tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post285380241815055183..comments2024-03-27T04:17:20.550-07:00Comments on The Real Blogger Status: Sorry - That Blog*Spot URL Is Already TakenNitecruzrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-42163614282648932912009-10-17T17:10:07.956-07:002009-10-17T17:10:07.956-07:00I'm extremely confused. I deleted my blog, but...I'm extremely confused. I deleted my blog, but it says that it's unavailable. Is there any way I can get it back then? I deleted the entire account, and started from scratch.Fishiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997352563011962947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-46641250224696761622008-12-23T10:28:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:28:00.000-08:00Spencer,I suspect that you're right. Unfortunatel...Spencer,<BR/><BR/>I suspect that you're right. Unfortunately, I don't believe that it will happen. That's in my professional opinion, after working with them for over 3 years now.<BR/><BR/>You've seen (maybe) the arbitrary and capricious attitude that they take towards unlocking / restoring <A HREF="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2008/02/blogs-are-being-removed-for-just-cause.html" REL="nofollow">false positive spam detected blogs</A>. Or maybe how unreliable they are with <A HREF="http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/06/another-blog-is-already-hosted-at-this.html" REL="nofollow">clearing Custom Domain corruptions</A>?<BR/><BR/><B>Please</B> think of the implications, legal and otherwise, were Blogger to involve themselves with any type of discussion about re issuing blog names.<BR/><BR/>I'm not going to re start the thread with Richard, even though I sympathised with him in part, because that is one subject in maybe half a dozen that I could name that could, with the right involvement, go on for months as one long endless thread. And probably attract a few trolls too.<BR/><BR/>If you want to see a comparable thread, look at <A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21059549-new-forum-Gay-Lesbian-Talk" REL="nofollow">this thread in another forum (NOT Google)</A>. The latter thread is still going on, and it involves <B>active</B> moderation to keep it at that level of civility. Not Google style "moderation" in Blogger Help Group.<BR/><BR/>Blogger Support simply doesn't have the management necessary to operate a controversial procedure like arbitrating ownership of blog names, voluntarily released by the first owner or not.<BR/><BR/>ICANN, in the public domain world, is just starting with the concept of arbitation on domain name ownership, and endless streams of lawyers are probably lining up to be in that one. What you'll see in Blogger will be a Google imitation. Please let's not go there.<BR/><BR/>Let Google simply say it<BR/>"Blogger accounts and Blog*Spot addresses do not expire", and leave it.Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-86250688467545058512008-12-23T05:45:00.000-08:002008-12-23T05:45:00.000-08:00Chuck, In response to your response to Richard, I ...Chuck, <BR/><BR/>In response to your response to Richard, I believe it would in fact be in Google's best interest to provide a way to reclaim long-stagnant domains. <BR/><BR/>Google's purpose is to bring as many visitors as possible and compete against other blog services for traffic. It seems that active blogs would draw more traffic than stagnant ones.<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying that current owners may not have valid arguments, and I'm not saying they even need them. But I think many of them honestly lost interest and forgot, and what's the harm in asking? Say, "You haven't used this account in 7 years, do you mind if we close it?". And it wouldn't close automatically if they didn't reply, only if they replied and said, "Yeah sure, go ahead! I don't mind at all". If it were me, I really wouldn't mind, and would free up the address. <BR/><BR/>As to the legal question, all they have to do is mention this in their EULA and they'd be square. Wouldn't effect existing blogs, but could stop this from happening in the future.Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251016957263992824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-82264790105835330752008-11-07T16:35:00.000-08:002008-11-07T16:35:00.000-08:00Jack,Can you spell the "freak" in "chocolate" ?Jack,<BR/><BR/>Can you spell the <A HREF="http://musings.nitecruzr.net/2007/06/is-chocolate-drug.html" REL="nofollow">"freak" in "chocolate"</A> ?Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-75418231282464443232008-11-07T16:24:00.000-08:002008-11-07T16:24:00.000-08:00Is it possible to have blogger contact the owner. ...Is it possible to have blogger contact the owner. I would like to take over a URL that was only posted on once in 2002. unfortunately there is no profile so I'm sort of at a lose end.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04073255547254419040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-25395136052906456602008-09-30T10:13:00.000-07:002008-09-30T10:13:00.000-07:00Richard,I would guess that Blogger won't change th...Richard,<BR/><BR/>I would guess that Blogger won't change the policy, because it's not in their best interest to do so.<BR/><BR/>It's not in their best interest to do so, because there could be scenarios where both the current and future (wanna be) owners might each have equally valid arguments. The legendary King Solomon, in the Judao-Christian Bible, would be truly challenged by some such situations.<BR/><BR/>So, rather than possibly create precedents that might later lead to legal entanglements, they wisely choose to prevent any precedents, by saying monolithically<BR/>"<A HREF="http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=41931" REL="nofollow">Blogger accounts and Blog*Spot addresses do not expire</A>."Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-72097146874070069252008-09-30T08:17:00.000-07:002008-09-30T08:17:00.000-07:00That may be the policy, but they should change it....That may be the policy, but they should change it. OK, so some inactive blogs may become active again. But what about those that have never been active?<BR/><BR><BR><BR/>I'm not saying they should just remove all inactive blogs - they should require the owner to "reclaim" them. Otherwise they will sit inactive forever. How is that in anyone's interests? <BR/><BR><BR><BR/>With domain names, you have to keep paying for them to remain active. I'm not suggesting that the same should happen with Blogger, but the owner should at least have to do <I>something</I> to show that they continue to have an interest in it.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068534586432367640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-4804410687461438012008-09-21T15:11:00.000-07:002008-09-21T15:11:00.000-07:00Ditto. Thanks for the information, even though i...Ditto. Thanks for the information, even though it is a worthless policy. I bet in 3-5 years when we start running out of silly names, they may change their tune. It especially hurts when the name I happened to want, created 4 years ago, has zero entries, so it's not like it's being kept around as 'critical information'.John Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272684356917733583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-10318186716136644012008-07-27T18:01:00.000-07:002008-07-27T18:01:00.000-07:00thanks for the help. much appreciated.thanks for the help. much appreciated.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687577540768765219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-19960439617691451902007-08-22T18:22:00.000-07:002007-08-22T18:22:00.000-07:00Brenda,Join the club. I wanted http://pchuck.blog...Brenda,<BR/><BR/>Join the club. I wanted <A HREF="http://pchuck.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://pchuck.blogspot.com</A>.<BR/><BR/>8-(<BR/><BR/>I ended up using <A HREF="http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com</A>.Nitecruzrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069634565746003311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24069595.post-27537025418866173472007-08-22T16:02:00.000-07:002007-08-22T16:02:00.000-07:00Well, crap ... that answers my question.After laug...Well, crap ... that answers my question.<BR/><BR/>After laughing myself silly over Brotherhood 2.0, my sister and I thought that "twosisters" would be a great blog name for a text-only blog. So did two other girls ... six years ago ... for about three weeks.<BR/><BR/>The end. They get that awesome name, and they don't even care!<BR/><BR/>The absolute impossibility of contacting a real person on blogger will very likely take us somewhere else. I've done OK with my blog here, but not OK enough to start a new one.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the information -- at least I know that they really are completely unhelpful, and it's not just me.Mommerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16826556429464133164noreply@blogger.com