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Sunday, March 1, 2020
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In discussions exterior Blogger Help Forum, ane mightiness perchance uncovering suggestions of other, to a greater extent than imaginative ways to larn to a greater extent than traffic to your blog. With Blogger blogs, there's a very obscure in addition to easily used feature, that tin plough over the sack live on used to publicise your blog, randomly, to readers that yous would not, otherwise, address.
All that yous ask create is to redirect your weblog feed into a "feed redistribution cloud", that randomly redirects the readers of whatsoever blog, to viewing the feed from about other blog, similarly using the redirect.
By redirecting your readers, yous are exposing them to other blogs, randomly selected. Similarly, readers of other participating blogs are randomly redirected to your weblog - in addition to at that spot is the promised publicity for your blog.
This is such a bully idea, isn't it? Think again.
As a Follower (and non a weblog owner), having examined your Reading List in addition to flora yourself reading a weblog amount of spam - that yous sure did non Follow - what create yous do? It's a uncomplicated - but perchance ho-hum - chore to identify in addition to remove the weblog owned yesteryear the naive person, who was conned yesteryear the spammers, that yous are Following.
Having done that, why non become ane pace further, in addition to help us to assistance Blogger in addition to Google to interdict the spammer activity?
If yous tin plough over the sack position the URL of a blog, that yous are Following, that is redirecting its feed inward this manner, Blogger / Google tin plough over the sack position in addition to terminate whatsoever Google hosted blogs in addition to websites that are advertising this easy, random agency to publicise your weblog - that is but about other fob used yesteryear the spammers, into getting the naive weblog owners to create their dingy work.
All that nosotros ask is the URL of whatsoever blog, that yous were Following, that rudely redirects its subscribers (like you) into the "feed redistribution cloud". Blogger / Google tin plough over the sack create the rest.
You tin plough over the sack comment, hither - or foremost a discussion, inward Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken - it's your choice. Just assistance position the naive weblog owners.
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How create I larn rid of spam, inward my Reading List? I did non Follow this blog!Nobody will, intentionally, Follow a weblog amount of spam. In about cases, though, people Follow blogs that are published yesteryear naive weblog owners, who convey been conned yesteryear the spammers, into working for them.
The never ending ask for more Followers, readers, search engine reputation, subscribers, in addition to traffic, is a ofttimes expressed draw of piece of occupation concern inward Blogger Help Forum: How Do I?.
In discussions exterior Blogger Help Forum, ane mightiness perchance uncovering suggestions of other, to a greater extent than imaginative ways to larn to a greater extent than traffic to your blog. With Blogger blogs, there's a very obscure in addition to easily used feature, that tin plough over the sack live on used to publicise your blog, randomly, to readers that yous would not, otherwise, address.
All that yous ask create is to redirect your weblog feed into a "feed redistribution cloud", that randomly redirects the readers of whatsoever blog, to viewing the feed from about other blog, similarly using the redirect.
By redirecting your readers, yous are exposing them to other blogs, randomly selected. Similarly, readers of other participating blogs are randomly redirected to your weblog - in addition to at that spot is the promised publicity for your blog.
This is such a bully idea, isn't it? Think again.
- Your Followers (and subscribers) desire to read the feed from your blog - non from about random blog.
- Many Blogger weblog owners don't role this feature.
- Many users of this characteristic are non legitimate Blogger weblog owners, but publishers of spam blogs in addition to websites.
- Should yous redirect your readers into a "feed redistribution cloud", the chances are greater that your readers volition live on reading a weblog published yesteryear a spammer.
- No spammer volition redirect the feed from his blog. He's going to exceed away on all of his traffic, to himself
- Since no existent people knowingly subscribe to feeds from spam blogs in addition to websites, your weblog won't live on getting whatsoever reciprocal crowd of eager would live on readers, originating from the spam blogs in addition to websites.
- And, nosotros are here.
As a Follower (and non a weblog owner), having examined your Reading List in addition to flora yourself reading a weblog amount of spam - that yous sure did non Follow - what create yous do? It's a uncomplicated - but perchance ho-hum - chore to identify in addition to remove the weblog owned yesteryear the naive person, who was conned yesteryear the spammers, that yous are Following.
Having done that, why non become ane pace further, in addition to help us to assistance Blogger in addition to Google to interdict the spammer activity?
If yous tin plough over the sack position the URL of a blog, that yous are Following, that is redirecting its feed inward this manner, Blogger / Google tin plough over the sack position in addition to terminate whatsoever Google hosted blogs in addition to websites that are advertising this easy, random agency to publicise your weblog - that is but about other fob used yesteryear the spammers, into getting the naive weblog owners to create their dingy work.
All that nosotros ask is the URL of whatsoever blog, that yous were Following, that rudely redirects its subscribers (like you) into the "feed redistribution cloud". Blogger / Google tin plough over the sack create the rest.
You tin plough over the sack comment, hither - or foremost a discussion, inward Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken - it's your choice. Just assistance position the naive weblog owners.
Do your part, in addition to assistance us build clean upward the Blogger Blogosphere.