The Real Blogger Status

The issue of URL availability has been a subject of intense debate, in Blogger Help Forum: How Do I? , for several years. Many would be blog owners URLs learn that neither "dormant" blogs , nor deleted blogs , nor spam locked blogs , are automatically available for the curious nor desperate. Those denied the URL of their choice ask How do I find an available URL? All of the good ones are taken - and picking one that's available is way too much work! I'm moving my blog to WordPress! And that complaint is somewhat valid . Under the Classic GUI, picking an available URL was a pretty painful process.

For some time, blog owners would note mysterious problems with photos on their blogs, in various ways - depending upon the browser in use . Some blog owners and readers would report a mysterious red "X", others a big, blank space - and still others would see nothing at all, not even a space. The only common symptom would be My pictures have vanished! Recently, photos hosted under Picasa changed that vague symptom, by displaying two "place holder" icons, depending upon either of two commonly diagnosed problems which had caused the missing photos.

In December of last year, Blogger announced their ability to restore individual posts , when erroneously deleted by the owner, or abused by AutoSave . Last week, Blogger informed us that this service can no longer be offered. "This action cannot be undone". That's your last chance, now. If your post is cached - either as newsfeed or search engine content - you may be able to un delete it . If you have a private blog, this won't be possible. Now, it's still more to your advantage to disable AutoSave . Death, spam, taxes, and Blogger service changes.