Blogger deletes my blog and a green cow

Last Update: September 22, 2010
This is from Blogger.com's rules.  I've become painfully aware of it because they deleted one of my blogs.  I created it months ago, had 5 backlinks from comments on people's articles.  It was pointing to one of my sites.  And no, it was not designed to drive traffic to my site.  This one was designed to allow me to play with things.  The last thing I did with it, is put Amazon.com ads on it, wanted to see how it looks, how it works, where they work better.

Yes, it did point to one of my sites.  But as I said it was not designed to do any of the things they consider spam.  It was where I thought myself how to create a blog, hyperlink, make a clickable image, etc.

I post this because I think a lot of people don't pay attention to that clause and because what I think I designed the site for and what Google thinks the site was designed for aren't the same things.

By the way, they delete it and there's nothing you can do about it.

Spam: Spam takes several forms in Blogger, all of which can result in deletion of your account or blog. Some examples include creating blogs designed to drive traffic to your site or to move it up in search listings and posting comments on other people's blogs just to promote your site or product.

Create your blogger sites at your own peril.  If you do hide the fact that you've designed it to drive traffic to your site, presumably by not posting on the same niche more than once, by sending traffic to E-how.com or some other such sites.

 Any other ideas?

PS.  There's no green cow in this story.  It's merely false advertising.  And if you're reading this paragraph, it damned worked.

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DABK Premium
FamousPlumber, I thought someone flagged it. But the thing about their policy, what does 'designed' mean? It doesn't say anywhere. I did not designed that site to do much of anything.
The interesting thing is that I do have blogger sites designed to move another site up in the ranks.
Since I don't trust blogger, squidoo and the like, I don't put much effort into them, so I never lose much if one goes down.
Of course, if you lose a lot of them, even if one is not a lot, it adds up.
famousplumber Premium
"If you encounter a blog that you believe violates our content policies, please report it to us using the 'Flag Blog' link located at the top of each blog (Note: If the blog owner has hidden this link, you can still report the blog by filling out this form)."
That is a quote from Blogger.com's "content policy" statement. Your blog aroused my curiosity to the extent that I went to the site and actually read their statement. As you know, their "spam" policy is vague at best. It does state that pointing to a site is not allowed if it is an attempt to improve your rankings. I'm just wondering if some self-appointed IM "vigilante" clicked on the "flag blog" link. Their policy states that Google wants to promote freedom of speech. I guess that doesn't include freedom of commercial speach. Like Janet, I was not even aware of their rules until today. I am deleting my account with them. If I need the world to know what I'm doing I'll throw it on Twitter!
sherbet penny Premium
Hmm very interesting and thanks for the heads up.
jatdebeaune Premium
Hi Dusan, That's annoying. Sorry they were so prissy. Have you been even able to build a hyperlink on your Blogger? I used to do it. Now it won't let me. My Blogger blog is entered right from my site. I talk about news of what's on my site, new directions, new products, what I had for dinner, price of tea in China, etc. So far, no one's bothered me. Honestly not even aware of their rules. Why would anyone want Blogger if not to promote something?
If you got deleted, I'm worried! The newbies like me, are already confused about everything changing so quickly. If someone with your experience and success can still run into roadblocks, what does that say for us rank beginners?

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