Nobody Has Hijacked THESE Blogs

My blog (one of them anyway) was http://nitecruzrrecipes.blogspot.com/ (now, it's http://recipes.nitecruzr.net/ - but, I digress).

Now, I'd hate to have to type that by hand. But that's MY blog.

On the other hand, neither http://nitecruzrrecipes.blogpsot.com/, nor http://nitecruzrrecipse.blogspot.com/ is my blog.

If you typed http://nitecruzrrecipes.blogpsot.com/ into your browser, you'd hope to get an honest diagnostic page.

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at nitecruzrrecipes.blogpsot.com.

Check the address for typing errors such as www.example.com instead of www.example.com.

If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.

If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

If you typed http://nitecruzrrecipse.blogspot.com/ into your browser, you'd hope to get

Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server. Please visit the Blogger homepage or the Blogger Knowledge Base for further assistance.

And I did, when I tried the last example. The first example, though, will give you a webpage that I will not look at. You may follow the link, if you wish - it's there for you, and it's sanitised, using PKBlogs for your protection. If you do, though, you'll possibly be providing a few cents to yet another spammer. But how is this possible? It's quite simple, and it's legal. Google, or Blogger, owns blogspot.com. Doug Powell owns blogpsot.com. The "hijacker" (and I don't know if there is an actual term used for this type of hijack either) has registered blogpsot.com. That's quite legal. Unfortunately, a few Bloggers don't know of this little scam. So, when they see a spammer's blog come up when they think that they've typed their own URL, they freak, and think that their blog has been hijacked. In this case, though, they're mistaken.

Relax, and get on with your life. Various hijackings are happening, but this is not one. Neither Doug Powell (owner of Blogpsot.Com), nor W3.Org, is hijacking your blog.

Embedded Comments And Main Page View

The option to display comments, embedded below the post, was made a blog option relatively recently. This was a long requested feature - and many bloggers added it to their blogs, as soon as the option was presented to us. Some blog owners like this feature so much, that they request it to be visible when the blog is opened, in main page view. I would like all comments, and the comment form, to be shown underneath the relevant post, automatically, for everyone to read without clicking on the number of comments link. And this is not how embedded comments work.

What's The URL Of My Blog?

We see the plea for help, periodically I need the URL of my blog, so I can give it to my friends. Help! Who's buried in Grant's Tomb, after all? No Chuck, be polite. OK, OK. The title of this blog is "The Real Blogger Status", and the title of this post is "What's The URL Of My Blog?".

With Following, Anonymous Followers Can't Be Blocked

As people become used to Blogger Following as just another tool to connect people, they start to think about the implications . And we see questions like How do I block someone who's been following my blog secretly? I couldn't see her in my Followers list (hence I couldn't use the "Block this user" link), but I have looked at her profile and could see that she's Following my blog. Following, when you look at the bottom line, is no more than a feed subscription and an icon (possibly) displayed on your blog, and linking back to the profile of the Follower in question. If someone Follows your blog anonymously, all that they get is a subscription to the blog feed. If you publish a feed from your blog, and if the feed is open to anybody (which, right now, is the case ), then it's open to everybody. If someone wants to use Following to subscribe to the feed, you can't stop this. You can't block it before, or after, the fact. You can't Block w

The Real Blogger Status

Search This Blog