously. Resource allocation / maintenance, when more than one person is involved, is an infinitely complex concern in IT. The IT concept of "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_sharing" target="_blank">Time Sharing</a>", and its inherent challenges, have been significant for a very long time.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Taken literally, I'd typically suggest two possible diagnoses.<ul><li>One person, with two or more browsers open, updating the same blog.</li> <li>Two or more persons, updating the same team blog.</li> </ul>My advice would be simple, and trivial.<ul><li>Clear <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-browser-cache.html">browser cache</a>, restart your primary browser, and try again.</li> <li>Work with your teammates, and try to coordinate your activities better.</li> </ul><br /><br /> Recently, we've been seeing increased reporting of the "Conflicting Edits" symptom. In some cases, owners of "single owner" Blogger blogs, who use single browsers, have been reporting this message. In these cases, it's not likely to have the same resource (blog component) open at the same time, without the blog owner suspecting that to contribute to the problem.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In the latter cases, I'm suspecting that some setting conflict, on the local computer, is involved.<ul><li>The most likely culprit is going to be a <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/04/clearing-cache-cookies-and-active-login.html">cache / cookie / session</a> conflict.</li> <li>Also consider that inconsistent Blogger access, caused by use of bookmarks on the local computer, causes use of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2006/12/your-browser-cache-and-web-sites-with.html">conflicting Blogger aliases</a>.</li> <li>Sequential (not necessarily concurrent) use of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/05/bloggers-trapped-in-draft-blogger.html">Draft and Production Blogger</a> could cause artifacts in the Blogger database, for a given blog.</li><li>Recovery from <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/ok-its-back.html">the May 2011 maintenance release rollback</a> has caused many odd details, such as this one.</li> </ul><br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-7183137877344499454?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/AmAqYch6D2k/ok-its-back.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">OK, It's Back</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">After several long days, it looks like <a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2011/05/blogger-is-back.html" target="_blank">Blogger has indeed restored their service</a>.<blockquote>We?re nearly back to normal ? you can publish again, and in the coming hours posts and comments that were temporarily removed should be restored.</blockquote>As indicated, some comments and posts are still being restored.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Just for completeness, I'll point out that I manually rewrote my immediately previous post <i><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/05/when-you-setup-commenting-on-your-blog.html">When You Setup Commenting On Your Blog, Enter Email Addresses Properly</a></i>, in Notepad, while Blogger was in read only mode - and re published it, immediately, after I noted the ability to do that. We will see what happens, when Blogger tries to restore that post, during the next few hours.<ul><li>Comments and posts are still being restored. How blogs, newly created preceding the outage, are to be handled, is apparently being decided. Recovery of Layout / Template tweaks have been requested, but not promised.</li> <li>All missing comments and posts will be restored, eventually (see below).</li> <li>The restore process will take into account comments and posts that have been republished by the authors (as I did).</li> <li>The restore process will include proper date / time stamps so we can check for duplicates.</li> <li>If we are patient enough, all will be recovered.</li> </ul><br /><br /> Please, be patient (and politely persistent). If you personally continue to see a bX code when trying to login or to access your dashboard, may I suggest the time honoured remedy of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/11/clearing-cache-cookies-and.html">clearing cache, cookies, and sessions</a>, and restarting the browser. Then, report the code, and details, in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> And as always, consider that your observed problem may be only coincidentally related to the problems of May 11, 2011. Diagnose your problems, when possible, before complaining.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <hr />(Update 2011/05/15 23:00 PDT): Blogger has provided <a href="http://buzz.blogger.com/2011/05/blogger-is-back.html" target="_blank">a way to report problems</a> relating to this episode.<blockquote>If you still have other issues, please contact us via the temporary <a href="https://spreadsheets0.google.com/a/google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHA1MF9CcVdkX0o1S2Fab0RKT0ZyV1E6MQ" target="_blank">form</a> we?ve set up for this particular issue.</blockquote><hr /><br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-4590179586127414216?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/GV2sFV7aC6A/when-you-setup-commenting-on-your-blog.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">When You Setup Commenting On Your Blog, Enter Email Addresses Properly</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">We've known for a while <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/02/when-you-login-to-blogger-always-use.html">the frustration</a> (and conversely, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/11/your-email-address-and-blogger-account.html">the mystery</a>) caused by incorrectly entering your email address for your Blogger account. There are other ways to cause frustration (and mystery) also, when incorrectly entering an email address.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, we occasional see the bewildered question<blockquote>Why do I get comments for another blog, in my email?</blockquote>and the frustrated question<blockquote>Why do I not get comments for my blog, in my email?</blockquote>Both questions are, frequently, just two sides of the same problem.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> In Settings - Comments, we see two very important options.<ul><li><b>Comment moderation</b>: Email address.<blockquote>We will email you at this address when a non-member leaves a comment on your blog. Leave blank if you don't want to receive these emails.</blockquote></li><li><b>Comment Notification Email</b>.<blockquote>You can enter up to ten email addresses, separated by commas. We will email these addresses when someone leaves a comment on your blog.</blockquote></li></ul>Both of these options let comments, posted by you or somebody else, generate email to the recipient, as specified.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Neither option is verified. If you enter your email address (or maybe your friend's email address), you (or maybe your friend) get the email resulting from the comments. If you enter a stranger's email address, the stranger gets the email (and you don't get the email).<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If you aren't getting email, when you should, you can check (and correct) your mistake. If you're getting email for somebody else, that other person needs to check (and correct) his mistake. Who the other person is, you'll never know. You could contact the owner, by leaving a comment on his blog, right? Wrong.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-3666420828365151986?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/izvcNA9Yyp8/getting-ready-to-rename-redesign-your.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Getting Ready to Rename / Redesign Your Blog? Pick The Available URL, First</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Renaming a blog - republishing it to a new URL - is simple enough. Pick an available URL. We all know how to <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/02/identifying-available-blogspot-url.html">identify an available URL</a> - pick it now. Once you know that it's available, you have it - and it's not available, any more.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> What if your renaming project also involves restyling the blog? Do you really want to wait until the blog has been restyled, before picking your new URL? On the other hand, you're surely not going to rename it, until it's been restyled. A new name, with the old style - how lame would that be?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> What if restyling the blog is a function of the new URL? Do you really want to restyle the blog first - then see if the new URL is available? What if somebody else picks your new URL, before you are ready? That's called stress.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Prevent stress - do the project in 4 steps. This is an expanded version of <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/03/renaming-your-blog-planning-change.html">a properly planned blog renaming</a>.<ol><li>Setup a <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2006/06/stub-post.html">stub blog</a>, published to the new URL.</li> <li>Restyle the blog, to match the new URL.</li> <li><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/01/swapping-urls-between-two-blogs.html">Swap URLs</a> between the current blog, and the stub blog.</li> <li>Now, update the stub blog, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/04/use-post-feed-redirect-url-when.html">redirecting your existing traffic</a> to the new URL.</li> </ol><br /><br /> Much neater - not all that much more work - and way less stressful.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-5613482475896705693?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/ZJoTwMxmAj8/company-blogs-like-other-corporate.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Company Blogs, Like Other Corporate Assets, Must Be Properly Managed</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">One subject which generates some frustration, as reported in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=3a39191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: How Do I?</a>, concerns blog ownership - and specifically, "How do I take over ownership of a blog which I need to control?". In some cases, this is because the blog was <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/08/having-blogger-blog-removed-after-death.html">owned by someone who just died</a>, or maybe somebody optimistically <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/09/all-blog-administrators-must-be-able-to.html">chose the wrong "friend" to co-administer a blog</a>. As blogs become more common for small businesses to use as a website platform, we are seeing a third scenario<blockquote>How do I get control of the blog about my business? The employee who set the blog up has left the company.</blockquote><br /><br /> Like other <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/04/blog-ownership-possession-is-law.html">issues about blog ownership</a>, this is not as simple as it may appear. A blog, like other corporate assets, should be controlled by the corporation or small business. If you, the owner of your business, entrust a computer, or a car, to the personal control of an employee, you are still responsible for the actions of that employee when he or she is acting as an employee. A blog, though not a physical item, is still a corporate asset - and you, or the company, are <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/06/you-are-responsible-for-maintaining.html">responsible for keeping control of that asset</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If you need to take control of a blog, when the employee who owns the blog leaves your control, Blogger Support will try to assist you regain control of that asset.<br /><br /> <ul><li>Does the blog clearly identify the business? Blogs that are obviously about your business, and obviously published by your business, will be more easily transferred to your control, than blogs which merely mention your business.</li> <li>Can you clearly identify yourself as an officer or owner of your business? If you can easily identify yourself as someone who controls your business, you can be more easily given control of the blog.</li> <li>Are you a blog member? Blogger can more easily transfer control to you, if they don't have to actually add your Blogger account as a blog owner.</li> </ul>These are all questions, that you would do well to ask yourself now, rather than after your employee leaves your control.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Proper business management requires planning. Planning control of all assets - including blog or website ownership - is part of proper planning.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-5600960435034256254?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/zn6yyx6V3eM/can-followers-gadget-link-my-blog-to.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Can The Followers Gadget Link My Blog To Spammers, And To Their Blogs?</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">The hugely popular Blogger / Google accessory, Following, has been with us for <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/08/follow-me.html">almost 3 years</a>. Thanks to ongoing activity by hackers, porn merchants, and spammers, unfortunately, some folks still have misgivings as to whether they should blindly publicise (and backlink) strangers (and their blogs), when they Follow our blogs.<blockquote>Does the Followers gadget, on my blog, subject my blog to possible classification as a spam blog, should a spammer decide to Follow my blog?</blockquote>This is a perfectly understandable fear, considering the pain suffered by so many, when asking for their blog to be <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/04/improvements-to-spam-review-appeal.html">restored from spurious spam classification</a>, in a discussion in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Fortunately, this fear, though understandable, is spurious. Google provides the Following gadget, with our Followers isolated from our blogs, by using JavaScript. Take a look at the source code for the Followers gadget, some time. You will not see a list of HTML based links, to your Followers. What you will see is JavaScript code.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Long known as a problem for our blogs and websites, when we use JavaScript code to connect our blogs - because the search engine spiders cannot follow JavaScript based links - the use of JavaScript, in the Followers gadget, ensures that no porn or spam scanning spider will jump from our blogs to any Follower. Specifically, this protects our blogs from automated attack by a malicious Follower with hacking, porn, or spam connections.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Rest assured, having the Followers gadget on your blog does not present an automated threat to the future of your blog.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> All that said, you will still do well to <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/03/manage-your-followers-carefully.html">manually scan for, and block</a>, any Follower with dodgy links in her / his profile. Just don't worry about automated threats - and don't remove the Followers gadget because of unfounded fear.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-8291902366898450816?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/EIEY3SC1JQ8/blog-owners-report-disabled-blogger.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Blog Owners Report Disabled Blogger / GMail / Google Accounts - May 2011</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">This week, we're seeing another round of GMail accounts being disabled, again (in some cases) with mysterious mention of "unusual activity on your account". Besides the GMail / Google account being disabled, the predictable loss of AdSense, Blogger, Picasa, and other services is reported. This is similar to an experience from February 2011, <i><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/02/blog-owners-report-disabled-gmail.html">Blog Owners Report Disabled GMail / Google Accounts, With A Variety Of Other Symptoms</a></i>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The victims of this problem report receipt of the advice "Your account has been disabled" when they login, with a link to Google Accounts: <a href="http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=40695&hl=en&ctx=ch_ServiceLoginAuth" target="_blank">Account has been disabled</a> provided, for more information.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The important advice on the latter page is in the last paragraph.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <blockquote>Please start by reviewing the relevant Terms of Service. Then, if you think your account should not have been disabled, please <a href="http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=disabled2&p=" target="_blank">contact us</a>.</blockquote><br /><br /> Clicking on "contact us", you are presented a form <a href="http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=disabled2&p=" target="_blank">My account is disabled</a>.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> All fields on this form, presented in <b>bold type face</b>, are essential. The most important field for you, here, may be the question<br /><br /> <blockquote>Do you currently have access to the email address that you use to sign in to your account?</blockquote>If you select "No", you get <blockquote><b>An email address we can use to contact you</b></blockquote>Since your GMail account has been disabled, you will need an alternate email address, which you provide there.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Having filled out the form, hit "Submit", and you get the predictable<blockquote>Your request has been submitted</blockquote>And now, you wait. My personal experience with this, a few months ago, was maybe an hour of anxious waiting, before I got the email from Google announcing the reactivation of my account.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-6353796273507189594?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/GcLs8Yw5jVM/recreating-blogger-google-account-vs.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">Recreating A Blogger / Google Account Vs Restoring A Blogger / Google Account</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">People make mistakes, and that bare fact is the basis for so many interesting problem reports in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>. If you made a mistake and deleted your Blogger account, maybe you're just now noticing that the blogs owned by the account have disappeared, also.<blockquote><h1>Blog has been removed</h1><br /><br /> Sorry, the blog at mydeletedblog.blogspot.com has been removed. This address is not available for new blogs.</blockquote>Now, what to do?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If you want the blog back, there is only one thing for you to do, <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/12/please-google-restore-my-deleted.html">get the Blogger account restored</a>. Some people make a second mistake here, and setup a new Blogger / Google account, using the same email address. This gives you a Blogger / Google account with the right email address - but without access to any of the blogs owned by the account just deleted.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Access to any Blogger blog is only possible, using the right Blogger account. When you re create a Blogger account using the email address of a Blogger account just deleted, you are creating a new Blogger account. You cannot control blogs, owned by an account just deleted, by recreating the account. You have to get the deleted Blogger account restored, so you can re establish access to the blogs.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Having created a new Blogger account (with the same email address as the previously deleted account), you now have a new problem. Google can't restore your previously deleted account, when you have created a new account using that same email address. In order to have the previously deleted Blogger account restored, you have to delete the Google account just created.<ul><li>Delete the Google account that you just created.</li> <li>Have the earlier <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/12/please-google-restore-my-deleted.html">deleted Blogger / Google account restored</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/02/deleted-blogs-can-be-restored-but-there.html">Un delete the blogs</a>, that were deleted when the Blogger account was deleted.</li> </ul>That's your only choice, now.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-7966707003774112502?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/cNpXMVfgAfM/dmca-violation-vs-report-abuse-does-one.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">DMCA Violation Vs "Report Abuse" - Does One Duplicate The Other?</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Some blog owners are confused about the function of the "<a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/04/dmca-violation-form-may-have-just-use.html">DMCA Violation</a>" complaint vs the "<a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2009/03/improved-porn-spam-blog-reporting-for.html">Report Abuse</a>" form - and some blog owners use one complaint process when the other would be more appropriate.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The "<a href="http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/request.py?hl=en&contact_type=main_tos&rd=1" target="_blank">Report Abuse</a>" form is for multiple offended parties to collaboratively complain about a given blog, using any of several different categories.<ul><li>Defamation/Libel/Slander.</li> <li>Copyright/Piracy issues.</li> <li>Spam.</li> <li>Nudity.</li> <li>Hate or violence.</li> <li>Impersonation.</li> <li>Someone is posting my private information.</li> <li>I think someone else is using my account.</li> </ul>The "Report Abuse" wizard can be accessed from the navbar link, or directly. There are many categories for reporting a problem, and no specific details are required. This makes "Report Abuse" easy to use. To prevent abusive use of "Report Abuse", it's collaborative - many "votes" (in any one category) are required to be placed against a problem blog, before automated action takes place.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The "<a href="http://www.google.com/blogger_dmca.html" target="_blank">DMCA Violation</a>" form is for one specific party to individually complain about a given blog, and make a specific complaint. This form has specific requirements, and a very serious caution against misuse.<br /><br /> <blockquote>IMPORTANT: Misrepresentations made in your notice regarding whether material or activity is infringing may expose you to liability for damages (including costs and attorneys' fees). Courts have found that you must consider copyright defenses, limitations or exceptions before sending a notice. In one case involving online content, a company paid more than $100,000 in costs and attorneys fees after targeting content protected by the U.S. fair use doctrine. Accordingly, if you are not sure whether material available online infringes your copyright, we suggest that you first contact an attorney.</blockquote><br /><br /> The immediate and long term effect of a successfully placed complaint also varies, between the two processes.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> An abuse report requires multiple people placing a report against the same blog. Given enough "votes" against a specific blog, a targeted blog can be locked or deleted within hours.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If an abuse report is falsely placed, the effects can be easily reversed. For a spam host accusation, if the target blog is locked or deleted, the owner can <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/04/improvements-to-spam-review-appeal.html">appeal the classification</a>. Given a blog that does not obviously host spam, the blog can be <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/02/three-strikes-and-youre-out.html">restored to operating status</a> within hours of the appeal being placed.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> A DMCA Violation report is much more formal. Besides the serious caution, the "Report alleged copyright infringement: Blogger" form has specific details which must be provided, and which can be verified by Google Legal. The DMCA Complaint procedure includes time for the owner of the targeted blog to respond, before action can be taken. However, once action is taken, much more effort is required by the owner to recover an offending blog.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> If you have a complaint against a Blogger blog, you have avenues to take, to seek relief. And if you are the owner of an offending blog, you have avenues to take, to protect yourself. Know the differences between the two procedures.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-1001456242738961671?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> <tr><td style="background-color: #f1eded; color: #000000; "><b><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Nitecruzr-Blogging/~3/zRl9SmshjFw/there-is-no-rainbow-and-no-pot-of-gold.html" style="color: #000000;" target="_blank">There Is No Rainbow, And No Pot Of Gold</a></b></td></tr> <tr><td class="rsspal" style="width:100%; overflow: hidden; word-wrap: break-word;background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; ">Too many blog owners have been lured into Internet publishing by the promise of easy riches. We see various optimistic promises, in the many blogs reported in <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/label?lid=0271191b4249689a&hl=en">Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken</a>, under hopeful topics like "Please restore my blog - I don't spam!".<br /><br /> <blockquote>If you don't even have a website, there are so many ways to earn money online. You can Get paid to take online surveys, Get paid by reading email, Get paid by surfing the Web etc. You can work from home, without any knowledge about building websites at all.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> Here, we've put together a list of the best, and the most popular money making methods seen today. We try to cover all methods and companies, which give various kinds of offers for making money online. Making money online is a dream for many people in this world - but it's not hard as you might think.</blockquote>The person who wrote this blog introduction is probably not the first to believe this, nor will he be the last. He's just one more.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> The recently issued <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2011/04/improvements-to-spam-review-appeal.html">Spam Appeal Guidelines</a> specifically forbid everything suggested in the first paragraph.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <b>Content or links referencing GPT, PTC, PTS</b><blockquote>Get paid to take online surveys, Get paid by reading email, Get paid by surfing the Web</blockquote><br /><br /> <b>'Make money from home' / 'Make money fast'</b><blockquote>work from home, without any knowledge about building websites</blockquote><br /><br /> There's <a href="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/09/maybe-you-need-to-find-something-else.html">no pot of gold</a> in the Blogger Blogosphere, folks. Sorry.<br /><br /> <br /><br /> <a href="#Top">>> Top</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24069595-8974056199166398664?l=blogging.nitecruzr.net' alt='' /></div></td></tr> </table>
