Google Search Console

This is a great spot to see if there are any issues with the websites you have under your account.

https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

URL For Locating Archive Albums In Google Photos

Now that Google has once again changed how they are handling photos across Google products, the Blogger albums (and I assume albums created in other products other than Google Photos) are hidden from the album list on Google Photos.

This is a good thing in that it keeps people from accidentally deleting all the images in their blogs thinking that the album was being shared or visible to anyone but them before, however it has also caused some issues for those that want access to those images to either change them or delete them from their blog.

https://get.google.com/albumarchive

This link will get you to the location that shows all albums on your account. Note that care should be used in this area because you can affect all of your products if you do even a bit of fiddling around (even just moving images between albums).

Some testing needs to be done by yours truly to determine what happens when a picture is used on a blog from the regular Google Photos albums and if deleting a post on the blog with an image in it automatically deletes it from the album as well or if a double delete needs to be done.

At a later date, though...mostly just wanted to get this URL up for my own reference.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

URLs Not Available After Deletion

As of our last update, URLs that are deleted are no longer available to anyone (including the original owner) after the blog has disappeared off the "deleted" list on the dashboard.

The previous setting of making them available after a few months has been removed. If someone wants to give someone else a url, they need to transfer the blog.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

URL For All Storage Usage And Limits In Google Account

This is the url for seeing your storage usage and limits across a particular Google account. You must be logged into the account you are wishing to see the information on.

https://www.google.com/settings/storage?pli=1

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Restoring A Deleted Account URL

This is the support url for restoring a deleted Google account regardless of what email provider a user might have.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1212172

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

FAQ: Do I Have To Use Gmail With Blogger? Updated 4/4/14

Update:

Found this url might be useful for setting up a brand new Google account without Gmail...and then you can add a Blogger to the account to it once it is established.

https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail
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This is a question that comes up almost everyday on the Blogger Help Forum...or I guess I should say the results of the confusion regarding this question shows up all the time. I can't even count how many times I have had to explain to users that use of Gmail is not a requirement for Blogger or any other Google product (other than Gmail).

Basically, if you are already a Google account holder (on a different email from Gmail), you can use that account with Blogger and not have to bother with Gmail. If you are signing up with Blogger for the first time, it will take you to a Google account creation page and on that page, it will force you to create a Gmail account but you can add your own email address (non-Gmail) to the account as an alternate, and then immediately cancel the Gmail account after you have everything set up the way you want.

I just did this myself for a new blog I created. I was forced to create a Gmail account when clicking on the Blogger invite, and then was able to add the yahoo address to the account that I wanted, used it to log into the account, and then canceled the Gmail account.

To cancel the Gmail account, you use this link, (make sure you have first added a second email to the overall Google account before you do this and checked that you are able to log into your Google account using that email address).

http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=61177

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Google+ Auto-share From Blogger Exceptions

So if you have enabled your Google+ profile instead of a Blogger profile and are trying to use the auto-share feature to Google+ when you create a new post, you should know that there are exceptions to this.

The Google+ auto-share feature will not work during the following times:

- Posts created by email
- Posts created using import
- Posts created using the API
- Posts scheduled and published later

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

New Google Shared Endorsements Settings

I am sure everyone has noticed the big blue bar across the top of whatever Google product they might be logged into today...

Regardless of all your other settings, I find this one in particular to be important to look at. It has to do with sharing across Google's products of your preferences that show up in ads that other users might see.

There is a link in the new TOS, but it might not stand out enough, so I am providing it here too so you can go directly there, if this is a particular interest of yours.

https://plus.google.com/settings/endorsements?hl=en

There is a check box at the bottom. For me it was defaulted to Opt Out but that might be due to the fact that I already have my +1 info opted for off in my Google account settings. Deal is, if you want to share your preferences for particular items to the public or "friends" via ads, you check the box and then click save. If you DON'T want to, then leave the box empty and hit save.

I have to say, I love how Google approached the changes page, explaining things in plain English rather than a bunch of confusing legalese.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

FAQ: Blogspot.com Is Blocked, What Can I Do?

There are times when an ISP or a government decides to block the blogspot.com domain, and the only way to view blogs on that domain is to use a free proxy to get around it. Normally this situation is only temporary. I thought I would put a list of some of the proxies I have used in the past...some of these might also be blocked too so you might have to try more than one.

Get Wall http://getwall.com/
Anonymouse http://anonymouse.org/anonwww.html
HideMyAss http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy/

These are just a few but you can do a search for "free proxy" on Google and come up with a list of ones that you can try if these are blocked for some reason as well.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

URL For Reverting To Blogger Profile

This only works for 30 days after converting to the Google+ profile but it is a good link to have, just in case.

http://www.blogger.com/revert-profile.g

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

FAQ: Google Accounts Help Page and Recovery Form Updated November 2012

Directions and link that gets you to the Google Accounts Help page with a link to the recovery form. Note that you have to follow the steps here...if you try to go straight to the url at the bottom, it will just make you start at the beginning so you might as well follow the directions.

Start here as directed:
https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery

Enter the email associated with the account in the password recovery form.

That brings you to a CAPTCHA page. Enter the CAPTCHA.

That brings you to the Password help page.

On that page are two "Choose how to get back into your account" options with radio buttons:

• Answer my security question

• Get a password reset link at my recovery email

Mishka
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Testing Blogger

Reference For Reporting

Reference URL for removing content from Google based on legal infringements.

http://support.google.com/bin/static.py?hl=en&ts=1114905&page=ts.cs

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Page Rank Tool For Google

Just wanted to keep track of this URL so I could use it.

http://www.prchecker.info/check_page_rank.php

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Submit Your Content

Google just updated their content site and I wanted to note the url for future use.

http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/

Mishka
Blogger Help Group Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

FAQ: BX Error Reporting Form Link

This is the link for reporting BX errors to Google.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pDGYK68-cO4sA0J2wa9fYBQ

Mishka
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

FAQ: This Thread Is Closed

This discussion is closed. It could be closed for a number of reasons:

1. The original poster has had their question answered.
2. The original problem is no longer an issue.
3. This discussion is out of date and therefore not relevant.
4. This discussion is an FAQ for reference only.

Regardless of the reason, the discussion is closed to new posts, so if you have a similar problem to the original poster, it is recommended that you start your own thread (and only one) so that one of the volunteers here will be able to help you.

Please follow the instructions on how to post a question in this help forum. You can find that FAQ at this location.


References:

How To Report A Problem


Mishka
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Testing Blogger

FAQ: I Can't Find My Blog On The Search Engines!!

Contrary to popular belief, search engines do not index new content on the web instantaneously. It takes time and effort on the part of the webmaster of any site to get their site indexed and then decent page rank on the search engines.

There are several things you can do to help lessen the time it takes to get indexed and decent search results (in no particular order).

1. Make sure your blog is indexable by turning on the listing options in your blog settings.

2. Submit your blog url to the various search engines. For Google, go to this site to get started- http://www.google.com/intl/en/submit_content.html

3. Read this article from Google Webmaster Central that explains how they deal with content, indexing and search results. http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=39334&topic=8996

4. Add metatags with keywords, and descriptions to your blog template- http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2007/04/meta-tag-example.html

5. Link to other blogs of similar content or interest.

6. Allow comments and backlinks on your blog and make comments on other blogs leaving your link.

7. Create and maintain interesting and accurate content on your blog to keep your readers entertained and returning.

8. DO NOT PARTAKE IN SPAMMY OR MALICIOUS ACTIVITY that would get your blog deleted and your account banned.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

FAQ: How Do I Find Other Blogs on Blogger?

Google's Blog search engine is a great tool. It not only has blogs from Blogger but blogs from all over the web. You can use it just like you would any other search engine but the results will be limited to blogs. http://blogsearch.google.com/

You can also use the "interests" links inside an individual blogger's profile to find other users on Blogger that have the same word in their profile "interests"

Another way is just connecting to other bloggers through the blogrolls and links of bloggers you already enjoy reading. Usually if you like their content and they like someone else's, you might like that someone else's too.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

URL for Blogger Help Forum Posting Guidelines

http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=150831

Mishka
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

URL for Pinging Blog Search

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping

Mishka
Blogger Help Group Blog*Star
Testing Blogger