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WHERE'S BETSY'S PAGE?
Michelle Malkin ^ | March 16, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 03/17/2006 4:24:48 PM PST by george76

Betsy Newmark, one of my favorite bloggers who I've been honored to have guest-blog here, is down. I asked her what happened. She e-mails about her nightmare:

Evil Blogger has lost the page - server problems. They are the most unhelpful organization.

You can't reach any human being and all I get are form letters saying that all the problems have been resolved. I'm just hoping that they fix their problem and I get back on.

I don't have time to hassle with setting up a new page.

She adds:

All I get are their automated messages that are of no help whatsoever. Then they put up lies on their status page saying that it really was just a tiny problem and it's all fixed now.

Maybe if they get some notoriety out there, they'll take more action. Here is their lame help message. Thanks so much.

Maybe one of your readers has a suggestion of what I can do to get my blog back other than starting over from scratch.

Even worse, someone else has now poached her URL.

Can someone help?


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1 posted on 03/17/2006 4:24:48 PM PST by george76
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To: george76; cgk; nutmeg

As if you needed another reason to leave Blogspot, here’s one for you:

They can delete your site without notice and won’t even respond to your inquires.


2 posted on 03/17/2006 4:26:39 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Looks fine to me:

http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/


3 posted on 03/17/2006 4:38:23 PM PST by jdm
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To: jdm

Did you check the date...Tuesday, March 14...when they got hacked.

several sites on Blogspot, notably Betsy Newmark’s and Eric Lindholm’s, have suddenly disappeared owing to a glitch at Blogger.

Some jerk even snagged Betsy’s old URL and is squatting on it.


4 posted on 03/17/2006 4:41:41 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76; JustaDumbBlonde; 2dogjoe; television is just wrong; Republicanprofessor; ...

Malkin ping!

Please FReepmail me if you would like to be added to, or removed from, the Michelle Malkin ping list...

5 posted on 03/17/2006 5:11:00 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: george76

Thanks for the ping!


6 posted on 03/17/2006 5:11:32 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: cgk

Blogger’s been having some problems and somebody named Sam has stolen Betsy’s URL.


7 posted on 03/17/2006 5:48:51 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: jdm; george76

I clicked the link this morning - and got a "this blog is under maintenance" notice. Later, it looked okay, but it was from a few days ago. And now... there's nothing except a little planet and some leftover HTML.

Weirder and weirder.


8 posted on 03/17/2006 5:52:24 PM PST by cgk (I don't see myself as a conservative. I see myself as a religious, right-wing, wacko extremist.)
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To: george76; Grampa Dave; Coop; devolve; Victoria Delsoul

9 posted on 03/17/2006 5:55:04 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: cgk; neverdem; Mr. Mojo

Betsy’s Page: it’s down because of a problem with her hosting service, Blogger (now owned by Google and not being run all that well).

Musing Minds and The Anchoress (her site is down temporarily, too) have noticed the same thing.

Hedgehog, Betsy Newman and Bad Hair Blog — all conservative blogs — have disappeared from Blogger.

Besty Newmark's Blog Abducted

The blog belonging to the popular conservative blogger, Betsy Newmark, has been kidnapped, according to Glenn Reynolds ,Michelle Malkin and other sources from the Conservative blog community.

http://politicalhumor.blogspot.com/2006/03/besty-newmarks-blog-abducted.html


10 posted on 03/17/2006 6:09:49 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76
Betsy's page is up - Friday, March 17, 2006.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, George.

11 posted on 03/17/2006 7:04:34 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul

I am glad that she and the others are back up.

What is it with Google ? They are everywhere.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Victoria.


12 posted on 03/17/2006 7:27:01 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Good news, indeed.


13 posted on 03/17/2006 7:29:28 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul

We may be early.

She went blank, again.

http://betsyspage.blogspot.com/


14 posted on 03/17/2006 7:36:05 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

LOL, what's up with that? Were they just teasing us?


15 posted on 03/17/2006 7:51:51 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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To: Victoria Delsoul

Still blank.


16 posted on 03/17/2006 9:39:47 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Let's try tomorrow. Or later today.


17 posted on 03/17/2006 9:47:33 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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