Blogger Forum AMP Thread

Making sure I can find this url when I need it in the future.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!searchin/blogger/$20AMP%7Csort:date/blogger/5TALTSIN1nA/GceUXZe9CwAJ

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Appreciation on the Blogger Help Forum

Always feels good when you help someone and they really appreciate it...makes all the hours worth it!!! See quoted text below!

"Thank you so much!!!! Your information made it so easy. I'm up and running.
I am glad you sent the information on getting started as well. I'll be reading that tonight.
More than anything I appreciate your answers tone. I feel like the old joke from IT support-"Is it plugged in?" You must get a lot more challenging questions but you treated me with respect and grace. That really means a lot. If you have a supervisor that I can sing your praises to let me know, I'd be glad to. If you do this because you like to, I think you are made for helping people. I needed this for an online class I'm taking (don't laugh, they take computer illiterates in the class. They are used to "Adult Learners").
Again, Thank You so much for your help."


https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/blogger/XR7HioTuCK8


Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Facebook Debugger

Need to have this to check the ever-changing requirements on Facebook for sharing my blogs...

https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/


Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

My FAQs for Blogger

Needed a place to put my list of tools I use frequently.

Blogspot.com Is Blocked, What Can I Do?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2013/04/faq-blogspotcom-is-blocked-what-can-i-do.html

Do I Have To Use Gmail With Blogger?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/02/faq-do-i-have-to-use-gmail.html

Image Information From Picasa Updated 7/31/2013
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/09/faq-image-information-from-picasa.html

Guide For Setting Up Custom Domain
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/02/faq-guide-for-setting-up-custom-domain.html

Blogger Country Specific Redirects
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/02/faq-blogger-country-specific-redirects.html

Help Articles For The New User Interface
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2012/01/faq-help-articles-for-new-user.html

Links For Blogger Forums In Other Languages
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/11/faq-links-for-blogger-forums-in-other.html

Google Accounts Help Page and Recovery Form Updated November 2012
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/07/faq-google-accounts-help-page-and.html

Creating A New About Me Element Updated April 2011
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2007/04/my-instructions-for-creating-new-about.html

Login Issues Link
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2007/04/login-issues-link.html

Finding Forgotten Things
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2008/02/link-for-finding-forgotten-things.html

Clearing Cache and Cookies
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2009/06/link-for-clearing-cache-and-cookies.html

How Do I Remove +1 From The Share Icons?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/06/faq-how-to-remove-1-from-share-icons.html

BX Reporting Form Link
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/05/faq-bx-error-reporting-form-link.html

My Blog Looks Different From The Preview
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-my-blog-looks-different-from.html

Spam Appeal Guidelines Updated January 2013
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2010/02/answer-for-users-needing-review.html

Redirect Or Content On Blog Not Put By Owner
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2010/03/answer-for-redirect-due-to-bad-gadget.html

Link List Gadget For Labels As Tabbed Menu
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/text-for-answering-link-list-gadget-for.html

Picasa WebAlbum Limitations
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/07/faq-picasa-webalbum-limitations.html

This Thread Is Closed
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-this-thread-is-closed.html

I Have A Third Party Template And It Is Not Working Right, What Can I Do?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-i-have-third-party-template-that.html

What Is My Blog's Feed URL?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-what-is-my-blogs-feed-url.html

What Is My Comment Feed URL?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-what-is-my-comment-feed-url.html

My Comment Link Is Not Working
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-my-comment-link-is-not-working.html

How Do I Change The Email Account I Use To Log Into My Blog?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-how-do-i-change-email-account.html

How Do I Transfer My Blog From One Blogger Account To Another?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-how-do-i-transfer-my-blog-from-one.html

How Do I Find Other Blogs or Blogger?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-how-do-i-find-other-blogs-on.html

How Do I Promote My Blog?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-how-do-i-promote-my-blog.html

I Am Having A Problem With My Blog. What Do I Need To Do To Report It Here?
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-how-do-i-report-problem-on-bhf.html

I Can't Find My Blog On The Search Engines!
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2011/04/faq-i-cant-find-my-blog-on-search.html

Mishka
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

Google+ Help Community on Google+

This is the url for the official community on Google+ for help with Google+. Google+ doesn't have a normal product forum.

https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115758385206378551362

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

New Login Troubleshooter For Blogger

Please check out this link next time you find yourself having a problem seeing a blog on your dashboard, or remembering the log in information for your blog. It just might be the ticket you need and might save you from having to post a question in the Blogger Help Forum.

https://support.google.com/blogger/troubleshooter/2980162?hl=en&ref_topic=3339302

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Links to Help Articles About Google+ Comments

These links in the Blogger Help Center about Google+ Comments that were activated today can be very helpful for answering some of the questions users might have about this new feature.

http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2981015

http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=3007761

http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=3007766

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

FAQ: How Do I Report a Problem on BHF

How to report a problem - Help us help you!
To ensure everyone finds the information they need as quickly as possible, here are a few guidelines to follow when you'd like to post a question or report a problem to the group:

1. ALWAYS GIVE YOUR BLOG URL!!!!!! (e.g. http://XXXX.blogspot.com)

2. It's always helpful to post as much information as you can - a specific error message (e.g. bX-XXXXX), the steps you took before you encountered the problem, which web browser you're using along with version, and what steps you have taken after.

3. If you encounter an error code (e.g. bX-XXXXX) and would like to report the problem, please include a description of what you were doing when you encountered the error, any additional information that's given with the error message, and the URL of the blog that is affected. Note that the same error codes are caused by a single issue/bug and resolved by the same fix. So, if a fix works for one user who's experiencing issue bX-ABCDEF, it should work for any other user experiencing bX-ABCDEF.

3. Look around first. Browse previous threads in the Help Group, check out the FAQs, peruse through Blogger Help and do your research.

4. Chances are, someone else is experiencing the problem you are. So, make your post to the thread that is already discussing what you'd like to discuss. That helps us keep track of the various issues and know the scale of each problem. But only do this if you have the EXACT same problem...not similar, but EXACT.

5. Don't post your problem to every thread you find - it just clutters the group and makes things harder to sift through, which means it might take longer for you to get an answer.

Just a few suggestions but, if you follow them, it'd make a world of difference!

P.S. You're perhaps more likely to receive attention from a Blogger employee, TCs and other Blogger users if you sincerely note the secret phrase: "I have read the Group FAQs, "How to Report a Problem" page and checked out docs in the Help Center."

Mishka
Blogger Top Contributor
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

FAQ: Spam Appeal Guidelines Updated January 2013

This thread should be started by the owner of the blog marked as spam and will only apply to that original poster. If you are another user and have this problem with your blog, you need to start your own thread so that we can send in the review individually.

Spam Appeal Guidelines:

Given the fact that automated spam detection is not yet a perfect science, the Blogger Team is happy to investigate any reports of false positive spam reviews, posted here in the forum. That being said, before you request an appeal, it's worth describing a few examples of what Blogger regularly removes, as part of its zero tolerance policy to abusive / inappropriate content:

- Affiliate marketing.
- Content created wth scripts and programs, rather than by hand.
- Content scraped from other sources.
- Copyright Infringement (using photos of people without their permission)
- Content or links referencing GPT, PTC, PTS, 'Make money from home', 'Make money fast', or other referral-based activities.
- Large blogs with multiple, unfocused / unrelated subjects.
- Links to Illegal Downloads / Streaming / Torrents/ Games / Movies
- Links to Password sites/Account Hacks

If you are confident that your content doesn't fall into one of the above categories, and you have already requested a manual review in your dashboard, then you can request an appeal on the spam decision and Blogger will review your blog. Just reply here in this thread saying that you've read the Spam Appeal Guidelines and we'll pass your review to Blogger. Make sure you've included your blog URL.

**Please note though that the Blogger Team may look at other blogs on your account as part of their review. If you request an appeal and Blogger discovers other blatantly spam content during the investigation, you risk having all of your content permanently removed. Please consider this when requesting a review.

If your do not have any contact links from Blogger (this would be very unusual) in order to request the initial review, please see this help article to see if any of the links there might be of help before reporting back here.

References:

[1] I can't find my blog on the Web, where is it? - Blogger Help(Help Articles) www.google.com


Mishka
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

Feedburner Redirect Help Center Article

Just for reference for me when directing users to redirect their feed if they are using Feedburner and want to use the email subscription option.

http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=42662&topic=12455&ctx=topic

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Ghostery and Do Not Track Plus Comparison

Found this terrific article today that was written this August that breaks down the two biggest non-tracking add-ons out there. After reading it, I have decided to go with DNT Plus but that is just my own opinion and we'll see how it goes.

I know that a lot of users this last couple of weeks have been having issues with DNT Plus and Ghostery causing them to lose sight of their navbars on their blogs as well as on other people's blogs and I am sure this is due to the addition by Blogger of the +1 button on the navbar. I am hoping to tweek DNT Plus enough that I can get the navbar to show without having to expose myself to any other tracking issues.

Anyhow, I thought I would share the link to this article here so I could keep track of it and also provide it for other readers that would like to know how these non-tracking add-ons work and which would be best for them from a side by side comparison.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

Adsense Troubleshooter URL

Just wanted to mark this one for myself so I could find it later if I needed it.

https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1208336

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger

FAQ: Guide For Setting Up Custom Domain

This is the link on the Help Center that gives you the steps to set up a custom domain.

http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/static.py?hl=en&ts=1233381&page=ts.cs

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger
FAQs For GooglePlus

FAQ: Help Articles for New User Interface

This URL gets you to the help pages that explain some of the new features of the User Interface on Blogger.

http://support.google.com/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1623800

A lot of users dislike the new UI, and there are things that still need to be fixed on it. I highly recommend users take advantage of the feedback link and give Blogger their feedback so we can have the best product out there.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star/Blogger TC
Testing Blogger
FAQs For GooglePlus

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
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger

FAQ: What Is My Blog's Feed URL?

In order to subscribe to a blog's feed you need to know the blog's feed URL. A feed is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. It gives users a way to keep up with many sites on the web without having to visit each site individually to see if they have updated. Some users use their feed to check that their own blog is publishing correctly.

The feed urls for blogs on Blogger are:

http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full

http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

Users should substitute their blog's name in for the bolded area in the URLs above.

Mishka
Official Blog*Star
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 Promote My Blog?

You can actually find an answer to this question in several different
areas of Blogger. It just takes a few minutes to find.

Help center on Blogger.com if you do a search for the word promote in
the search engine provided.
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42377&topic=12454

Many of the Top Contributors have written blog articles to help other bloggers regarding promotion and traffic. Here is just one example...
http://mishkatestrun.blogspot.com/2007/04/my-solution-for-getting-traffic.html

Mishka
Official Blog*Star
Testing Blogger