Choose Your Registrar, When Buying A Domain

When yous buy a domain - either equally purpose of the "Buy a domain" wizard, or when yous buy straight from a registrar - yous are gratis to utilisation whatever registrar that yous wish, for the purchase. The "Buy a domain" sorcerer (which should live on your preferred method of purchase) lets yous utilisation either eNom or GoDaddy - together with which registrar yous utilisation is your pick - though the pick is non made obvious, yesteryear the sorcerer layout.

The selection of which registrar to use, inwards "Buy a domain", is e'er your conclusion - though the selection procedure is somewhat obscure. Just larn slowly, together with await carefully for the correct link.

Start from the Good News display. Find the tiny link at the bottom - "Learn more", adjacent to the advert of the chosen registrar.


And, in that place it is. If yous don't similar the pick made for you, pick the other.



The pick is correct in that place - yous only accept to know where to look.

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The Problem, Amongst Publishing Our Weblog Posts To Facebook, Does Non Patently Convey A Uncomplicated Cause

The employment of publishing our spider web log posts to FaceBook, initially observed several days ago, has generated about tilt - in addition to much confusion, inward Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken. Suggestions well-nigh its base of operations crusade are numerous - in addition to variant.

• Initially in addition to at offset glance, it appeared to involved posts containing lots of pictures.
• Some folks guide hold suggested that it involves role of the New GUI Post Editor.
• Other folks insist that it's the outcome of a FaceBook decision, that may guide hold targeted Blogger every bit a spam host.
• Still others insist that it results from role of the Share push clitoris inward the blog, vs the "Update Status" magician inward FaceBook itself.
• One spider web log possessor gave a really interesting explanation involving FaceBook, in addition to Open Graph.

The employment has been reported to Blogger Support - though no response, to my report, has notwithstanding been seen. My asking, a few times, whether anybody has successfully reported the employment to FaceBook Support, has either been ignored or vigourously rejected, past times all involved inward the arguments.

The ane certain thing, that I've observed hence far well-nigh this problem, is that at that spot is non evidently ane certain matter causing this problem. I've done several tests, in addition to published a few posts into my FaceBook Wall, successfully - using both the Share button, in addition to "Update Status". Perversely, I was able to reproduce the employment reported past times ane spider web log owner.

My forthwith previous post service - Choose Your Registrar, When Buying H5N1 Domain - was composed using the New GUI Post Editor, contains pictures, in addition to was published to my Wall using "Share to Facebook", amongst no problem. I merely published this post, using The New Blogger GUI Post Editor in addition to "Update Status", onto my Wall. If yous examine my Wall, you'll run across before posts, composed using the Classic GUI Post Editor, also.

I volition hold to hold my rollup discussion open, for reporting diagnostic details - in addition to respectfully asking that exclusively diagnostic details endure posted there. Until either Blogger Support in addition to / or FaceBook Support guide hold ownership of the problem, in addition to hope a resolution, no objectively provided diagnostic particular is unnecessary. Your observations, whenever provided, could render the final, necessary clues, in addition to Pb to the diagnosis of the problem.

If anybody would similar to hash out my diagnostic efforts to appointment - in addition to specially if at that spot are any FaceBook Support personnel reading this, I guide hold a mo give-and-take inward progress, amongst ane helpful spider web log owner.

Please, endure objective. Observe both the etiology of Blogger problems, in addition to the epidemiology of forum discussions.

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(Update 2012/01/94): It appears that most people are at nowadays able to post service to FaceBook. Some people are at nowadays reporting a novel annoyance

You are attempting to post service a link that has been marked every bit abusive and/or spammy.

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(Update 2012/01/02): Blogger Support was aware of the employment finally week, tried to contact FaceBook then, in addition to has heard nil inward return. Their analysis of the problem, made finally week, is that the employment is exterior their control.

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The Many Faces Of Spam Classification - In Addition To Varying Consequences

Many weblog owners as well as readers are completely unaware of the many ways our AdSense, Blogger, GMail, as well as Google accounts, our blogs, as well as our forum activity, are plain of study to spam classification - as well as the diverse consequences that nosotros may suffer, when nosotros trip a spam classification threshold. Questions inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken are seen daily.

Why was my forum occupation organisation human relationship locked?

and

Why gain my comments larn straightaway to the Spam tab, on my friend's blog?

and

Why am I seeing ominous messages close "suspicious activity" on my account, when I sign into Blogger or GMail?

These are merely iii examples of the questions, that nosotros bargain with, almost constantly.

Spam classification, yesteryear Blogger / Google is a collaborative, fuzzy, as well as ubiquitous process, which affects all aspects of our role of Blogger as well as Google services. Each dissimilar Google service may create input into the spam classification procedure - as well as each service may live on differently affected, when nosotros are (righteously, or spuriously) classified every bit a potential spammer, yesteryear to a greater extent than or less other service.

Some services may role automated classification or detection - as well as others may role user contributed abuse reports. When user contributed reports are used, collaboration - either yesteryear multiple users, or automated or manual verification yesteryear Google staff - is involved. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 single, accidental click on a "Report Abuse" link volition non campaign a problem.

Some automated classification processes, on the other hand, may termination inwards fake positive detection. We are repeatedly advised that Blogger cannot whitelist your blog. The volume of spam content inwards Blogger requires immediate locking of all suspected spam blogs, amongst spuriously classified blogs beingness unlocked subsequently review.

There are a few mutual feel ways that nosotros may reduce the chances of many blogs beingness classified every bit suspected spam hosts.

Here are iii services, which nosotros role inwards publishing as well as viewing, as well as bespeak for assistance close publishing as well as viewing, diverse Blogger blogs.

Causes of spam detection

• Blogger occupation organisation human relationship / blog
  • Spammy content.
  • No content, as well as clone detection.
  • Linking to spammy content.
  • Comments repeatedly flagged every bit "Spam", yesteryear other weblog owners.
  • Use of URL obfuscation services, such every bit "gooo . gl", "bit . ly", or "spaam . ru".
  • Excessive posting volume.
  • Suspicious / Unusual account activity.
• Forum account
  • Post floods.
  • Spammy links, or excessive signatures inwards posts.
  • Similar to spammy commenting, advertising one's weblog / spider web site inwards forums where it is not considered appropriate or relevant.
• GMail account
  • Brute forcefulness login attempts, using hijacked computers, supposedly controlled yesteryear Net based neighbours.
  • Repeated login retries, yesteryear the occupation organisation human relationship owner, which tin forcefulness out expect similar creature forcefulness login attempts.

Consequences of spam detection

• AdSense account
  • Deleted / suspended AdSense account.
• Blogger occupation organisation human relationship / blog
  • Locked account.
  • Deleted blogs.
  • Comments going straight to "Spam" tab.
  • Having to solve a CAPTCHA to pose out posts.
• Forum account
  • Cleared / deleted discussions list.
  • Frozen / deleted accounts.
  • Frozen / reduced forum Level.
  • Loss of custom forum icon.
• GMail account
  • Deleted / locked GMail account.

Other Google services volition bring other causes as well as consequences, also - as well as the combinations of the diverse causes as well as consequences are almost infinite. The Blogger Help Forums - as well as the diverse other Google Support forums - volition stay inwards occupation organisation for a very, really long time.

Dynamic Templates Together With Someone Blogs

With the novel dynamic templates steadily gaining acceptance, there's i grouping of weblog owners finding themselves left out - too non agreement why.

We are seeing diverse queries inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, from owners of private blogs.

Is in that place a agency to last a dynamic view, too stimulate got a private blog, but for us to view?

And the respond hither is simple

No, private blogs don't break a weblog feed - too dynamic views won't work.

This is non a capricious or pedantic conclusion past times Blogger, it's a technical limitation.

Blog Owners Written Report Disabled Blogger Accounts

This week, we're seeing a few reports, inwards Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, of disabled Blogger together with GMail accounts, over again amongst ominous warnings of "suspicious activity" or "unusual activity" on your account.

Besides a disabled Blogger account, loss of AdSense, Blogger, Picasa, together with other services is reported. This is like to an before sense from May 2011.

In many cases, people amongst disabled accounts should last automatically redirected to Google Accounts Help: Account has been disabled.

Start amongst the generic "disabled account" instructions.

You tin start there, where yous are advised, generically, why accounts are existence disabled.

If your occupation organization human relationship was non righteously disabled, you'll notice the appropriate pedagogy inwards the final paragraph.

Please start past times reviewing the relevant Terms of Service. Then, if yous intend your occupation organization human relationship should non produce got been disabled, delight contact us.

Clicking on "contact us", yous come across Google Accounts Help: My occupation organization human relationship is disabled. Here, yous are advised

Please summarize what happened when your occupation organization human relationship became disabled then nosotros tin investigate. We'll follow upward amongst yous solely if nosotros require to a greater extent than data or nosotros produce got additional data to share.

Make certain that yous tin last contacted - anonymity is non possible, now.

Be certain to furnish an active e-mail address, for contact. When yous fill upward out the form, this is non the fourth dimension for insisting on anonymity. Selecting "No", for

Do yous currently produce got access to the e-mail address that yous role to sign inwards to your account?

you are asked for

An e-mail address nosotros tin role to contact you

If yous genuinely desire your occupation organization human relationship reactivated, furnish an e-mail occupation organization human relationship which yous use, or check, frequently.

You'll produce got to wait, patiently, for occupation organization human relationship together with weblog review.

Having filled out the form, together with hitting "Submit", yous wait, every bit patiently every bit possible. The publish of like reports, combined amongst the fourth dimension of twelvemonth (such every bit the kickoff calendar week next goal of twelvemonth holidays, when many people have novel computers), may crusade the queue, from this form, to last processed relatively slowly.

Note that fuzzy spam classification may result inwards diverse Google accounts together with assets existence taken off-line together with fifty-fifty deleted - together with the accounts together with assets may non all last restored immediately - or fifty-fifty simultaneously.

Specifically, nosotros produce got noted latency on restoration of Blogger blogs, afterwards the owning Blogger accounts are brought dorsum on-line. If your Blogger occupation organization human relationship is a victim of "suspicious / odd activity", allow for your blogs to last off-line 24 to 48 hours afterwards the occupation organization human relationship has been restored. Blogger Engineers are aware that this is a problem.

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Blog Owners Report Disabled Blogger / GMail / Google Accounts - Jan 2012

A Google Concern Human Relationship Does Non Bring To Endure Gmail

Blogger uses the Google "One account" login to position you, when your identity is important.

Occasionally, inwards a Google account, together with a GMail (Google email) account.

When Blogger changed their login screen, together with started instructing us to

Sign inwards alongside your Google account

they were making the term "Google account" to a greater extent than inclusive - non making the term "Blogger account" obsolete, or less inclusive.

Your Google work organization human relationship may live on based on your Blogger account.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Google account, inwards this case, is based upon your electrical current Blogger account. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Blogger work organization human relationship tin live on based on a GMail e-mail address - or it can, simply equally easily (more easily, actually) live on based on a non GMail e-mail address.

What the %^&&? I create non purpose GMail!


Your identity, using Blogger, is provided alongside a Blogger account.

Whether yous are going to purpose Blogger for commenting, equally a spider web log Follower, equally a spider web log owner, equally a someone spider web log reader, or a squad spider web log member, your identity needs to live on verified. This requires a Blogger work organization human relationship - it simply does non convey to live on a GMail account, if yous don't desire GMail.

Please, allow your identity to live on provided - when necessary.

You volition ask to purpose a figurer that permits your identity to live on checked. Computers alongside excessive security, that needlessly anonymise you, volition live on a problem, alongside many Blogger / Google features together with services.

When yous run across a reference to "your Google account", don't pass fourth dimension complaining most violation of your correct to conduct your e-mail address. Just purpose your Blogger account.

Legacy Blogger Accounts Are No Longer Supported

Last year, Blogger made an announcement that displeased a few Blogger weblog owners.

For a lay out of technical in addition to operational reasons, we’ve decided to in conclusion cease our back upwards for migrating legacy accounts in addition to blogs subsequently Dec 5, 2011.

The initial proclamation was made inward April, 2011, amongst an activity date, initially scheduled, good earlier Dec five - in addition to the activity engagement was delayed, several times. The quotation that you lot run across was edited past times Blogger Support, inward their article, repeatedly.

On Dec 6, 2011, back upwards for Legacy Blogger accounts in conclusion ended. Even so, nosotros all the same run across occasional signs of oblivious describe of piece of work organisation human relationship holders, inward Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.

My describe of piece of work organisation human relationship doesn't direct maintain a Google address because it it is eight years former - how create I recover access to my account?

Apparently, non everybody who needed to create so, bothered to read the announcement.

Like the long announced FTP Publishing migration, Legacy accounts back upwards has ended. There's no known alternative, for Legacy accounts - nor is the condition of the accounts themselves - or the blogs, or of the URLs, owned past times the non supported Blogger accounts - known.

What does the higher upwards proclamation state? Simply, if

1. You direct maintain a legacy account.
2. You never bothered to migrate your legacy account.
3. You travail migrating your legacy describe of piece of work organisation human relationship inward the future.
4. And you lot direct maintain a work amongst the migration.
5. Then, you lot are on your own.

Blogger is looking to the hereafter - in addition to needs to pass their fourth dimension to a greater extent than productively. They merely don't direct maintain fourth dimension to diagnose problems amongst private accounts that can't live on migrated, subsequently many months of warning, close this change, was provided.

What does the higher upwards proclamation non state?

1. You can't role your legacy Blogger account, inward the future.
2. You can't migrate your legacy Blogger account, to a electrical flow Google account.
3. Your legacy Blogger describe of piece of work organisation human relationship volition live on deleted.
4. Your blogs, owned past times a legacy Blogger account, volition live on deleted.
5. The URLs, used past times blogs owned past times a legacy Blogger account, volition live on taken from you.
6. Any URL, used past times a weblog owned past times a legacy Blogger account, volition live on made available to you.

None of the higher upwards were stated, inward the announcement. The proclamation states alone that migration back upwards has ended. Whether whatever of the higher upwards volition change, inward the future, can't live on predicted. We'll promise that some alert volition live on given, earlier whatever of the higher upwards change. Just don't bet whatever coin that alert volition live on given.

All that nosotros tin say, correct now, is

You were warned.

Sorry. All things come upwards to an end. You direct maintain to support Blogger, to aspect them to back upwards you.

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