Getting My Blog Back

I have decided that I want my blog back.

As you know, I took down my haphazardmusings.blogspot.com blog a while back, and now it is back up under a slightly different address. I ventured over to the old address a few times, trying to figure out just what the hell the hijacker was doing with my old blog.

And I think I finally figured it out!

So, now I am on a crusade to get my old address back. If you go to the old address, you will see just a ton of links, supposedly about insurance. But if you jump to any of those links, they take you to some bogus page that is top-heavy with Google adsense ads, then has some gibberish about bogus insurance information way down below the fold somewhere.

There are absolutely no links to any valid information, anywhere. No real web sites where you can sign up for insurance or leave email for anyone or find out about insurance policies. It's all totally bogus.

So, what I believe is happening is that this hijacker has taken my old address - which was once a valid (and presumably frequented) blog - and seeded it with all these bogus links that take you to all these pages on all these different domains that all look alike: they are all top-heavy with Google Adsense ads.

The way Google Adsense works is, you get real money based on how many times people see the ads on your website. The more views you get, the more money you get. But Google also has a policy about how the ads are used - and this hijacker doesn't seem to be following the rules. He (or she) just wants as many people to see as many pages of their Google Adsense ads as possible.

To make more money.

I have done my best to track down the owner of the domains, though he has done everything to conceal his true identity, so I'm not confident my email will even reach him. Or her. So, now I am attacking from other directions. I have written to the services that s/he is using to conceal his/her identity, and I have written to Google, telling them to have a look.

Who knows? I just might get my old address back!

Keep your fingers crossed.