The Real Blogger Status

We see discussions, in other forums - between a blog owner and an expert, discussing the necessity for unique content. When advised that his blog is a problem because it is simply copy and pasted material, the response from some blog owners focuses on the term "copy and paste". I type everything by hand, word by word! I do not copy, then paste! But hand typed or not, the text can be easily Googled, and found in larger and better written websites. Neither AdSense, Blogger, or Google Search care whether you use the keyboard or the mouse, to add content into post editor. You can type an article by hand - or you can highlight, then select "Copy" from the right click context menu, and finally select "Paste" from the right click context menu - and get the same result.

Some blog owners expect to get a slap on the wrist, for each TOS violation. I had a notice on the blog. If anybody objects to what I'm doing, just tell me - and I'll remove the offending content! Why was my blog deleted? These owners plan blog content, based on doing what they want - hoping that Blogger will make them a list, over and over again, identifying their mistakes. Don't do that! That attitude is similar to what we hear from some politicians. It's not a crime, until I get caught!

We're seeing a few blog owners, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , admitting to casual / multiple TOS offenses. I have received many DMCA complaints - and I always sort them, as soon as possible. This time, my account was disabled. How do I get my account back? For this blog owner, there may not be an easy answer. Blogger does not send out violation notices, so you can just stop what you're doing, when warned by the Policy Review team. They want you to stop what you're doing - and not do other things, that you're doing , that have not yet been detected.

We see an occasional question, in Blogger Help Forum: Learn More About Blogger , about content protection. How do I prevent other blog and website authors from stealing my posts? This is a question that has plagued authors, for centuries. It's not new, in online life. Before the Internet, most authors would simply register a copyright, using their governmental registration. The USA, for instance, has " Copyright.Gov ", which is now part of the US Library of Congress. Many other countries have their own registration services.

Not all blog owners understand the necessity of having unique content , as the basis for a healthy blog. We see questions periodically, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue , about inappropriate use of content from other blogs and websites. Why was my Blogger account deleted? I never argue when given copyright notices! or Why don't I have any readers? I have great content - the other blogs, where I get the content, get lots of traffic.

A few times recently, we've had reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , of mysterious text, appearing in the middle of the posts . How do I remove unwanted text appearing in the middle of the page? Frequently, all that we can see is a mass of text. Occasionally, the mysterious text has been readable. Extracting key phrases from the text, we can some times locate the source of the mysterious text, in the post code.

Occasionally we see the naive query, in Blogger Help Forum: Learn More About Blogger . Does copying content, into my blog, violate Blogger TOS? The short (and too frequently provided) answer to the question is No, copying content does not violate TOS. Copying content to your blog is perfectly OK - when done legally. That said, you need to consider the issues - and possible results.

Occasionally, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken , we see victims of Copyright / DMCA Violation action, asking how to get their blogs or posts restored. In the past, many blog owners, who did not check their email carefully , or who had even setup Blogger accounts not based on actual email addresses , were frequently surprised by DMCA takedowns.