We see evidence of occasional confusion, in Blogger Help Forum: Get Help with an Issue, about blog content responsibility.
One of my blog posts disappeared. I have tried every known recovery procedure. There is no way to actually contact anyone from Blogger Support.
Long ago, Blogger Support would provide assistance, in recovery of deleted posts. That service ended some time ago.
Blogger promises us that our blogs will be ours, forever - and that they will support that promise.
That promise is most likely to be upheld if we maintain control of our blogs - and of the content in the blogs.
Blogger will ensure that our blogs remain under our control - but we have to maintain the content. If we change or delete a post, Blogger is not going to second guess our intention, and revert our change, or un delete our deletion.
If we change a page or post, there are two possible recovery procedures.
- Undo the change - using the browser editor menu.
- Recover the contents - using search cache.
Undo the change - using the browser editor menu.
If you make a mistake, the Blogger post editor, like many edit windows, supports "Undo" aka "Ctrl - Z". You have to act immediately, though. If AutoSave becomes active, you may not get the chance.
Recover the contents - using search cache.
This is the procedure currently used, for recovering deleted pages and posts. It is most effective, for established (cached) pages and posts - draft and new pages and posts may not be found, in cache.
Our chances are otherwise limited.
Short of using undo or cache recovery, we may be out of luck - if we make a change that needs to be reversed. As long as we do not violate Content or TOS Guidelines, our content is ours - to have and to maintain.
As we publish our blogs, Blogger promises us that they will ensure our ownership, forever. That promise requires that we take responsibility for any mistakes - and that we take responsibility for the content in our blogs.
Every day we see the complaints, of the hundreds.Your instructions, for recovering access to my Blogger account, don't work!
And alternately, we see the anguish.I can't login to my Blogger account, because my account is locked!!
And the final complaint, which is the most heartbreaking.I can login, but my blog is not on my dashboard - and someone has filled my blog, with spam!!!
These are all reports about the same problem, in alternate universes.
Any time Blogger Engineering changes their account / blog recovery options, and cuts down on the numbers of one of the three, the other two will surely increase in number - because all three are symptoms of the same problem. People simply refuse to remember their account names and passwords.
There is one solution, which would be 100% effective, and drive the numbers of each of the hundreds, to zero.Everybody, without exception, would simply remember their account name and password.
Were that to happen, Blogger Security could remove all "backdoor" accesses and recovery tools, and blog thieves would have to go back to Barista College, or Hamburger University. There would be no more stealing control of peoples accounts or blogs - save maybe by watching somebody in public, as they login.
The recovery instructions do work, for people who make some effort.
The recovery instructions do not work, because you, the blog owner, simply don't make enough effort to remember / retain control of your accounts, or to protect your accounts. And in some cases, you simply have protected your identity, to make you completely anonymous - and can't identify yourself, because you are anonymous.
Remember your login details, and be one of the millions who work on their blogs.
If you remember your account name and password - and do not ever let your account name and password be known in public - you will never have to worry about account / blog recovery. You would then be one of the millions who do not care about account / blog recovery, because they never need to use the recovery tools.
Be prepared to re authenticate, when you travel!
And if you travel, be prepared! Setup Google 2-Step Verification before you step out the door. And whether you travel, or stay in the same place, use your account, and publish your blog, regularly.
Millions don't worry. Become one of the millions. Reduce the numbers of the hundreds.
If you're learning this concept too late - as many are, periodically - start a new blog, and combine the old and new blogs, in a blog cluster.
