Blogger Blogs Redirecting To "blogspot - ping . com"

Today, we see the latest in the never ending saga of blog owners, who previously (maybe / maybe not recently) installed some deviously created software - whether intentionally or not - and who now find their readers unable to view their blogs, and themselves even unable to access the template editor to remove the malicious code.My blogs are redirecting auto to ping . blogspot - ping . com", can anybody tell me how to fix this?The malicious redirecting appears to be cause by a small snippet of JavaScript code - which has been installed, in...

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Use Third Party DNS Servers, For Domains Registered By 1And1, And Similar Registrars

Ever since Blogger added the domain ownership verification requirement to blogs published to custom domains, we've been seeing various complaints from some blog owners, who have purchased domains directly from registrars who can't provide the required DNS addresses on their servers. Last month, Blogger Engineering, responding to the complaints, provided a workaround to the problem. Even though not all registrars have DNS servers that will provide...

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Accessing The Registrar's Domain Manager, After Using "Buy a domain"

Setting up a custom domain, and publishing a blog to a non BlogSpot URL, is a simple enough task - when we are able to use the "Buy a domain for your blog" wizard. Sometimes, after using "Buy a domain ...", we may still have to access the registrar's Domain Manager wizard. When we use "Buy a domain", along with setting up the domain for us, the Blogger / Google wizard sets up a new eNom or GoDaddy domain owner account. To let us later login to...

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You Cannot Have The BlogSpot URL With Your Business Name, If That URL Is In Use

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Observe DNS Address Entry Conventions, When Setting Up Your Custom Domain

One of the more frustrating steps involved in setting up a custom domain comes with entry of the DNS addresses, into the domain host or registrar's Domain Manager wizard. Whether you are setting up a new domain, just purchased directly from a registrar - or re publishing an existing domain, purchased using "Buy a domain" - the addition of the proper DNS addresses is essential to successful custom domain publishing. Sometimes, you just can't get the domain manager wizard to accept what you are provided by "settings instructions". Other times,...

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Blogger blogs redirecting to "scrapur . com"

This week, we've seen several reports in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, from Blogger blog owners, reporting the latest hijacking of their blogs.My blog is being redirected to a spam site - was it hijacked?As is all too frequently the case, the redirection appears to come from third party code or gadgets, willingly installed by the blog owner. Examination of the website in question appears to indicate a long expired domain.This domain name expired on Nov 7 2012 11:32:24:000AMIt's possible that, right now, this is not a maliciously...

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Blogger Comments Being Posted Using An Anonymous Blogger Email Address

Some Blogger blog owners use their Blogger blogs as the center of their peer to peer networking life. Their readers are expected to post comments - and to leave their email addresses, as part of their message or profile, to allow direct contact. Long ago, I used the email address of some commenters as part of an easy "Contact Me" form, on this blog. Recently, we've been noting that Blogger comments don't always include a useful email addresses - many comments simply describe the commenter asnoreply-comment@blogger.comNot all blog owners...

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Blogger Won't Censor Comments, Or Accept Abusive Comment Reports

We have seen this question, periodically, in Blogger Help Forum: How Do I?When will Blogger provide me with the option to block an abusive commenter, from my blog?This is a request that simply cannot be fulfilled. The issue of blocking individual commenters won't be solved by a new Blogger feature.It's technically impossible.It's contrary to Blogger policy.Any abuser of Internet services (aka "hacker", "spammer", or "troll"), with any ability, knows how to create multiple Google accounts without effort. Blogger Engineering is unlikely to spend...

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Blog Owners Report Mysterious Blogs Added To Their Dashboard Blog List

We are seeing a small but steadily increasing stream of problem reports, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken, from Blogger blog owners, wondering where these mysterious blogs, being added to their dashboard "My blogs" list, are coming from.Is anyone else experiencing random blogs being added to their dashboard? I login, and I notice that many blogs have been made - and they're all with names that are just a jumble of letters and numbers, but no posts. All of them lead to the same blog though.Here's a random list of the names of 7...

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