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The latest tips and news from the Blogger team
Safe Browsing on Blogger
October 27, 2010
National Cyber-Security Awareness Month
is here once again. In that spirit we wanted to share a bit about what we are doing on Blogger to help fight malicious content, along with some tips for a safer browsing experience online. While spammers are always coming up with new tricks, the combination of Blogger’s abuse-fighting systems and the security features of modern browsers helps ensure that you’ll be able to browse through your favorite blog content with confidence.
We’ve partnered with other abuse-fighting teams within Google to develop sophisticated systems for automatically detecting and quarantining nefarious content on Blogspot. Over the years, our teams have analyzed the patterns and behavior of malicious blogs and code, and with each new detection our existing algorithms are trained for better coverage in the future. As a result, we are able to catch and quarantine thousands of malicious blogs each year, and are happy to say that our overall spam levels are at an all-time low across our service.
Of course, while our automated systems provide great coverage for a wide variety of abuse types, you can always let us know about suspicious blogs by
reporting them directly to us
via our online form. We’re also looking to you, the users, to be our eyes on the web and let us know anything that may have escaped our existing systems.
Beyond partnering with us on the detection process, you can also make a difference in your own online security by taking advantage of your browser’s built-in security. Modern browsers have powerful security features that can detect potentially malicious sites and alert you should you stumble upon them. Using technology like Google’s
Safe Browsing
tools, users of many browsers see warning screens when attempting to visit sites that automated systems have determined to contain suspicious content. To make sure you have the latest and most secure browser version, please check out the following browser sites:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Safari 5
Internet Explorer
Opera 10
We also recommend using one of the following tools to keep your browser plug-ins up to date: Google-developed
SecBrowsing
;
Mozilla Plugin Check
.
For more tips on safe browsing and security on the web, check out the home of Cyber Security Awareness Month at the
http://staysafeonline.org/
.
Back from BlogWorld
October 20, 2010
Sometimes returning to a nice, quiet office can be just what the doctor ordered after an exhausting trip away. And for the handful of us on the Blogger Team who just returned from
BlogWorld Expo
in Las Vegas, this was definitely the case.
For the first time since the convention’s debut four years ago, we set up shop on the tradeshow floor with our very own Blogger-themed exhibit. Armed with demo stations, Blogger t-shirts and chip clips, and our very own bright red marshmallow couch, we spent our time showing off the latest features and talking to literally hundreds of folks about their experiences with Blogger. And we learned a lot.
shaun, vardhman, chang, antin, brett, and tina on the marshmallow couch.
The feedback that we got was both encouraging and enlightening, and we’re still in the process of digesting everything. First, we want to thank everyone who came by the booth to say hello, test out the new features, spend a few minutes getting interviewed, or to tell us what we could be doing better. Having so many passionate bloggers in one place to interact with was an incredible resource, from the gentleman we spoke with who has been blogging since 1995 to the fitness blogger who set up her first Blogger blog right in front of us. So once again, thanks for sharing!
demoing with the guys from
vanilla
. photo credit:
brendan sera-shriar
We’re excited about what’s in store for Blogger in the coming months, and after this trip we’re even more committed to delivering the best blog service possible. In the spirit of keeping the conversations going, feel free to
send us a tweet
or
post on our wall
if something’s on your mind. Or, if you want to give us some more detailed feedback, please let us know on our
Product Ideas
page.
Finally, we want to thank
Rick Calvert
for
reaching out
and encouraging us to be a part of BlogWorld Expo. We hope to see you all next year!
Help Us Make Blogger Better (again)
October 07, 2010
A little over a year ago, we asked all of you to speak your mind and let us know what we could do to make Blogger better. Two thousand ideas and seventy-five thousand votes later, we had quite the laundry list of feature requests and feedback to dig through. Our team took a long, hard look at the data and spent the last year cranking out as many of these features and fixes as humanly possible.
To date, we’re happy to say that we’ve been able to launch most of the top-requested features from the list. Here are just a handful of the features you asked for which are now live:
New Template Designer
Spam Comment Filtering
Built-in Blog Stats
Improved Post Editor
Static Pages
Jump Breaks
Background Image Uploads
Accurate Post Previews
Photo Captions
More Default Templates
...and that’s just the beginning of the list. We’re also working on a few big improvements that we’re pretty excited about, so stay tuned as we continue to roll things out of the oven in the near future.
Just as we did last year, we’re
asking for your input on our Product Ideas page
. As always, our ears are open to your feedback and your input has been invaluable over the years in helping us figure out where to put our time and energy.
Please take a moment to vote on and submit ideas, whether specific feature requests or general service improvements. Think about new features that would make you use Blogger more, the things from other services which may be missing, and even the things which may be frustrating at times. We promise to once again take a long look at the feedback, and hope to tackle many of the top issues just as we did last time around.
Thanks again in advance for all your help making Blogger the best service it can be!
Guest post: Discover amazing products and earn money with OpenSky
October 07, 2010
This is a guest post by John Caplan, founder and CEO of
OpenSky
.
OpenSky allows bloggers, including all Blogger users, to discover unique products and sell those on their blogs. As we are interested in helping our users find various ways to monetize their blogs, we’ve asked John to introduce OpenSky for our users. -- The Blogger team
For most of you, writing a blog is about sharing your passion in a way that connects you with others. That’s why Blogger was created -- to help people have their own voice on the web to share that passion.
We at
OpenSky
want to empower you to share even more with the people who read your blog. We do this by helping you discover great products and giving you the ability to share those products on your blog. Not only will you deepen your relationships with your readers, but you’ll also earn money from every sale.
Most everyone who reads your blog probably loves discovering new products, especially unique items that they wouldn’t find in a giant chain store. And your readers will especially love learning about stuff from someone they trust, like you.
That’s why blogging and product recommendations work so well together.
How OpenSky works
OpenSky is a free platform that empowers you to discover and sell unique products that speak to your passion. So you can hook up your readers with great things they’ll love.
While most affiliate programs draw away your audience, on OpenSky you’ll drive readers to an environment dedicated to you and your products.
For every sale you make we split the profits 50/50, which means you can make up to 4x more than a run-of-the-mill affiliate program. We take care of all the order processing, fulfillment and customer service. You get all the credit.
Sign up now
, and discover great new products today.
What People Are Saying About OpenSky
Fast Company described us the best when they said:
"
OpenSky may have cracked the code for web publishers and small e-tailers, delivering profits to both while helping consumers with a pain-free shopping experience
."
Also, see what T
he New York Times
,
LA Times
,
VentureBeat
,
TechCrunch
have written, or watch this video about us from Good Morning America:
Join us (and start selling) today.
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