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Could Google delete your blog?

Spoiler: Yes, Google can delete your blog.  ¶  But someone else could have deleted it, if it is missing. Including you, by accident (or otherwise).  ¶  It's easy to tell if Google is the culprit. Google will tell you, if you've let it.
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Fifty ways to lose your blog

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"And when they went back to the blog, IT HAD VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE!" ¶ 

Not to scare you, but it's easier to lose your blog than you think. ¶ 

Secure your blog by understanding what can go wrong:

  •  (1) you delete your blog
  •  (2) a co-blogger deletes it
  •  (3) you are hacked
  •  (4)  Google deletes it
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With a little help from your friends

Trusted contacts for account recovery ¶ 

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Google last month created a new tool to recover your blogging account if you are ever locked out.

It's insurance that you have to set up while you still have access. And it involves a trusted friend or family member.

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My Blogger theme experiment

Notice anything different? ¶ 
Title block of the "too clever" blog, split into two formats

This isn't permanent, but as of today, and for maybe a month or so, this blog will be rendered according to the responsive theme I have been working on lately. ¶ 

What do you think? Your questions are also welcome. ¶ 

More below.

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Uh oh

A circular button with a star and a pencil icon and the text "Automatically insert Google Search links into your post."

For some, the most urgent information about a new Blogger feature is how to undo it. ¶ 

Clicking the "automatic search links" tool adds multiple hyperlinks to your blog post or page.

The links are to different Google searches. It turns out a lot of people do not like them.

To undo: If you act right away, the undo tool on the toolbar, or the standard undo key commands, will restore the blog post to its status quo ante.

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Tricky Blogger stumbling blocks

Some things about Blogger are not obvious. They make sense once you get the trick of how they work. ¶ 

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Your account: 

Even if you never exactly signed up for one, even if you sign in with an email address from someplace else, your blogging account is a Google account.
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Quick account insurance

May you never need to recover access to your blogging account! ¶ 

But: 
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This quick checklist will tell you how to avoid getting locked out of your account, by keeping your recovery options up to date.
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