One of the more positive changes in the "New GUI" involves an improved ability to find, and correct, deleted and locked blogs.
Finding deleted / locked blogs, under earlier versions of Blogger, was always a challenge - both for the person looking for the necessary display - and for the people trying to instruct how to find the necessary dashboard display.
In the current Blogger dashboard, one simply logs in and looks for the "Deleted Blogs" button - right beneath "New Blog", when the blog owner has any self deleted blogs, or any blogs deleted or locked by the Blogger abusive blogs classifier. Clicking on "Deleted Blogs", we see a list of blogs - with either an "Un delete" button (for self deleted blogs), or a "Restore" button (for spam classifier locked / deleted blogs).
Neither the "Restore" or "Undelete" button produce an immediate or universal result - both are still subject to previous limitations.
It is simply now far easier to find the spam review / un delete mechanism, than it was under the previous GUI.
If your blog was deleted by you - or deleted by Blogger for hosting malware, you should be able to hit "Restore", and the blog will be restored while you wait. If the blog was deleted or locked by Blogger for suspected spam hosting, you will probably have to solve a CAPTCHA - then wait 24 to 48 hours, while the blog is reviewed. In the long run, you will probably find this extra effort will be worth your time.
In some cases, the owning Blogger account may be locked, following unusual account activity - generally, brute force password guessing attempts, in an effort to hijack control of the account and any owned blogs. After submitting an account restore request and / or changing the account password, the blogs owned by the account will be restored - generally 24 to 48 hours after the account is restored. This is a normal, and unavoidable, result of Google, protecting your account and blogs from hacking activity.
Just be aware that not all blogs will be listed by the "Deleted Blogs" wizard.
Please be aware of the limitations of the restore process. This process serves blog owners who have been spuriously classified. If you request restore - and Blogger confirms that you are a spammer - you will be best advised to start over, or to find a different platform for publishing.
If you do start over, you should be very careful, and avoid making the same mistakes - lest you be subject to more strict punishment. Spammers simply are not welcome, in Blogger / Google - sorry.
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Finding deleted / locked blogs, under earlier versions of Blogger, was always a challenge - both for the person looking for the necessary display - and for the people trying to instruct how to find the necessary dashboard display.
In the current Blogger dashboard, one simply logs in and looks for the "Deleted Blogs" button - right beneath "New Blog", when the blog owner has any self deleted blogs, or any blogs deleted or locked by the Blogger abusive blogs classifier. Clicking on "Deleted Blogs", we see a list of blogs - with either an "Un delete" button (for self deleted blogs), or a "Restore" button (for spam classifier locked / deleted blogs).
Neither the "Restore" or "Undelete" button produce an immediate or universal result - both are still subject to previous limitations.
- The "Restore" button leads to the "Review Request" dialogue - and to the actual spam review - still subject to the opinion of Blogger / Google spam experts.
- The effect of the "Un delete" button is limited to blogs which can be un deleted.
It is simply now far easier to find the spam review / un delete mechanism, than it was under the previous GUI.
If your blog was deleted by you - or deleted by Blogger for hosting malware, you should be able to hit "Restore", and the blog will be restored while you wait. If the blog was deleted or locked by Blogger for suspected spam hosting, you will probably have to solve a CAPTCHA - then wait 24 to 48 hours, while the blog is reviewed. In the long run, you will probably find this extra effort will be worth your time.
In some cases, the owning Blogger account may be locked, following unusual account activity - generally, brute force password guessing attempts, in an effort to hijack control of the account and any owned blogs. After submitting an account restore request and / or changing the account password, the blogs owned by the account will be restored - generally 24 to 48 hours after the account is restored. This is a normal, and unavoidable, result of Google, protecting your account and blogs from hacking activity.
Just be aware that not all blogs will be listed by the "Deleted Blogs" wizard.
Please be aware of the limitations of the restore process. This process serves blog owners who have been spuriously classified. If you request restore - and Blogger confirms that you are a spammer - you will be best advised to start over, or to find a different platform for publishing.
If you do start over, you should be very careful, and avoid making the same mistakes - lest you be subject to more strict punishment. Spammers simply are not welcome, in Blogger / Google - sorry.
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Sorry, the blog at clarkssmith.blogspot.com has been removed. This address is not available for new blogs.
Did you expect to see your blog here? See: 'I can't find my blog on the Web, where is it?'
I will just start over. I saved my blog entries as word docs so I can recreate the past posts.
Thanks for your help.
Clark Smith
I really hope this blog can go back and I can continue my writing there. I am very please help. because it was the first time I experienced this bleak. thank you
I followed your direction on restoring my mistakenly deleted blog.
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I implore in return for effort and struggle to remember the blog menggelola really is full of obstacles.
I ask once again soon in return thank you
We cannot conduct content reviews (hacking, malware, porn, spam locks), here.
You must post in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
If your blog truly is a spam host - and can't be restored by Blogger - then you simply have to start over.
Were Blogger to restore access to the blog, so you could just recover your articles, this would be similar to the police giving a convicted bank robber his gun and mask, so he could go back to work robbing more banks, when released from prison after his incarceration is complete.
It would simply not be fair, to Blogger blog owners who do not spam, were you to be given access to your blog.
I'm sorry if this sounds dismissive, or rude - but it's neither. You now need to start over. It's that simple.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2010/02/you-cant-take-it-with-you.html
My Reading List is intact.
When I type in my blogger address - http://phillycollector.blogspot.com/ - I get the message that
Blog has been removed
Sorry, the blog at phillycollector.blogspot.com has been removed. This address is not available for new blogs.
Did you expect to see your blog here? See: 'I can't find my blog on the Web, where is it?'
Just before my blog disappeared, I received a message from Blogger asking me to confirm my account by entering my telephone number and to submit verification. I typed in the verification number as requested.
I am not a spammer; could someone have hijacked my Blogger account?
Thanking you in advance for your advice. I'll also submit a request to Blogger.
Dana
You are describing the normal result of Google, protecting you from hackers.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/07/hacking-detection-is-generally-not.html
I appreciate Google's protecting me from hackers. I mentioned that normal result because it occurred right before my blog vanished.
But now my blog is restored. I am a happy Blogger again!
Dana
You need to read the [FAQ] Does The Blogger Abuse Mitigation Policy Violate The Rights Of The Blog Owners?, for a detailed answer to your concerns.
[FAQ] Does The Blogger Abuse Mitigation Policy Violate The Rights Of The Blog Owners?
Ads containing adult content are a problem - and are specifically forbidden.
For spam review issues, you absolutely must start in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
- Indoqq.blogspot.com (removed because it is considered spam)
- tipster77.blogspot.com
- gilajuditogel.blogspot.com
- tipstertogel.blogspot.com
I beg to return my blog indoqq.blogspot.com
if there are other errors, hope you understand it, because I am just learning to make blog, please return me my blog, thank you
For effective help with spam review issues, you absolutely must start in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
I'm in the same situation as Clark above - - - None of the options you're speaking of are available to me
No Dashboard, no Deleted Blogs link. Just a message:
Blog has been removed
Sorry, the blog at clarkssmith.blogspot.com has been removed. This address is not available for new blogs.
Did you expect to see your blog here? See: 'I can't find my blog on the Web, where is it?'
I will just start over. I saved my blog entries as word docs so I can recreate the past posts.
Thanks for your help.
If you start over, your Blogger account will be at risk, with you looking like a non repentant spammer.
You need to get the blog reviewed, in the forum.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/08/repeated-tos-violations-are-punished.html
You have no un-delete or store buttons that you can see, because you are logged in to the wrong account - or because you are not the owner.
You have to figure out what the account is, that owns (owned) the blog - then you have to login under that account.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2013/03/blog-owners-unable-to-request-restore.html
My blog has been removed also need help.. no restore or edit buttons to review.
It said will delete in 20 days? But you can edit it and offer for review. Option does not work??
Please help.. I have no back up or copy of 5 years work/content!! I think wrongly deleted! Possible hacked spamed?
Dubaitantramassage.blogspot.com
I did not abuse rules violations. It's been active 5 years was peer reviewed. Letters from all over the world to support and tell me how good the writing and content was!!!
Letters of thanks and interest from all ages and men women .. it campaigns against the misuse of the writing Tantra and explains to the world that Tantra was being misused by the adult business profession. It was allowed to appear in the UAE. Not blocked because the authorities reviewed it as educational.
I have no back up of any of the blogs! All the work has gone terrrible loss.
If it was hacked or spamed before abuse notice.. then how can it be restored as an author I can check it! And offer for review???
At least to check content!!! Or save my work! This is a violation. I received no warning email either. Just deleted!!
It offered edit and your blog and offer it for review. option box.. But it does not work! I can not see blog and edit for review which comment box said is possible.. this is a fundamental right! I am sure someone has hacked or spamed account?
Please help???