Official Google Blog: Making URLs shorter for Google Toolbar and FeedBurner

Official Google Blog: Making URLs shorter for Google Toolbar and FeedBurner



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Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog: Google deletes Social Media Consortium blog without explanation

Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog: Google deletes <i>Social Media Consortium</i> blog without explanation: "Google, through its Blogger subsidiary, has now deleted the Social Media Consortium blog, for no reason whatsoever.
� �For the last few months, the company has made access to the blog next to impossible. It would not let us post on it, even when we fed in the Captcha code to confirm that a human had just typed in an entry. It made a false accusation about it being a spam blog, which was not true. Both Vincent Wright, the blog’s owner, and I, filled in the form requesting that the blog be reviewed by a human. Google promised to do this within 48 hours, but it never happened."



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Don't Be Evil, Google! Gimme My Blog Back! Come Out And DEFEND YOURSELF YOU BIG GIANT BULLY! :-)

Ok, Dear Google,,
If I've done something wrong with my blog, here's your chance to let the public know precisely what I've done. Tell 'em! I can take it!

If, on the other hand, I've done nothing wrong with my blog, "Don't Be Evil"*, Google! Gimme my blog back! :-)

I started an informal blog more than four years ago, calling it "The Linkedin Business Discussion Index". I started it before I knew that there were any "RULES" of blogging. Mainly I played with blogging. Never made a single, solitary penny from it. Never intended to make money from it. It was set up primarily as a means of sharing Linkedin-centric posts via a blog format for members of My Linkedin Power Forum (now at www.MyVirtualPowerForum.com) Period.

I eventually decided to rename the blog to "Social Media Consortium", thus, yielding the blogspot URL: http://SocialMediaConsortium.blogspot.com (with a 301 redirect from www.SocialMediaConsortium.com)

For some unknown reason, and with no easy way of getting feedback from either Google, Blogger, or Blogspot, you've taken down my site, put it back up in a crippled state where I could no longer publish from it, and, yep, taken it down again. This time apparently, irretrievably so.

If "Don't Be Evil" is still your informal mission statement and still has any real meaning to it, gimme my blog back - OR - at least show a modicum of professional courtesy and tell me what was wrong with my blog so that I can explain it to the thousands of people who were made aware of that blog over the past 4+ years..

A letter will do.

An email will do.

A hint, a clue, ANYTHING type of communication about why you took my blog down WOULD DO!

And, by the way, if I'm so evil as a blogger, why take down just one of my blogs and not the other 99 blogs I've created on Blogspot?

So, either I'm an evil blogger or YOU'VE MADE A MISTAKE!

As social media experts in the know would probably advise, I know that you don't need my blog - - - heck, I don't need it either - - - heck, I don't even need "Google" or any of its sub-brands, either - especially since I've never made ANY money off of using them.

But, doing the right thing shouldn't be done just because of money. Doing the right thing is the right thing to do for its own sake. Especially for those who don't want to be evil, dear Google.

So, either prove that I've intentionally done something wrong or gimme my blog back! Pretty please, Google? Don't be evil, man! That's so beneath you and so doggone undignified and boring...;

Gimme my blog back baby! :-)

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Thanks, and Keep STRONG!!
Vincent Wright
Director Of Community
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*PS: For those who don't yet know about Google and "Don't Be Evil" check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil
I'd appreciate your feedback at: http://tinyurl.com/GimmeMyBlogBack



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Spearman - is business personal or professional or both?: Lets start a new trents on twitter #IVouchFor

Spearman - is business personal or professional or both?: Lets start a new trents on twitter #IVouchFor: "IS"



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reBlog from Gil Pizano on September 30, 2009: 48 Great Sites for Leadership Tips and Ideas

I found this fascinating quote today:

The internet is inundated with websites that discuss leadership ideas, nuggets, secrets and the like. Many require you to register or pay for a consultation. The sites below are free and are some of my favorites when it comes to leadership ideas and tips:1. BillGeorge.com – website of Bill George, Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice, former Medtronic CEO, and Best-Selling author of the book “True North”. 2. Center for Leader Development – this organization’s purpose is to provide individuals who have a passion for leadership development a home.Gil Pizano on September 30, 2009, 48 Great Sites for Leadership Tips and Ideas, Sep 2009

You should read the whole article.