(The Wall At That Corporate Meeting!)
Well Fellow Google Blog
Owner's and Google Blog Fans while it had been report by several 2nd Party
Source on the Net over the past several days that Google changed their minds
about BANNING ADULT CONTENT on All Google Blogs, and while I was hoping it was
true, I didn't want to get everyone hopes up till I heard it DIRECTLY FROM GOOGLE THEMSELVES!!! Well I happy to report to all of you that GOOGLE POSTED THE
FOLLOWING IN BLOG HELP that reads....
An update on the Blogger porn content policy
This week, we announced a change to Blogger’s porn policy stating that blogs
that distributed sexually explicit images or graphic nudity would be made
private.
We’ve received lots of feedback about making a policy change that impacts longstanding blogs, and about the negative impact this could have on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities.
We appreciate the feedback. Instead of making this change, we will be maintaining our existing policies.
We’ve received lots of feedback about making a policy change that impacts longstanding blogs, and about the negative impact this could have on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities.
We appreciate the feedback. Instead of making this change, we will be maintaining our existing policies.
What this means for blog owners
- Commercial porn will continue to be prohibited.
- If you have pornographic or sexually explicit content on your blog, you must turn on the adult content setting so a warning will show. If a blog with adult content is brought to Google’s attention and the content warning is not active, we will turn on the warning interstitial for you. If this happens repeatedly, the blog may be removed.
- If you don't have sexually explicit content on your blog and you're following the rest of the Blogger Content Policy, you don't need to make any changes to your blog.
And while I really, really
would like to believe that Google changed their minds about this all because
they received lots of feedback about this policy change, but since when does
Google listen to anything that Google Users Have To Say? And while it may have
had a part in changing their minds, it more than likely was a very small part
but what I think really happened that Google is not saying is that they heard
from many of their major Advertiser that said if you do this it will make our
current advertising contact with you null and void! And the Advertisers would
have had Legal grounds to cancel their contacts for I'm sure that Internet
Traffic to many of Google Services would have been drastically reduced if Google
had continued on with their plans. And we all know that old saying, "Money
Talks and Shit Walks!!!" Just my two cents on this
matter.
Anyway, with this latest
turn of events by Google I have decided to KEEP THIS BLOG OPEN AS A PUBLIC BLOG
and continue on trying my best to keep Google Gay Blog Fans in touch with their
favorite Gay Blog Owners just like I have been for the past many years!!!
However, I will not be doing any up-dates to the Master List of Closed Blogs nor
any posting of any closed blogs for the next week or so till everything get
leveled out and back to normal. What ever normal is on Google! OK?
Ok.
Just one more thing, for any
of you Blog Owners that were or have started a New Blog somewhere else, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND that you continue on with you plans. It's always great to have a
backup Blog of a Google Blog somewhere else just in case!!!
And With All This
Said,
Wishing Everyone Only The
BEST
With BIG Blogger
HUGS
()()( BRENT
)()()
happy to read this, still wonder why they close other blogs for adult material though
ReplyDeleteYou, Me and OH SO MANY OTHER a{GAY}tekeeper{iam} and hoping that my posting on 3/7 will help many blogs from being closed with adult material! Your Blog Buddy (Brent)
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