Riding into the sunset....

Well, I've got some news.

This blog has packed its bags and headed off into the sunset.

Happy trails to you . . . until we meet again . . .


Don't look so sad!

It now owns a really cool piece of property in cyberspace! :-)


Scroll down if you want to read the whole sad story that prompted the move. Otherwise, toddle on over to http://www.creativeworkathome.com/blog and see the new digs!

** Be sure to update your bookmark or blogroll because I won't be updating here anymore!


Sad Story: The Poor Hijacked Blogger Blog

I first noticed something was amiss when I was in my Blogger Dashboard a couple weeks ago. Three of my blogs were listed normally, but the fourth blog had a link that said, "Restore access to this blog."

Having no idea what was going on, I clicked on that link and got a message that one of my blogs had been disabled for suspicision of being a spam blog. WHAT???!

I knew that blog wasn't a spam blog, it had a lot of good posts all written by me. So I opened another browser window and typed in the address of my blog. What came up was NOT my blog. It was a page filled with spammy ads and nonsense posts.

What happened to my BLOG????!!!!

I spent the next several days trying to get help from Blogger. I went through every nook and cranny of their online Help system, but there was no mention of hijacked blogs. I tried to send a note by choosing another Help topic, but I only got an automated response that didn't help.

I searched high and low for an email address to contact someone, but couldn't find one on the Blogger site anywhere.

Finally after doing a Google search I came up with a support email for blogger. I sent an email describing the situation and waited 2 days. No response.

I sent another email - and got an automated response that they no longer respond to messages sent to that address.

I was out of luck, and my blog was gone forever.

As much as it pains me to lose something I spent so much time on, it could have been much worse. The blog that was hijacked was my least active blog. I was thinking about closing it down anyway.

But my OTHER three blogs - there was no way I could leave them in Blogger's hands anymore. What if this hacker has access to my Blogger account? I don't know how he or she even managed to hijack my blog in the first place. Is it a weakness in Blogger's server? Could it happen to my other 3 blogs?

No one at Blogger would help me, so I'm not taking any chances. My 3 remaining blogs have all been transferred to their own servers.

I'll leave these archives up for as long as Blogger wants to keep them (or until they get hacked! ;-) but for all new posts be sure to visit: http://www.creativeworkathome.com/blog

NOTE: These posts are old archives.

Come visit our new home:

http://www.creativeworkathome.com/blog