Maybe It's Time To Start Over

I've been advising folks about spam problems, and splog detection (both righteous and spurious), for several years. Sometimes, the advice is about cleaning up the blog, and submitting it for review. Other times, it's about blogs unjustly accused of being spam. Occasionally, it's about spam blogs, that can't be reviewed again.

Lately, we've seen some folks asking for help, when it appears that they have been given several chances, already, to clean up their act.

this is what i got from email:

We'd like to inform you that we've received another complaint regarding your blog. Upon review of your account, we've noted that your blog has repeatedly violated Blogger's Terms of Service (http://www.blogger.com/terms.g). Given that we've provided you with several warnings of these violations and advised you of our policy towards repeat infringers, we've been forced to remove your blog.

We all believe in forgiveness, but having been forgiven, should you continue with the blog restored and simply cleaned up? Or maybe, isn't it better for everybody if you simply start over, with a new blog and new content?

Focus your energy on making a new blog. Don't waste your time (the helpers time, Blogger Support's time) trying to clean up what can't be cleaned up.

Start over. And next time, when you get the first notice about unacceptable content, heed the warning.

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