Closed by Google

This blog has been closed by Google!

Am I pissed off? YES!

Why? - well.... I have no idea why it was closed by Google. Once your blog has been closed by Google you have an option to request a review which I duly did on the 18th August 2009. When requesting a review you are then taken to this page (see below).

As can be seen from the pic above my request for a review was submitted on 18 August 2009 and Google made a commitment to review it within 2 business days. Today is 23 August 2009 and to date no one from Google has had the courtesy to at least tell me to piss off or even to F*%$ off which would have been far better that being totally ignored.

I have read and re-read their "Terms of Service" over and over again. I still have NO IDEA why my blog was locked. In fact, having read their "Terms of Service" over and over again and here is my prediction: Within a short period of time ALL GAY ORIENTATED BLOGS THAT POST PICS WILL BE CLOSED DOWN. Or...... are their "Terms of Service" applicable to certain blogs only?

I am guessing but the only two possibilities as far as I understand their "Terms of Service" that could have caused them to block my blog could be:

1. I did have money making links to some gay porn sites BUT.... their terms of service clearly state that only if the majority of posts carry links to Porn sites for financial gain is it in contravention of their "Terms of Service". In no way did the majority of my post contain these links. In fact, I very carefully kept those kind of posts to the minority.
2. Possible contravention of copyright pics. Now..... which blog that posts pics does not from time to time post pics that are freely available on the internet. Pics that one may get in your email or pics that are offered freely on various sites or even pics that may be taken from other blogs.

Wherever it was possible I ALWAYS gave credit for pics where credit was due. Even in cases where I have posted pics that I had noticed on other blogs I always referred back to the original blog.

Wouldn't it have been nice to have been notified that my blog was in contravention of their "Terms of Service" because of this or that. If that had been done I would have immediately rectified the situation.

As any blogger knows, it takes time and effort to keep up a blog.

I have alwasy had such respect and admiration for all things Google, however this most recent experience has left a somewhat bitter taste in my mouth. The TOTAL lack of ANY sort of response from Google was something that I never expected.

Anyway, I see no point in starting again as chances are that I may yet once again contravene some or other "Term of Service" since I do not even have the privilege of knowing in which way I contravened which particular term of service. As I am human (when last I checked), chances are that I may repeat the unknown mistake once again and the have my blog blocked all over again.

To the many friends that I have made during my blogging experience, I will miss you all. To the over 1000 readers on a daily basis, I apologise for what has happened. I wish I could continue but I just cannot see the point of continuing.

For me it is back to the real world for now. I was getting slightly too involved in the cyber world anyway.